Corporate governance in global capital markets

著者

• Sarra, Janis

書誌事項

Corporate governance in global capital markets

edited by Janis Sarra

UBC Press, c2003

• : pbk

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The recent failures of Enron, WorldCom, and other large publicly tradedcorporations have catapulted the issue of corporate governance onto theinternational stage. In this timely book, Janis Sarra draws togetherthe work of legal scholars and practitioners from across North Americato provide a comprehensive analysis of corporate governance issues inglobal capital markets. The contributors to this collection explore thetheoretical underpinnings of corporate governance and provide concreteillustration of different models and their outcomes. While theperspectives of the authors sometimes differ, their common project isto explore different normative conceptions of the corporation in orderto contribute to an analysis of global trends in corporate governance.

目次

Preface / Purdy Crawford Introduction / Janis Sarra Part 1: Governance of the Corporation in the Context ofGlobal Markets 1. Canadian Corporate Governance Reform: In Search of a RegulatoryRole for Corporate Law / Stephane Rousseau 2. Oversight, Hindsight, and Foresight: Canadian CorporateGovernance through the Lens of Global Capital Markets / JanisSarra 3. Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Global Capital Markets/ Christopher C. Nicholls Part 2: Shareholder Activism and Control: Accountability forCorporate Harms 4. Canadian Institutional Shareholder Activism in an Era of GlobalDeregulation / Gil Yaron 5. Investor Control of Multinational Enterprises: A Market forCorporate Governance Based on Justice and Fairness? / Ronald B.Davis 6. The Interplay between Securities Regulation and CorporateGovernance: Shareholder Activism, the Shareholder Proposal Rule, andCorporate Compliance with Law / Cheryl L. Wade 7. Beyond Environmental Compliance, with a View to the BestInterests of the Company / Robert Mansell and Brian Prill Part 3: The Role of Directors in Governance Oversight:Domestic and International Lessons 8. Developments in US Boards of Directors and the Multiple Roles ofCorporate Boards / Lynne L. Dallas 9. The Governance of Commercial Crown Corporations: How MuchIndependence Can We Expect from Corporate Directors? / BarrySlutsky and Philip Bryden 10. Synchronizing Individual Corporate Self-Interest Goals andSector Development Responsibilities: The BC Seafood Processing IndustryExperience / Kathleen Porter and Joe Weiler Part 4: Governance of the Financially DistressedCorporation 11. Under Pressure: Governance of the Financially DistressedCorporation / Geoffrey B. Morawetz 12. Governance of the Financially Distressed Corporation in GlobalCapital Markets: Selected Aspects of the Financing and Governance ofCanadian Enterprises in Cross-Border Workouts / Edward A. Sellers,Natasha J. MacParland, and F. James Hoffner 13. The Role of Court-Appointed Officers in the Governance ofFinancially Distressed Corporations / John Sandrelli Contributors Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA64633893
• ISBN:
  • 0774810041
  • 077481005X
• 出版国コード: cn
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Vancouver, B.C.
• ページ数/冊数: xxiv, 372 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 346.0664
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Corporate governance -- Law and legislation