Corporate Governance: Towards a New Foundation for both Developed and Transition Economies

Steve Letza

Chapter 10 in Palgrave Dictionary of Emerging Markets and Transition Economics, 2015, pp 190-211 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The current debate on corporate governance has been ‘polarized’ between, on the one hand, the shareholding paradigm and, on the other hand, the stakeholding paradigm. However, underpinning the main theories are hidden paradox assumptions which leads to concerns over the credibility and validity of this dichotomized approach. Both camps of the debate rely on a homeostatic and entitative conception of the corporation and its governance structures. Consequently they suffer from inadequate attention to the underlying philosophical presuppositions in which the static approach is rooted. To avoid the traditional trap in theorizing, an alternative approach, referred to as the processual approach, is proposed for a better understanding of the inherent overflow and heterogeneity of corporate governance practices.

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Shareholding; Stakeholding; Dichotomy; Static Approach; Representationalism; Processual Approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-37138-6_11

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