Say on Pay legislations have become increasingly common over the past few decades, in tandem with more publicity around the compensation that is paid to executives/management of public companies. This publicity has, in turn, been driven largely by disclosure requirements imposed by the...

What is the purpose of the company and its role in society? From their origin in medieval times to their modern incarnation as powerful transnational bodies, companies remain an important part of business and society at large. Drawing from a variety of perspectives, this book adopts a normative...

Introduction / Barnali Choudhury and Martin Petrin -- Four transformations of the corporate form / Reuven S. Avi-Yonah -- Comparative corporate governance : old and new / Martin Gelter -- Corporation's intrinsic attributes / Christopher M. Bruner -- Understanding the modern company through the...

This is the final published book chapter version of an earlier working paper on the impact of private equity in modern capitalism. The book is The Embedded Firm: Corporate Governance, Labor and Finance Capitalism, Cambridge, 2011. The editors are Peer Zumbansen and Cynthia Williams

The rise of private equity funds represents a new stage in capitalism. These funds combine financial resources and capital markets expertise with detailed operational knowledge of the operations of takeover targets to maximize the creation and expropriation of value on behalf of investors. Their...

Cover -- The Embedded Firm -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: corporate governance after the 'end of history': investigating the new 'great transformation' -- Thematic overview -- Theoretical perspectives -- Conclusion -- Part I Historical...