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Corporate Governance : Promises Kept, Promises Broken /

Even in the wake of the biggest financial crash of the postwar era, the United States continues to rely on Securities and Exchange Commission oversight and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which set tougher rules for boards, management, and public accounting firms to protect the interests of shareholders. Su...

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Autor principal: Macey, Jonathan R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008.
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505 0 |a Corporate governance as promise -- The goals of corporate governance : the dominant role of equity -- Corporate law and corporate governance -- Institutions and mechanisms of corporate governance : a taxonomy -- Boards of directors -- Case studies on boards of directors in corporate governance -- Dissident directors -- Formal external institutions of corporate governance : the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock exchanges, and the credit-rating agencies -- The market for corporate control -- Initial public offerings and private placements -- Governance by litigation : derivative lawsuits -- Accounting, accounting rules, and the accounting industry -- Quirky governance : insider trading, short selling and whistle-blowing -- Shareholder voting -- The role of banks and other lenders in corporate governance -- Hedge funds and private equity. 
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