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Hedge fund activism in Japan : the limits of shareholder primacy /
"Hedge fund activism is an expression of shareholder primacy, an idea that has come to dominate discussion of corporate governance theory and practice worldwide over the past two decades. This book provides a thorough examination of public and often confrontational hedge fund activism in Japan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Hedge fund activism is an expression of shareholder primacy, an idea that has come to dominate discussion of corporate governance theory and practice worldwide over the past two decades. This book provides a thorough examination of public and often confrontational hedge fund activism in Japan in the period between 2001 and the full onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. In Japan this shareholder-centric conception of the company espoused by activist hedge funds clashed with the alternative Japanese conception of the company as an enduring organisation or a 'community'. By analysing this clash, the book derives a fresh view of the practices underpinning corporate governance in Japan and offers suggestions regarding the validity of the shareholder primacy ideas currently at the heart of US and UK beliefs about the purpose of the firm"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 377 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139423977 1139423975 9781139421935 113942193X 9781139061476 113906147X 1107230543 9781107230545 1139411543 9781139411547 1280683031 9781280683039 9786613659972 6613659975 1139422901 9781139422901 1139419889 9781139419888 1139417843 9781139417846 9781107672505 1107672503 |