Title:
Corporate governance : theoretical and empirical perspectives
Author:
Vives, Xavier.
ISBN:
9780521781640
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Physical Description:
viii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Papers presented at a conference on 'New Ideas in Corporate Governance, ' held in Barcelona in October 1998, organized by the Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) and sponsored by the Institute Català de Finances (Generalitat de Cataluyna)"--Page vii.
Contents:
Corporate governance : does it matter? / Xavier Vives -- Corporate governance and competition / Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale -- On the economics and politics of corporate finance and corporate control / Martin Hellwig -- How do financial systems affect economic performance? / Wendy Carlin and Colin Mayer -- Information and governance in the Silicon Valley model / Masahiko Aoki -- The governance of the new enterprise / Raghuram G. Rajan and Luigi Zingales.
Abstract:
Takes stock of research in the topic, criticizes the standard agency view and presents ideas and analysis about the role of competition, the political economy of corporate governance, the effects of different systems on growth and performance, the governance system by venture capital in the Silicon Valley and human capital control.
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