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Routledge Research in Corporate Law


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The credit crunch of 2007 and the ensuing financial crises have led to a renewed interest in the place of corporations in the modern world and the role of law and regulation in governing their behaviour. This series looks to survey the current developments within the field of corporate law as well as mapping out future opportunities for change. The series offers a comparative approach to the subject, looking not just at North America and Europe but also at the state of affairs elsewhere in the world. Written by influential scholars, the books offer thought-provoking and often critical analyses of corporate law. The functions and legal obligations and rights of multiple stakeholders including directors, investors, governments and regulators are examined from both empirical and theoretical standpoints. Whilst being grounded in law the series also draws upon research from the disciplines of economics, management studies, sociology and politics in order to explore the implications of corporate law in their wider social and economic context.

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Beyond Shareholder Wealth Maximisation Towards a More Suitable Corporate Objective for Chinese Companies

Beyond Shareholder Wealth Maximisation: Towards a More Suitable Corporate Objective for Chinese Companies

1st Edition

By Min Yan
September 21, 2017

The corporate objective, namely, in whose interests a company should be run, is the most important theoretical and practical issue confronting us today, as this core objective animates or should animate every decision a company makes. Despite decades of debate, however, there is no consensus ...

Behavioural Risks in Corporate Governance Regulatory Intervention as a Risk Management Mechanism

Behavioural Risks in Corporate Governance: Regulatory Intervention as a Risk Management Mechanism

1st Edition

By Ngozi Vivian Okoye
May 25, 2017

Recent cases of corporate failures, including the fixing of LIBOR rates and money laundering issues in the banking industry, highlight how behavioural issues on the part of company directors are significant contributory factors in corporate governance and the success or failure of companies. This ...

Board Accountability in Corporate Governance

Board Accountability in Corporate Governance

1st Edition

By Andrew Keay
January 11, 2017

Within corporate governance the accountability of the board of directors is identified as a major issue by governments, international bodies, professional associations and academic literature.  Boards are given significant power in companies, and as a consequence it is argued that they should be ...

The Changing Nature of Corporate Social Responsibility CSR and Development – The Case of Mauritius

The Changing Nature of Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR and Development – The Case of Mauritius

1st Edition

By Renginee Pillay
November 03, 2016

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has increasingly been promoted as an important mechanism for furthering economic and social development goals in developing countries. In such an optimistic climate, questions arise as to whether CSR can bear the weight of the increasing expectations being ...

Directors’ Decisions and the Law Promoting Success

Directors’ Decisions and the Law: Promoting Success

1st Edition

By Alice Belcher
March 03, 2016

Directors are key decision-makers in any organisation, whether it is in the public sector, a family business or a transnational company. The UK Companies Act 2006 codified directors’ duties for the first time and describes the director as the ‘most likely to promote the success of the company for ...

Rethinking Corporate Governance The Law and Economics of Control Powers

Rethinking Corporate Governance: The Law and Economics of Control Powers

1st Edition

By Alessio Pacces
October 12, 2015

The standard approach to the legal foundations of corporate governance is based on the view that corporate law promotes separation of ownership and control by protecting non-controlling shareholders from expropriation. This book takes a broader perspective by showing that investor protection is a ...

Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance Legal Aspects, Practices and Future Directions

Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance: Legal Aspects, Practices and Future Directions

1st Edition

By Shuangge Wen
July 16, 2015

Rising defaults in the financial market in 2007, the current widespread economic recession and debt crisis have added impetus to existing doubts about companies’ governance, and cast new light on future trends in shareholder-oriented corporate practice. Taking account of these developments in the ...

Understanding Institutional Shareholder Activism A Comparative Study of the UK and China

Understanding Institutional Shareholder Activism: A Comparative Study of the UK and China

1st Edition

By Bo Gong
July 16, 2015

Institutional shareholder participation has long been considered as vital to good corporate governance yet its potential does not seem to have been realized. The recent banking crisis exposed the passivity of some institutional shareholders, many of whom appear to have chosen to sell their ...

Progressive Corporate Governance for the 21st Century

Progressive Corporate Governance for the 21st Century

1st Edition

By Lorraine Talbot
June 19, 2014

Progressive Corporate Governance for the 21st Century is a wide ranging and ambitious study of why corporate governance is the shape that it is, and how it can be better. The book sets out the emergence of shareholder primacy orientated corporate governance using a study of historical developments ...

The Enlightened Shareholder Value Principle and Corporate Governance

The Enlightened Shareholder Value Principle and Corporate Governance

1st Edition

By Andrew Keay
March 13, 2014

The enlightened shareholder value principle (ESV) was formulated during the comprehensive review of UK company law by the Company Law Steering Group in the late 1990s and early 2000’s and requires directors of companies to act in the collective best interests of shareholders. The principle was ...

The Political Determinants of Corporate Governance in China

The Political Determinants of Corporate Governance in China

1st Edition

By Chenxia Shi
October 25, 2013

This book investigates the key factors shaping corporate governance in China and presents a sophisticated study of corporate governance in China from a comparative and historical perspective. Drawing on extensive corporate governance literature, this book articulates why path dependence theory is ...

Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights and the Law Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries

Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights and the Law: Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries

1st Edition

By Olufemi Amao
April 11, 2013

The control of multinational corporations is an area of law that has attracted immense attention both at national and international level. In recognition of the importance of the subject matter, the United Nations Secretary General has appointed a special representative to work in this area. The ...

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