Research Catalog

Title

Institutional investors and corporate governance / edited by Theodor Baums, Richard M. Buxbaum, Klaus J. Hopt.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Baums, Theodor.
• Buxbaum, Richard M.
• Hopt, Klaus J., 1940-

Description

xxvii, 695 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Corporate governance > Congresses
• Institutional investments > Congresses
• Directors of corporations > Congresses
• Corporations > Investor relations > Congresses
• Stockholders' voting > Congresses
• Comparative management > Congresses
• Corporation law > Congresses
• Comparative law > Congresses

Note

• "The contributions to this volume were presented ... in a colloquium held on 9-11 July 1992 at the University of Osnabrück, Germany"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Comparative Aspects of Institutional Investment and Corporate Governance / Richard M. Buxbaum -- Ch. 2. Some Differences in Corporate Governance in Germany, Japan and America / Mark J. Roe -- Ch. 3. Corporate Governance by Institutional Investors? Some Problems from an International Perspective / Tom Hadden -- Ch. 4. Public Pension Fund Activism in Corporate Governance Reconsidered / Roberta Romano -- Ch. 5. Boards of Directors versus Institutional Investors / Leo Herzel -- Ch. 6. CEO Performance, Board Types and Board Performance: A First Cut / Kenneth E. Scott and Allan W. Kleidon -- Ch. 7. Institutional Investors in the U.S. and the Repeal of Poison Pills: A Practitioner's Perspective / Mark R. Wingerson and Christopher H. Dorn -- Ch. 8. Investment Companies as Guardian Shareholders: The Place of the MSIC in the Corporate Governance Debate / Ronald J. Gilson and Reinier Kraakman -- Ch. 9. Institutional Investors in the United Kingdom / Paul Davies --
• Ch. 10. Corporate Governance in Swedish Listed Companies / Mats Isaksson and Rolf Skog -- Ch. 11. Ownership of Equity and Corporate Governance - The Case of Sweden / Erik Berglof -- Ch. 12. Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in the Netherlands / Wiek J. Slagter -- Ch. 13. Institutional Investors, Financial Groups and their Impact on Corporate Governance in Belgium / Eddy Wymeersch -- Ch. 14. Les Investisseurs Institutionnels en Droit Francais / Yves Guyon -- Ch. 15. Institutional Investors and Corporate Control in Spanish Perspective / Alberto J. Tapia Hermida -- Ch. 16. Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance: The Austrian View / Waldemar Jud -- Ch. 17. Institutional Investors in Switzerland / Martin Anderson and Thierry Hertig -- Ch. 18. Duties of Banks in Voting Their Clients' Stock / Johannes Kondgen -- Ch. 19. The Equity Market in Germany and its Dependency on the System of Old Age Provisions / Michael Hauck --
• Ch. 20. Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance: A German Perspective / Friedrich Kubler -- Ch. 21. Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in Australia / Jennifer Hill -- Ch. 22. Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in Japanese Perspective / Harald Baum and Ulrike Schaede -- Ch. 23. Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance in Japan / Zenichi Shishido.

ISBN

3110136430 (acid-free paper) :

LCCN

93021087

OCLC

• 28850930
• ocm28850930

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