Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance

Legal Aspects, Practices and Future Directions

By Shuangge Wen | Publisher: Taylor and Francis

About the book

Rising defaults in the financial market in 2007, the current widespread economic recession and debt crisis have added impetus to existing doubts about companies’ governance, and cast new light on future trends in shareholder-oriented corporate practice. Taking account of these developments in the field and realising the current need for changes in governance, this book offers a thorough exploration of the origins, recent changes and future development of the corporate objective—shareholder primacy. Legal and theoretical aspects are examined so as to provide a comprehensive and critical account of the practices reflecting shareholder primacy in the UK. In the wake of the financial crisis, this book investigates the direction of future policy, with particular attention to changes in governing rules and regulations and their implications for preserving the objective of shareholder primacy. It examines current UK and EU reform proposals calling for long-term and socially-responsible corporate performance, and the potential friction between proposed legal changes and commercial practices.

This book will be useful to researchers and students of company law, and business and management studies.

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ISBN 9781136019920
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ISBN 9781136019845

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Rising defaults in the financial market in 2007, the current widespread economic recession and debt crisis have added impetus to existing doubts about companies’ governance, and cast new light on future trends in shareholder-oriented corporate practice. Taking account of these developments in the field and realising the current need for changes in governance, this book offers a thorough exploration of the origins, recent changes and future development of the corporate objective—shareholder primacy. Legal and theoretical aspects are examined so as to provide a comprehensive and critical account of the practices reflecting shareholder primacy in the UK. In the wake of the financial crisis, this book investigates the direction of future policy, with particular attention to changes in governing rules and regulations and their implications for preserving the objective of shareholder primacy. It examines current UK and EU reform proposals calling for long-term and socially-responsible corporate performance, and the potential friction between proposed legal changes and commercial practices.

This book will be useful to researchers and students of company law, and business and management studies.

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What is Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance about?

Rising defaults in the financial market in 2007, the current widespread economic recession and debt crisis have added impetus to existing doubts about companies’ governance, and cast new light on future trends in shareholder-oriented corporate practice. Taking account of these developments in the field and realising the current need for changes in governance, this book offers a thorough exploration of the origins, recent changes and future development of the corporate objective—shareholder primacy. Legal and theoretical aspects are examined so as to provide a comprehensive and critical account of the practices reflecting shareholder primacy in the UK. In the wake of the financial crisis, this book investigates the direction of future policy, with particular attention to changes in governing rules and regulations and their implications for preserving the objective of shareholder primacy. It examines current UK and EU reform proposals calling for long-term and socially-responsible corporate performance, and the potential friction between proposed legal changes and commercial practices.

This book will be useful to researchers and students of company law, and business and management studies.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance?

Law > Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law > Company, commercial and competition law: general > Company law

Where can I read a sample of Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781136019920

Is Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series Routledge Research in Corporate Law

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance?

Shuangge Wen

Who is the Publisher of the book Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance?

Taylor and Francis

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance is available as ebook(ISBN 9781136019920) and pdf(ISBN 9781136019845)