Germany's corporate governance reforms : has the system become flexible enough? / / Jürgen Odenius

• Autore: Odenius Jürgen
• Pubblicazione: [Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (21 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4
• Soggetto topico: Corporate governance - Germany; Corporate governance
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; I. Introduction; II. Germany's Corporate Governance System; A. The Hallmarks of the System; Figure; 1. Equity Market Characteristics; B. Corporate Governance Reform: An Overview; III. The Effectiveness of Internal Control Mechanisms; Box; 1. The Societas Europea-A Step Towards More Flexible Corporate Governance?; IV. Conflict of Interest: Self-Dealing; V. External Control Mechanisms: The Market for Corporate Control; VI. Conclusions; References
• Sommario/riassunto: This article reviews Germany's corporate governance system and the effectiveness of recent reforms. Since the early 1990's far-reaching reforms have complemented the traditional stakeholder system with important elements of the shareholder system. Instead of taking a view on the superiority of either system, this article raises the important question whether these reforms created sufficient flexibility for the market to optimize its corporate governance structure within well established social and legal norms. It concludes that there is scope for enhancing flexibility in three core areas...
• Titolo autorizzato: Germany's corporate governance reforms
• ISBN: 1-4623-4469-0; 1-4527-0468-6; 9786612841309; 1-4518-7037-X; 1-282-84130-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463621303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers