Boards Of Directors In European Companies

Author : Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose,Mette Neville (jurist.),Karsten Engsig Sørensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Corporate governance
ISBN : 9041141413

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Boards of Directors in European Companies by Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose,Mette Neville (jurist.),Karsten Engsig Sørensen Pdf

The recent financial crisis has once again stressed the importance of good corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in building trust in the European internal market. It has given rise to a discussion of whether a number of issues should be addressed through regulation or soft law at EU level. These issues relate in particular to the duties of directors in European companies as well as how the board of directors is composed and structured. Drawing attention first to duties of directors and then to the organisation of the board, this appropriately timed analysis takes stock of the status of the initiatives that have been debated so far, examines whether the rules which have been adopted form a coherent system, and suggests ways in which these initiatives affect national law. Topics covered include the following: directors' conflicts of interest; rules on shareholder transparency; duty to promote active ownership; whether it is possible to find a balance between corporate enterprise and risk control; integration of environmental and social concerns in the decision-making of the company; the board's role as a monitor of management; overcoming managerial deficiencies; the concept of independent directors; independence from a controlling shareholder; nomination of board members; disqualification of directors; and directors duties in groups of companies.

Author : Paul Davies,Klaus Hopt,Richard Nowak,Gerard van Solinge
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191015267

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Corporate Boards in Law and Practice by Paul Davies,Klaus Hopt,Richard Nowak,Gerard van Solinge Pdf

Corporate boards play a central role in corporate governance and are thus regulated in the corporate law and corporate governance codes of all industrialized countries. Yet while there is a common core of rules on the boards considerable differences remain. These differences depend partly on shareholder structure, partly on historical, political and social developments and especially employee representation on the board. More recently, in particular with the rise of the international corporate governance code movement, there is a clear tendency towards convergence, at least in terms of the formal provisions of the codes. This book analyses the corporate boards, their regulation in law and codes and their actual functioning in ten European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom). It offers the most up to date practical and analytical information on boards in Europe by leading company law experts. The issues addressed include: board structure, composition and functioning (one tier v. two tier, independent directors, expertise and diversity, separating the chair and the CEO functions, information streams, committees, voting and employee representation); enforcement by liability rules (in particular conflicts of interest), incentive structures (remuneration) and shareholder activism.

Author : Massimo Belcredi,Guido Ferrarini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107040564

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Boards and Shareholders in European Listed Companies by Massimo Belcredi,Guido Ferrarini Pdf

Is European Corporate Governance really dysfunctional? An analysis of European reform proposals based on new, comparative evidence.

Author : Colette Fagan,Maria González Menèndez,Silvia Gómez Ansón
Publisher : Springer
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230307735

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Women on Corporate Boards and in Top Management by Colette Fagan,Maria González Menèndez,Silvia Gómez Ansón Pdf

This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countries with different policy regimes and trajectories.

Author : Jeremy Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Committees
ISBN : UOM:35128000905552

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Board Committees in European Companies by Jeremy Bacon Pdf

Author : Stanislav Shekshnia,Veronika Zagieva
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811331978

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Leading a Board by Stanislav Shekshnia,Veronika Zagieva Pdf

This book represents the first cross-country study of the work of board chairs in Europe. It includes unique data collected through interviews with almost 200 experienced board chairs and their key stakeholders – board members, CEOs and shareholders. The book focuses on what board leaders actually do, rather than what they should do, and elaborates on a conceptual contingency framework for understanding chairs’ work in Europe. This includes a comprehensive list of chair practices – iterative behaviour strategies for getting things done, comparisons of contexts for chairs’ work and practices among nine countries, and identification of cross-European and country-specific trends that will shape the work of board leaders in the next decade. The book will benefit incumbent and future chairs, directors, shareholders, CEOs, executives and regulators in developing a systemic understanding of the work of a chair in the European business context and gaining insights into how the leader of the board deals with specific challenges.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264200425

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Corporate Governance Boards of Directors of State-Owned Enterprises An Overview of National Practices by OECD Pdf

This book sheds light on good practices concerning boards of directors of state-owned enterprises. It draws on national practices from over 30 economies.

Author : Robert Ian Tricker
Publisher : Gower Publishing Company, Limited
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043850655

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Corporate Governance by Robert Ian Tricker Pdf

Author : Barbara Sveva Magnanelli,Luca Pirolo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030561208

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Corporate Governance and Diversity in Boardrooms by Barbara Sveva Magnanelli,Luca Pirolo Pdf

This book explores diversity in boardrooms to highlight the link between the heterogeneous dimensions of board diversity and their impact on the firms. The book provides a brief definition of corporate governance and focuses on the role and functions of the board of directors. The work contributes to the literature enriching the empirical findings about board diversity. After a deep review of the literature within several theoretical frameworks, such as agency, stakeholder, stewardship, resource dependence, and the institutional theory, the focus moves on the impact on financial performance. The board diversity effects are tested through an empirical analysis conducted on a sample of European listed companies, performing both a single and a joint diversity index analysis. Practitioners and academics will find this book particularly timely and useful as it combines both a review of the literature and robust empirical investigation. It will be an excellent reading for academics and practitioners interested in firm performance, corporate governance and stakeholder theory.

Author : Maria Aluchna,Güler Aras
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351728935

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Women on Corporate Boards by Maria Aluchna,Güler Aras Pdf

Female presence and involvement on boards improves firm performance, transforms corporate governance and leads to the transition towards more responsible business. Corporate boards are essential bodies for governance and management and their efficiency determines a company’s performance. The board is a crucial element of the corporate governance structure and its efficiency and performance determines the success of the operation and monitoring of the company. The board is viewed as the liaison between providers of capital (shareholders) and managers who use this capital to create value. The board role is to represent, formulate and fulfill the interests and expectations of shareholders as the owners of the companies. The discussion surrounding female participation in business inevitably needs to refer to their presence on corporate boards. It is also a reliable indicator of a gender equality policy and advancement, adopted by countries and companies. The book traces the logic behind the decision patterns of female involvement in governance and management. In particular, it identifies the patterns of women’s presence on corporate boards, with respect to theoretical and conceptual argumentation, policy and regulatory implication, as well as practical adaptation. The phenomenon of women on corporate boards is analyzed in the context of different political, cultural and institutional environments addressing challenges in both developed and emerging economies. The role of female directors is viewed as one of the crucial aspects in corporate governance, adding to the quality of control and management.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264401457

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Corporate Governance Duties and Responsibilities of Boards in Company Groups by OECD Pdf

This publication provides an overview of the duties and responsibilities of boards in company groups across 45 jurisdictions. The introduction outlines the global landscape of company groups, their economic role and the principal challenges they present with respect to corporate governance polices.

Author : Richard Leblanc,James Gillies
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470739952

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Inside the Boardroom by Richard Leblanc,James Gillies Pdf

Distinguished governance experts offer cures for what ails our boards of directors In light of corporate malfeasance in recent years, the governance of corporations has been receiving great attention from regulators, researchers, shareholders, and directors themselves. Based on Richard Leblanc's in-depth five-year study of 39 boards of directors of both for- and not-for-profit organizations, Building a Better Board goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of boards of directors, including how they make decisions. Recently chosen as one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40"(TM), Dr Richard Leblanc is an award-winning teacher and researcher, certified management consultant, professional speaker, professor, lawyer and specialist on boards of directors. He can be reached at [email protected]. James Gillies, PhD (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is Professor Emeritus at the Schulich School of Business, York University, where he serves as Chair of the Canada-Russia Corporate Governance Program.

Author : Davies, Paul Lyndon Davies,Klaus J. Hopt,R. G. J. Nowak,Gerard van Solinge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 867 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Boards of directors
ISBN : 0191774251

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Corporate Boards in Law and Practice by Davies, Paul Lyndon Davies,Klaus J. Hopt,R. G. J. Nowak,Gerard van Solinge Pdf

Corporate boards play a central role in corporate governance and are thus regulated in the corporate law and corporate governance codes of all industrialised countries. This book analyses the corporate boards, their regulation in law and codes and their actual functioning in ten European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom). It offers the most up-to-date practical and analytical information on boards in Europe by leading company law experts.

Author : Jeremy Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Bestyrelser, aktieselskaber
ISBN : UOM:35128001428257

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Corporate Boards and Corporate Governance by Jeremy Bacon Pdf

A survey and interviews, conducted in cooperation with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, In., reveal: - independent directors now far outnumber insiders on U.S. boards, - boards are responding to the pressure to get tougher with managements, - activist shareholders are having an impact on boards, - European directors are also facing pressure to reform.

Author : Jean J. du Plessis,Bernhard Großfeld,Claus Luttermann,Ingo Saenger,Otto Sandrock,Matthias Casper
Publisher : Springer
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783662541982

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German Corporate Governance in International and European Context by Jean J. du Plessis,Bernhard Großfeld,Claus Luttermann,Ingo Saenger,Otto Sandrock,Matthias Casper Pdf

The book provides readers with an overview of the unique features of German business and enterprise law and an in-depth analysis of the organs of governance of German public limited companies (general meeting, management board, supervisory board). In addition, approaches for reforms required at the international level are also suggested and discussed, including, among others, the unique interplay and dynamics of the German two-tier board model with the system of codetermination, referring to the arrangement of employees sitting on the supervisory boards of German public limited companies and private companies employing more than 500 employees; also covered are significant recent legal developments in Europe.The book highlights the core function of valuation and financial reporting at the international, European and German levels, with accounting as the documentary proof of good corporate governance. Corporate governance encompasses the free enterprise system, which is treated comprehensively in this book from a German perspective. This distinguishes the book from other books written in English in this subject area, not only because of the comprehensive way it covers German corporate law and corporate governance, but also because of the fact that it provides international and European perspectives on these important topics.The book is addressed to researchers, practitioners and basically anyone with an interest in the complex, but intriguing areas of corporate law and corporate governance.