European Corporations: Ownership, Governance, Strategies and Structures. A Review of Five Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain

Franco Amatori and Andrea Colli
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Franco Amatori: Institute of the same at Bocconi University
Andrea Colli: Bocconi University

A chapter in The European Enterprise, 2008, pp 23-36 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The focus of this chapter is on large firms, for which the convergence/divergence patterns in ownership and governance are more easily detectable. Thus (notwithstanding their well known relevance) a distinctive section of the European enterprise apparatus, i.e. the world of the small and medium-size companies and of local production systems will be left aside. Consequently, we will concentrate on the top section of each country’s rankings of manufacturing enterprises by turnover, even if some of the data collected in the secondary sources we utilise refer to other rankings (e.g., the top listed corporations). We must say however that in general they overlap almost completely with the list of top corporations by total sales.

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Banking System; Institutional Investor; Ownership Structure; Investor Protection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74038-4_2

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