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Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
"This provocative book applies law and finance theory to a wide range of issues bearing on corporate governance and business history. Brouwer's analysis should hold particular interest for students and scholars interested in comparative governance."
Joseph A. McCahery, Professor of Corporate Governance and Innovation, University of Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics
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1. Prologue and Governance and Prosperity 2. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development 3. Organizations and Uncertainty: The Management of Perceptions–From Medieval Italy to Silicon Valley 4. Entrepreneurship and the State 5. Valuation and Authority in Failing Firms: US and European Bankruptcy Laws 6. Performance Pay and Uncertainty in Entrepreneurial and Bureaucratic Firms 7. Executive Pay and Tenure: Founding Fathers, Mercenaries and Revolutionaries 8. Decision Agents in Corporate and Political Democracies:Venice, Florence and the Low Countries 9. Democracy and Dictatorship: The Politics of Innovation 10. Waning and Emerging Empires 11. References
Biography
Maria Brouwer is Professor in Economics at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
"˜This provocative book applies law and finance theory to a wide range of issues bearing on corporate governance and business history. Brouwer's analysis should hold particular interest for students and scholars interested in comparative governance."
Joseph A. McCahery
Professor of Corporate Governance and Innovation
University of Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics
