Corporate governance : how to design good companies /

Corporate governance : how to design good companies /

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Author / Creator:Zattoni, Alessandro, author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Milano : Bocconi University Press, 2020.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
Corporate governance.
Corporate governance
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13542228
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Other authors / contributors:Airoldi, Giuseppe, writer of foreword.
Judge, William Q., writer of afterword.
ISBN:9788885486751
8885486754
9788885486935
8885486932
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 3, 2020).
Other form:Print version: Zattoni, Alessandro. Corporate governance. First edition. Milano : Bocconi University Press, 2020 8885486932 9788885486935
Table of Contents:
  • CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • An ever-new theme
  • Uncertainty, freedom, fairness
  • Transparency is worthwhile
  • Introduction
  • What is corporate governance?
  • What is the content of this book?
  • How to use this book?
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One. Corporate Governance Theories and Frameworks
  • 1 Corporate Governance
  • 1.1 The Goldman Sachs case
  • 1.2 Historical evolution of the debate on corporate governance
  • 1.3 Broad and narrow views of corporate governance
  • Check list
  • Notes
  • 2 What is the Purpose of a Corporation?
  • 2.1 The Body Shop case
  • 2.2 Firm and its stakeholders
  • 2.3 Theory of shareholder value creation
  • 2.4 Theory of stakeholder value creation
  • 2.5 Allocation of ownership rights to stakeholder
  • Check list
  • Notes
  • 3 The Corporate Governance Mechanisms
  • 3.1 The Parmalat case
  • 3.2 Agency problems
  • 3.3 Possible remedies to the agency problems
  • 3.4 Bundle of governance mechanisms
  • Check list
  • Notes
  • 4 The Relationship Between Strategy, Ownership, and Governance
  • 4.1 The Telecom Italia case
  • 4.2 Relationship between strategy, ownership, and governance
  • 4.3 Company archetypes
  • Check list
  • Notes
  • Part Two. Corporate Governance Mechanisms in Large Listed Companies
  • 5 Corporate Governance Models Around the World
  • 5.1 The Satyam case
  • 5.2 Comparative corporate governance
  • 5.3 Comparative corporate governance: lessons learned
  • Check list
  • Notes
  • 6 The Ownership Structure
  • 6.1 Hermes fund's challenge to Italmobiliare group
  • 6.2 Relationship between ownership structure and company performance
  • 6.3 Ownership structures around the world
  • 6.4 The pyramidal groups
  • Check list
  • Notes
  • 7 The Board of Directors
  • 7.1 The Lehman Brothers case
  • 7.2 The three roles of the board of directors
  • 7.3 The design of the board of directors
  • 7.4 Characteristics of boards of directors around the world
  • 7.5 A contingency perspective on boards of directors
  • Check list
  • Notes
  • 8 The Remuneration of Top Management
  • 8.1 The Home Depot case
  • 8.2 Directors' remuneration
  • 8.3 Top managers incentive plans
  • 8.4 Stock option plans
  • 8.5 The remuneration of executive and non-executive directors around the world
  • 8.6 The current debate on executive remuneration
  • 8.7 Contingency design of top managers' compensation
  • Check list
  • Notes
  • Afterword
  • The Future of Corporate Governance
  • Bibliography

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