A history of corporate governance around the world : family business groups to professional managers / edited by Randall K. Morck.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rise and fall of the widely held firm / Randall K. Morck [and others] -- History of corporate ownership in China / William Goetzmann and Elisabeth Köll -- Corporate ownership in France / Antoin E. Murphy -- History of corporate ownership and control in Germany / Caroline Fohlin -- Evolution of concentrated ownership in India / Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu -- History of corporate ownership in Italy / Alexander Aganin and Paolo Volpin -- Frog in a well knows nothing of the ocean / Randall K . Morck and Masao Nakamura -- Financing and control in the Netherlands / Abe de Jong and Ailsa Röell -- History and politics of corporate ownership in Sweden / Peter Högfeldt -- Spending less time with the family / Julian Franks [and others] -- Why has there been so little block holding America? / Marco Becht and J. Bradford DeLong.

Print version record.

For many Americans, capitalism is a dynamic engine of prosperity that rewards the bold, the daring, and the hardworking. But to many outside the United States, capitalism seems like an initiative that serves only to concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few hereditary oligarchies. As A History of Corporate Governance around the World shows, neither conception is wrong. In this volume, some of the brightest minds in the field of economics present new empirical research that suggests that each side of the debate has something to offer the other. Free enterprise and well-developed financi.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide