Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The uniqueness of this book is its conceptualization of a corporate group as a system of interaction, comprised of nodes, links and internal governance tools. This framework can be used to understand what constitutes a group, based on affiliation-linkages. By increasing our perception of group-structuring we can assess the extent to which existing laws address all variables. If the law does not consider certain variables to be used for identifying groups, a case of shadow business may be identified. Group-transparency is a recurring topic on the regulatory agenda. In this book, three legal domains are analysed questioning whether specific amendments have led to increased group-transparency: the control-definition for consolidated accounts, shareholder-transparency in company law, and major holding disclosure in listed companies. This book identifies deficiencies of the law in obtaining its regulatory objective of group-transparency, and proposes an interpretative solution based on Systems Thinking.

Corporate governance --- Conglomerate corporations --- Strategic alliances (Business) --- Economic interest groupings --- Industrial concentration --- Law and legislation --- Big business --- Duopolies --- Oligopolies --- Trusts, Industrial --- Competition --- Consolidation and merger of corporations --- Industrial organization --- Combinations, Industrial --- Concentration, Industrial --- Economic concentration --- Business enterprises --- Groupement d'intérêt économique --- Groupements d'intérêt économique --- Partnership --- Business networks --- Alliances in business --- Business alliances, Strategic --- Corporate alliances --- Strategic business alliances --- Strategic corporate alliances --- Strategic partnerships (Business) --- Corporations --- Chaebols --- Conglomerate mergers --- Conglomerates (Corporations) --- Corporations, Conglomerate --- Keiretsu --- Mergers, Conglomerate --- Industrial management --- Directors of corporations --- Governance, Corporate --- Economic interest groupings. --- Law and legislation. --- Antitrust law --- Corporation law