Recent corporate scandals, together with the effects of globalization, have led to an increasing interest in corporate governance issues. Little attention has been paid, however, to international laws and recommendations dealing with corporate governance in banking from a global perspective....

"This book uses a chronological and narrative approach and draws on a wide range of sources. It demonstrates that universal banks - which accept deposits, make loans, and engage in securities activities - played central roles in precipitating the Great Depression of the early 1930s and the Great...

Although much has been written about innovation in the past several years, not all parts of the innovation lifecycle have been given the same treatment. This volume focuses on the important and first step of arranging financing for innovation before it is made, as well as on the feedback effect...

Amici are law and business professors who focus their teaching and scholarship on federal securities law, the financial markets and accounting. They submit this brief to clarify the contours of the modern securities market for the Court’s benefit, and explain how modern computing power and...