Political power and corporate control : the new global politics of corporate governance / Peter Alexis Gourevitch and James J. Shinn.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2005]

2007.

©2005

HD2741 .G677 2005

Political power & corporate control

0691122911 (alk. paper)
9780691122915 (alk. paper)
9780691133812
0691133816

xvii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

(OCoLC)57207605

"Why does corporate governance--front page news with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat--vary so dramatically around the world? This book explains how politics shapes corporate governance--how managers, shareholders, and workers jockey for advantage in setting the rules by which companies are run, and for whom they are run. It combines a clear theoretical model on this political interaction, with statistical evidence from thirty-nine countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America and detailed narratives of country cases. This book differs from most treatments by explaining differences in minority shareholder protections and ownership concentration among countries in terms of the interaction of economic preferences and political institutions. It explores in particular the crucial role of pension plans and financial intermediaries in shaping political preferences for different rules of corporate governance."--Publisher's description.

Includes statistical evidence from a sample of 39 countries, with detailed narratives of nine specific country cases.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-332) and index.

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