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Corporate governance : promises kept, promises broken / Jonathan R. Macey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: viii, 334 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0691129991
  • 9780691129990
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.42 22
LOC classification:
  • HD2741 .M223 2008
Contents:
Introduction Corporate governance as promise -- 1. The goals of corporate governance : the dominant role of equity -- 2. Corporate law and corporate governance -- 3. Institutions and mechanisms of corporate governance : a taxonomy -- 4. Boards of directors -- 5. Case studies on boards of directors in corporate governance -- 6. Dissident directors -- 7. Formal external institutions of corporate governance : the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock exchanges, and the credit-rating agencies -- 8. The market for corporate control -- 9. Initial public offerings and private placements -- 10. Governance by litigation : derivative lawsuits -- 11. Accounting, accounting rules, and the accounting industry -- 12. Quirky governance : insider trading, short selling, and whistle-blowing -- 13. Shareholder voting -- 14. The role of banks and other lenders in corporate governance -- 15. Hedge funds and private equity -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-323) and index.

Introduction Corporate governance as promise -- 1. The goals of corporate governance : the dominant role of equity -- 2. Corporate law and corporate governance -- 3. Institutions and mechanisms of corporate governance : a taxonomy -- 4. Boards of directors -- 5. Case studies on boards of directors in corporate governance -- 6. Dissident directors -- 7. Formal external institutions of corporate governance : the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock exchanges, and the credit-rating agencies -- 8. The market for corporate control -- 9. Initial public offerings and private placements -- 10. Governance by litigation : derivative lawsuits -- 11. Accounting, accounting rules, and the accounting industry -- 12. Quirky governance : insider trading, short selling, and whistle-blowing -- 13. Shareholder voting -- 14. The role of banks and other lenders in corporate governance -- 15. Hedge funds and private equity -- Conclusion.

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