There is an underlying partnership agreement in cooperatives that makes use of accounting regulations to determine the results. This can indirectly lead to a modification in the organization that was originally planned. Therefore, we should start with accounting regulations when legislating on...

Mercantile law and in particular the National Accounting Plan do not consider the peculiarities of co-operatives, derived from their different nature and functioning, and making necessary the existence of rules of adaptation bringing together their peculiarities in order for financial...

The adoption of IASB accounting regulations by the European Union has led to a process of reform in Spanish legislation on corporations, similar to that which occurred at the end of the 1980s. The approval of Law 16/2007 brings with it numerous changes in the legal framework of companies,...

Co-operative principles have a strong economic content and fix peculiarities in the financial structure and generation and sharing of a surplus. In Spain the specific difference between co-operatives and capitalist companies derives from the different rules and laws which have influenced the...

Following the last comprehensive reform of company law, the funding channels provided for the public companies have been greatly increased through the removal of certain limitations on the atypicity principle in creating share classes. The traditional dichotomy between shares (venture capital)...

After the financial crisis, there has been considerable debate about the role of corporations in society. It has become broadly accepted that corporations - particularly the world's largest publicly traded corporations – need to be governed with respect for the society and the environment....

In view of the decline in gain sharing by corporations with American workers over the last forty years, advocates for American workers have expressed growing interest in allowing workers to elect representatives to corporate boards. Board level representation rights have gained appeal because...

An international reaction was required to the financial scandals of recent years, and some States started to reform corporate governance. Two main systems were used – self-regulation through good governance codes, and legislative measures to achieve transparency in financial markets. The...

Co-operative societies, conceived generally as an enterprise, are subject to the accounting norms contained in mercantile law. Likewise, the legislation for co-operatives, whether national or regional, establishes the obligation to make accounts in accordance with accounting rules, respecting...

Spanish corporate law claims to be inspired by the co-operative principles of the International Co-operative Alliance, which should always be applied in the terms which are gathered in the law. However, the law’s need to increase economic efficacy has led to the existence of permissive and...