A History of Corporate Governance around the World
Family Business Groups to Professional Managers
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The Global History of Corporate Governance: An Introduction
Randall K. Morck and Lloyd Steier
1. The Rise and Fall of the Widely Held Firm: A History of Corporate Ownership in Canada
Randall K. Morck, Michael Percy, Gloria Y. Tian, and Bernard Yeung
Comment: Jordan Siegel
2. The History of Corporate Ownership in China: State Patronage, Company Legislation, and the Issue of Control
William Goetzmann and Elisabeth Köll
Comment: Dwight H. Perkins
3. Corporate Ownership in France: The Importance of History
Antoin E. Murphy
Comment: Daniel Raff
4. The History of Corporate Ownership and Control in Germany
Caroline Fohlin
Comment: Alexander Dyck
5. The Evolution of Concentrated Ownership in India: Broad Patterns and a History of the Indian Software Industry
Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
Comment: Ashoka Mody
6. The History of Corporate Ownership in Italy
Alexander Aganin and Paolo Volpin
Comment: Daniel Wolfenzon
7. A Frog in a Well Knows Nothing of the Ocean: A History of Corporate Ownership in Japan
Randall K. Morck and Masao Nakamura
Comment: Sheldon Garon
8. Financing and Control in the Netherlands: A Historical Perspective
Abe de Jong and Alisa Röell
Comment: Peter Högfeldt
9. The History and Politics of Corporate Ownership in Sweden
Peter Högfeldt
Comment: Ailsa Röell
10. Spending Less Time with the Family: The Decline of Family Ownership in the United Kingdom
Julian Franks, Colin Mayer, and Stefano Rossi
Comment: Barry Eichengreen
11. Why Has There Been So Little Block Holding in America?
Marco Becht and J. Bradford DeLong
Comment: Richard Sylla
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Economics and Business: Business--Business Economics and Management Studies | Economics--Development, Growth, Planning | Economics--History | Economics--International and Comparative
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