Volume 17 of Advances in financial economics, entitled "Corporate governance in the US and global settings" will provide further insights into corporate governance in the US & global economic and financial environment by publishing international, within-country and cross-country comparative...

Volume 17 of Advances in Financial Economics, entitled "Corporate Governance in the US and Global Settings" will provide further insights into corporate governance in the US & global economic and financial environment by publishing international, within-country and cross-country comparative studies.

The objective of this article is to compare the United States and British systems of business organisation and corporate governance during the last 50 years. Of particular interest is the contrasting relationship between governance systems and the pursuit of diversification and refocusing...