TY - BOOK ID - 18171221 TI - A history of corporate governance around the world AU - Morck, Randall AU - National Bureau of Economic Research. PY - 2007 SN - 0226536807 0226536815 9786611125936 1281125938 0226536831 9780226536835 9780226536811 PB - Chicago, Ill. University of Chicago Press :National Bureau of Economic Research DB - UniCat KW - Corporate governance KW - History. KW - Corporate governance. KW - Governance, Corporate KW - Industrial management KW - Directors of corporations KW - 650 KW - 338 <09> KW - 658.1 KW - 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis KW - Economische geschiedenis KW - 658.1 Forms of enterprise. Finances KW - Forms of enterprise. Finances KW - History KW - Theorieën en grondbeginselen. Management KW - Company law. Associations KW - Business policy KW - E-books KW - corporate governance, foreign, international, china, india, netherlands, sweden, united kingdom, japan, italy, germany, france, canada, industrial economies, developing countries, ownership, control, company legislation, state patronage, block holding, family business, financing, software, nonfiction, economics, finance, investment, corporations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18171221 AB - For many Americans, capitalism is a dynamic engine of prosperity that rewards the bold, the daring, and the hardworking. But to many outside the United States, capitalism seems like an initiative that serves only to concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few hereditary oligarchies. As A History of Corporate Governance around the World shows, neither conception is wrong. In this volume, some of the brightest minds in the field of economics present new empirical research that suggests that each side of the debate has something to offer the other. Free enterprise and well-developed financial systems are proven to produce growth in those countries that have them. But research also suggests that in some other capitalist countries, arrangements truly do concentrate corporate ownership in the hands of a few wealthy families. A History of Corporate Governance around the World provides historical studies of the patterns of corporate governance in several countries-including the large industrial economies of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States; larger developing economies like China and India; and alternative models like those of the Netherlands and Sweden. ER -