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In this volume, leading management experts offer critical insights into the promises and illusions of shareholder empowerment, the discrepancies between theory and practice, and the challenges posed by variations in global corporate governance regimes.
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Keywords
- Shareholder empowerment
- corporate governance
- shareholder activism
- investor activism
- shareholder intervention
- ownership
- shareholder democracy
- majority shareholders
- minority shareholders
- hedge funds
- private equity
- conflicts
- Governance
- management
- Manager
- minority
- organization
- Private Equity
- investments and securities
Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Shareholder Empowerment: An Introduction
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Shareholder Empowerment: Promises and Illusions
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Front Matter
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Shareholder Diversity and Global Empowerment
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Back Matter
About the authors
Maria Goranova is Associate Professor of Organizations and Strategic Management at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. She researches corporate governance and corporate strategy, with a focus on how ownership interests, shareholder activism and executive compensation affect corporate diversification and mergers and acquisitions. She serves on the editorial board of Journal of Management and her research has been published in such journals as Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Journal of Management.
Lori Verstegen Ryan is Professor of Management and Director of the Corporate Governance Institute at San Diego State University, USA. Her research interests include institutional ownership and business ethics, and her work has been published in top journals including Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Management, and Business Ethics Quarterly. She has served on several journal editorial boards including Academy of Management Review.
Lori Verstegen Ryan is Professor of Management and Director of the Corporate Governance Institute at San Diego State University, USA. Her research interests include institutional ownership and business ethics, and her work has been published in top journals including Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Management, and Business Ethics Quarterly. She has served on several journal editorial boards including Academy of Management Review.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Shareholder Empowerment
Book Subtitle: A New Era in Corporate Governance
Editors: Maria Goranova, Lori Verstegen Ryan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137373939
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37644-2Published: 06 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37393-9Published: 27 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 335
Topics: Business Finance, Business Ethics, Management, Investments and Securities, Popular Science in Finance, Business Strategy/Leadership