Comparative Corporate Governance

Klaus J. Hopt, Eddy Wymeersch

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9783110157659
• eBook ISBN: 9783110905045
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Diritto
• Subtopic: Diritto comparato

Table of contents

• Part One: Essays
• The German Two-Tier Board (Aufsichtsrat): A German View on Corporate Governance
• The Cadbury Report, Two Years Later
• Institutional Investors as Corporate Monitors in the UK
• Holding Companies in Belgium
• The Corporate Goverance Debate in Belgium
• A Note on the Typology of Financial Systems
• Path Dependence, Political Options and Governance Systems
• Trends in Japanese Corporate Governance
• Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance: A Comparison of Germany, Japan and the U.S
• Part Two: Materials
• I. United Kingdom
• 1. Board of Directors: The Code of Best Practice (Report of the Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance, Cadbury Report, London 1992)
• 2. Statement of Directors‘ Responsibility for Preparing the Accounts (Cadbury Report, London 1992)
• 3. Audit Committees (Cadbury Report, London 1992)
• 4. Compliance with the Code of Best Practice: Summary of Main Conclusions (Report of the Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance, London 1995) (p. 13)
• 5. The Role and Duties of Directors - A Statement of Best Practice (Institutional Shareholders' Committee, London 1991)
• 6. The Responsibilities of Institutional Shareholders in the UK (Institutional Shareholders' Committee, London 1991)
• 7. Directors' Remuneration: The Code of Best Practice (Greenbury Report, London 1995) (p. 12-18)
• II. USA
• 8. Board Guidelines on Significant Corporate Governance Issues (General Motors, Washington 1995)
• 9. Corporate Governance Principles (Atlantic Richfield Company, ARCO, Annual Report, Los Angeles 1995)
• 10. Statement of Governance Principles (California Public Employee Retirement System, CalPERS, Sacramento 1996)
• 11. Important Elements of Good Corporate Governance (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund, TIAA-CREF, New York 1993)
• III. Canada
• 12. Corporate Governance Standards (Pension Investment Association of Canada, PIAC, Toronto 1993) (p. 4-6)
• 13. Guidelines for Improved Corporate Governance in Canada (Report of the Toronto Stock Exchange Committee on Corporate Governance in Canada, Toronto 1994)
• IV. France
• 14. Le Conseil d’Administration des Sociétés Cotées (Association Française des Entreprises Privées, Conseil National du Patronat Français, Paris 1995)
• 15. La modernisation du droit des sociétés (Rapport au Premier ministre, Rapporteur: Marini, Paris 1996)
• V. Germany
• 16. Empfehlen sich gesetzliche Regelungen zur Einschränkung des Einflusses der Kreditinstitute auf Aktiengesellschaften? (Beschlüsse des 61. Deutschen Juristentages, Abteilung Wirtschaftsrecht, Karlsruhe 1996)
• VI. The Netherlands
• 17. Recommendations for Corporate Governance (Committee on Corporate Governance, Amsterdam 1996)
• VII. Belgium
• 18. Recommendations pour le bon fonctionnement du Conseil d’administration d’une société (Federation des Entreprises de Belgique, FEB 1996)