The reading of CAC 40 annuals reports on 1998 and 1999, based on a themes’ dictionary connected with corporate governance and shareholder value, shows evolution of financial communication. Five groups of firms which support a different shareholder influence are distinguished.

corporate governance can be viewed as a consequence of the pension industry reorganisation which occured in the 1970s and 1980s in so far as corporate governance borrows the same organisational principles.

In the theoretical framework of corporate governance this article studies the efficiency of the control exerted by the ownership structure and the board of directors on managers. The confrontation of entrenchment theory and agency theory allows to determine the necessary conditions of the...

We interpret privatization in light of corporate governance theory. After replicating some traditional tests, we test our new model on a sample of privatized French firms. We cannot confirm for French privatizations the positive effect on overall static and dynamic efficiency of the firm...

Including real options in firms ’ value raises numerous difficulties. Limitations concerning the relevance of option pricing models outside financial markets are the most salient, but carrying out a valuation implies other assumptions, especially on firms’ governance. In particular,...