Fundamentals of Corporate Governance

Petra Nix and Jean Jinghan Chen
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Petra Nix: University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland
Jean Jinghan Chen: Surrey Business School

Chapter 2 in The Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance, 2013, pp 10-51 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The following section provides a general overview of the various definitions, developments and scope of corporate governance. It describes the different theoretical frameworks, elaborates on the empirical developments in the academic research and gives a summary of the relevant guidelines. Furthermore, this section focuses on the German corporate governance system and institutional investors.

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Institutional Investor; Stakeholder Theory; Hedge Fund; Agency Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137327031_2

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