Good Governance Tools: Cross-Pollination from Nordic Corporate Law

Corporate Law and Governance

This chapter surveys the theoretical and empirical research on the main mechanisms of corporate law and governance, discusses the main legal and regulatory institutions in different countries, and examines the comparative governance literature. Corporate governance is concerned with the reconciliation of conflicts of interest between various corporate claimholders and the resolution of collecti...

Law, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Scandal in an Emerging Economy: Insights from China

Good corporate governance in Nigeria: Antecedents, propositions and peculiarities ¬リニ

Relying on an alternative theoretical framework (i.e. institutional theory), rather than the dominant agency theory, this paper examines the connections between corporate governance mechanisms and good practices, as informed by an empirical and contextual analysis. On the basis of research methods triangulation, this study presents nine specific antecedents of good corporate governance in weak ...

Fact and Fiction in Corporate Law and Governance

INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 1325 I. CONTRACTING AT THE IPO STAGE ................................................................. 1331 A. IPO Charters and Takeover Defenses ...................................................... 1332 B. Innovation, Diversity, and the “Plain Vanilla” Charter ......................

Relationship between the Rule of Law, Good Governance, and Sustainable Development

This paper reviews the relationship between the rule of law, good governance, and sustainable development as those terms are used by the relevant development organizations; describes the efforts made by various organizations to promote the rule of law and good governance; and addresses the need to strengthen compliance and enforcement for sustainable development. A recent movement, which has re...