Corporate governance, competition, and political parties: explaining corporate governance change in Europe

Over the last decade, significant changes in corporate governance in Continental Europe have been increasingly evident. This book argues that firms in someof these countries have eschewed the traditional stakeholder-orientation for a strategy based on the maximization of shareholder value, despite a period ofsocial democratic politics in Europe. INDICE: 1: Introduction: Partisanship and the Puzzle of Corporate Governance Change in Europe; 2: A Theory of Partisanship and Corporate Governance Change; 3: Alternative Explanations of Corporate Governance: A Critique of the Literature; 4: Measuring Change in Corporate Governance; 5: The Measurement ofProduct Market Competition; 6: A Panel Data Analysis of Corporate Governance Change; 7: Robustness and Dynamic Modeling; 8: Qualitative Analysis: Introduction to the Case Studies; 9: The Case of Germany: From Blockholding to Corporate Governace Regime; 10: The Case of Italy: Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same; 11: Conclusions

• ISBN: 978-0-19-957681-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 21/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés