Corpocracy [[electronic resource] ] : how CEOs and the business roundtable hijacked the world's greatest wealth machine--and how to get it back / / Robert A.G. Monks |
Autore | Monks Robert A. G. <1933-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 174/.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Corporations - Moral and ethical aspects
Chief executive officers - Moral and ethical aspects Corporate governance |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-28455-6
9786611284558 0-470-22580-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | An audience with the emperor -- Economics ascendant -- The Godfather -- The business roundtable -- Inside the corpocracy -- House take -- Efficiencies "R" us -- Return of the blob -- The great and the good -- Still, I dare to dream. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451092903321 |
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Corpocracy [[electronic resource] ] : how CEOs and the business roundtable hijacked the world's greatest wealth machine--and how to get it back / / Robert A.G. Monks |
Autore | Monks Robert A. G. <1933-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 174/.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Corporations - Moral and ethical aspects
Chief executive officers - Moral and ethical aspects Corporate governance |
ISBN |
1-281-28455-6
9786611284558 0-470-22580-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | An audience with the emperor -- Economics ascendant -- The Godfather -- The business roundtable -- Inside the corpocracy -- House take -- Efficiencies "R" us -- Return of the blob -- The great and the good -- Still, I dare to dream. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784826103321 |
Monks Robert A. G. <1933->
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Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Corpocracy [[electronic resource] ] : how CEOs and the business roundtable hijacked the world's greatest wealth machine--and how to get it back / / Robert A.G. Monks |
Autore | Monks Robert A. G. <1933-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina | 174/.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Corporations - Moral and ethical aspects
Chief executive officers - Moral and ethical aspects Corporate governance |
ISBN |
1-281-28455-6
9786611284558 0-470-22580-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | An audience with the emperor -- Economics ascendant -- The Godfather -- The business roundtable -- Inside the corpocracy -- House take -- Efficiencies "R" us -- Return of the blob -- The great and the good -- Still, I dare to dream. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806218503321 |
Monks Robert A. G. <1933->
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Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008 | ||
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Corporate governance [[electronic resource] /] / Robert A.G. Monks and Nell Minow |
Autore | Monks Robert A. G. <1933-> |
Edizione | [5th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MinowNell <1952-> |
Soggetto topico | Corporate governance - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-119-20723-1
1-283-80400-X 1-119-97773-8 0-470-97274-2 0-470-97273-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; Contents; Sticks, Part 1: Can Investors Ensure or Improve Board Independence by Replacing Directors who Perform Badly or Suing Directors who Fail to Act as Fiduciaries?; Cases in Point; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction - How to Use this Book; 1. What is a Corporation?; Defining the Corporate Structure, Purpose, and Powers; Evolution of the Corporate Structure; The Purpose of a Corporation; Satisfying the human need for ambition, creativity, and meaning; Social structure; Efficiency and efficacy; Ubiquity and flexibility; Identity
Metaphor 1: The Corporation as a "Person"Metaphor 2: The Corporation as a Complex Adaptive System; Are Corporate Decisions "Moral"?; Are Corporations Accountable?; Three Key External Mechanisms for Directing Corporate Behavior: Law, the Market, and Performance Measurement; Government: legislation, regulation, enforcement; What Does "Within the Limits of the Law" Mean?; When and how do you punish a corporation?; Probation of corporations; The problem of serial offenders; Securities analyst settlement; What is the role of shareholders in making this system work?; The market: too big to fail The corporation and electionsCitizens united; The corporation and the law; A Market Test: Measuring Performance; Long term versus short term; Corporate decision making: whose interests does this "person"/adaptive creature serve?; Another (failed) market test: NGOs; Measuring value enhancement; GAAP; Market value; Earnings per share; EVA®: economic value added; Human capital: "It's not what you own but what you know"; The "value chain"; Knowledge capital; The value of cash; Corporate "externalities"; Equilibrium: The Cadbury Paradigm ESG: Environment, Social Governance - A New Way to Analyze Investment Risk and ValueQuantifying Nontraditional Assets and Liabilities; Future Directions; Summary and Discussion Questions; Notes; 2. Shareholders: Ownership; Definitions; Early Concepts of Ownership; Early Concepts of the Corporation; A Dual Heritage: Individual and Corporate "Rights"; The Reinvention of the Corporation: Eastern Europe in the 1990s; The Evolution of the American Corporation; The Essential Elements of the Corporate Structure; The Mechanics of Shareholder Rights The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 1: Berle and MeansFractionated Ownership; The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 2: The Takeover Era; Waking the Sleeping Giant; A Framework for Shareholder Monitoring and Response; Ownership and Responsibility; No innocent shareholder; To Sell or Not to Sell: The Prisoner's Dilemma; Who the Institutional Investors Are; Bank trusts; Mutual funds; Insurance companies; Universities and foundations; Executive pay from the consumer side - a leading indicator of risk; Pension plans; The Biggest Pool of Money in the World Pension plans as investors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141304603321 |
Monks Robert A. G. <1933->
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Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Corporate governance [[electronic resource] /] / Robert A.G. Monks and Nell Minow |
Autore | Monks Robert A. G. <1933-> |
Edizione | [5th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MinowNell <1952-> |
Soggetto topico | Corporate governance - United States |
ISBN |
1-119-20723-1
1-283-80400-X 1-119-97773-8 0-470-97274-2 0-470-97273-4 |
Classificazione |
335.4
658.4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; Contents; Sticks, Part 1: Can Investors Ensure or Improve Board Independence by Replacing Directors who Perform Badly or Suing Directors who Fail to Act as Fiduciaries?; Cases in Point; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction - How to Use this Book; 1. What is a Corporation?; Defining the Corporate Structure, Purpose, and Powers; Evolution of the Corporate Structure; The Purpose of a Corporation; Satisfying the human need for ambition, creativity, and meaning; Social structure; Efficiency and efficacy; Ubiquity and flexibility; Identity
Metaphor 1: The Corporation as a "Person"Metaphor 2: The Corporation as a Complex Adaptive System; Are Corporate Decisions "Moral"?; Are Corporations Accountable?; Three Key External Mechanisms for Directing Corporate Behavior: Law, the Market, and Performance Measurement; Government: legislation, regulation, enforcement; What Does "Within the Limits of the Law" Mean?; When and how do you punish a corporation?; Probation of corporations; The problem of serial offenders; Securities analyst settlement; What is the role of shareholders in making this system work?; The market: too big to fail The corporation and electionsCitizens united; The corporation and the law; A Market Test: Measuring Performance; Long term versus short term; Corporate decision making: whose interests does this "person"/adaptive creature serve?; Another (failed) market test: NGOs; Measuring value enhancement; GAAP; Market value; Earnings per share; EVA®: economic value added; Human capital: "It's not what you own but what you know"; The "value chain"; Knowledge capital; The value of cash; Corporate "externalities"; Equilibrium: The Cadbury Paradigm ESG: Environment, Social Governance - A New Way to Analyze Investment Risk and ValueQuantifying Nontraditional Assets and Liabilities; Future Directions; Summary and Discussion Questions; Notes; 2. Shareholders: Ownership; Definitions; Early Concepts of Ownership; Early Concepts of the Corporation; A Dual Heritage: Individual and Corporate "Rights"; The Reinvention of the Corporation: Eastern Europe in the 1990s; The Evolution of the American Corporation; The Essential Elements of the Corporate Structure; The Mechanics of Shareholder Rights The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 1: Berle and MeansFractionated Ownership; The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 2: The Takeover Era; Waking the Sleeping Giant; A Framework for Shareholder Monitoring and Response; Ownership and Responsibility; No innocent shareholder; To Sell or Not to Sell: The Prisoner's Dilemma; Who the Institutional Investors Are; Bank trusts; Mutual funds; Insurance companies; Universities and foundations; Executive pay from the consumer side - a leading indicator of risk; Pension plans; The Biggest Pool of Money in the World Pension plans as investors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830487903321 |
Monks Robert A. G. <1933->
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Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Corporate governance [[electronic resource] /] / Robert A.G. Monks and Nell Minow |
Autore | Monks Robert A. G. <1933-> |
Edizione | [5th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MinowNell <1952-> |
Soggetto topico | Corporate governance - United States |
ISBN |
1-119-20723-1
1-283-80400-X 1-119-97773-8 0-470-97274-2 0-470-97273-4 |
Classificazione |
335.4
658.4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; Contents; Sticks, Part 1: Can Investors Ensure or Improve Board Independence by Replacing Directors who Perform Badly or Suing Directors who Fail to Act as Fiduciaries?; Cases in Point; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction - How to Use this Book; 1. What is a Corporation?; Defining the Corporate Structure, Purpose, and Powers; Evolution of the Corporate Structure; The Purpose of a Corporation; Satisfying the human need for ambition, creativity, and meaning; Social structure; Efficiency and efficacy; Ubiquity and flexibility; Identity
Metaphor 1: The Corporation as a "Person"Metaphor 2: The Corporation as a Complex Adaptive System; Are Corporate Decisions "Moral"?; Are Corporations Accountable?; Three Key External Mechanisms for Directing Corporate Behavior: Law, the Market, and Performance Measurement; Government: legislation, regulation, enforcement; What Does "Within the Limits of the Law" Mean?; When and how do you punish a corporation?; Probation of corporations; The problem of serial offenders; Securities analyst settlement; What is the role of shareholders in making this system work?; The market: too big to fail The corporation and electionsCitizens united; The corporation and the law; A Market Test: Measuring Performance; Long term versus short term; Corporate decision making: whose interests does this "person"/adaptive creature serve?; Another (failed) market test: NGOs; Measuring value enhancement; GAAP; Market value; Earnings per share; EVA®: economic value added; Human capital: "It's not what you own but what you know"; The "value chain"; Knowledge capital; The value of cash; Corporate "externalities"; Equilibrium: The Cadbury Paradigm ESG: Environment, Social Governance - A New Way to Analyze Investment Risk and ValueQuantifying Nontraditional Assets and Liabilities; Future Directions; Summary and Discussion Questions; Notes; 2. Shareholders: Ownership; Definitions; Early Concepts of Ownership; Early Concepts of the Corporation; A Dual Heritage: Individual and Corporate "Rights"; The Reinvention of the Corporation: Eastern Europe in the 1990s; The Evolution of the American Corporation; The Essential Elements of the Corporate Structure; The Mechanics of Shareholder Rights The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 1: Berle and MeansFractionated Ownership; The Separation of Ownership and Control, Part 2: The Takeover Era; Waking the Sleeping Giant; A Framework for Shareholder Monitoring and Response; Ownership and Responsibility; No innocent shareholder; To Sell or Not to Sell: The Prisoner's Dilemma; Who the Institutional Investors Are; Bank trusts; Mutual funds; Insurance companies; Universities and foundations; Executive pay from the consumer side - a leading indicator of risk; Pension plans; The Biggest Pool of Money in the World Pension plans as investors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910840508803321 |
Monks Robert A. G. <1933->
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Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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