Pt. I: Keiretsu and competition. Vertical organisation versus markets. Sheard, Paul: Keiretsu and market access. An economics of organisation approach. Ariga, Kenn ; Ohkusa, Yasushi: Price formation and the structure of the distribution system. Pt. II: Corporate governance structures. Garvey,...

We analyze the development of the Swedish ownership model after World War II. The controlling ownership in Swedish firms is typically concentrated to one or two owners. Often, but not always, the controlling owners are Swedish families. Thus, the model resembles the typical corporate control...

This paper explores the effects of deregulation and globalization on the dominant mode of corporate governance in Swedish public firms. The effects are multidimensional—the direction of change in corporate governance cannot be determined by simply examining whether a convergence towards the...