Political power and corporate control the new global politics of corporate governance.

• Main Authors: Gourevitch, Peter A, Shinn, James
• Format: eBook Book Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press 2010
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Activist shareholder; Bureaucrat; Business; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business; Business and politics; Business manager; Business sector; Business valuation; Capital budgeting; Capital control; Capital market; Capital structure; Capitalism; Cohabitation (government); Comparative Politics; Competition (economics); Competition law; Corporate behaviour; Corporate finance; Corporate governance; Corporate group; Corporate headquarters; Corporate law; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate structure; Corporation; Corporations; Corporations > Investor relations; Corporations > Political activity; Corporatism; Crony capitalism; Economic forces; Economic ideology; Economic interventionism; Economic planning; Economic policy; Economic power; Economic restructuring; Employment; Enterprises; Equity Market; Executive compensation; Financial analysis; Financial intermediary; Fiscal policy; Global financial system; Global governance; Governance; Government & Business; Institutional investor; Interest of the company; International finance; Investment banking; Investment company; Investor; Investor relations; Labour power; Pension fund; Political activity; Political economy; Political entrepreneur; POLITICAL SCIENCE; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics; Politics; Politique; Public expenditure; Robber baron (industrialist); Shareholder; Shareholder primacy; Shareholder value; Stakeholder (corporate); State-owned enterprise; Tax; Tax avoidance; Tax collector; Tax policy; Tax reform; The Modern Corporation and Private Property; The Nature of the Firm; The Oligarchs; Theory of the firm; Varieties of Capitalism; Wealth management; The Modern Corporation and Private Property; Corporate structure; Tax; Economic interventionism; Competition law; Bureaucrat; Political economy; Competition (economics); Tax reform; Economic restructuring; Stakeholder (corporate); Business manager; Pension fund; Economic forces; Investment banking; Public expenditure; Varieties of Capitalism; Shareholder value; Activist shareholder; Wealth management; Global governance; Corporate behaviour; Corporate group; Executive compensation; Business sector; Capital market; Economic ideology; Economic power; Tax policy; Capitalism; Corporate governance; Institutional investor; Politique; Capital budgeting; Capital structure; The Oligarchs; Fiscal policy; Interest of the company; Economic planning; Economic policy; Tax collector; Corporate law; Corporate social responsibility; Capital control; Employment; Theory of the firm; Shareholder primacy; Financial intermediary; Corporate headquarters; The Nature of the Firm; State-owned enterprise; Financial analysis; Shareholder; Corporate finance; Governance; Global financial system; Business valuation; Investment company; Corporation; Investor relations; Labour power; Cohabitation (government); Robber baron (industrialist); Tax avoidance; Crony capitalism; Corporatism; Politics; Investor; Political entrepreneur; Equity Market
• ISBN: 0691122911; 9780691122915; 1400837014; 9781400837014; 9780691133812; 0691133816
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400837014

Why does corporate governance--front page news with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat--vary so dramatically around the world? This book explains how politics shapes corporate governance--how managers, shareholders, and workers jockey for advantage in setting the rules by which companies are run, and for whom they are run. It combines a clear theoretical model on this political interaction, with statistical evidence from thirty-nine countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America and detailed narratives of country cases.