Boards and Shareholders in European Listed Companies - Facts, Context and Post-Crisis Reforms

Is European Corporate Governance really dysfunctional? An analysis of European reform proposals based on new, comparative evidence.

List of contents

Foreword Luigi Abete; 1. Corporate boards, incentive pay and shareholder activism in Europe: main issues and policy perspectives Massimo Belcredi and Guido Ferrarini; 2. European corporate governance codes and their effectiveness Eddy Wymeersch; 3. Restructuring in family firms: a tale of the two crises Christian Andres, Lorenzo Caprio and Ettore Croci; 4. Corporate boards in Europe: size, independence and gender diversity Daniel Ferreira and Tom Kirchmaier; 5. Board on task: developing a comprehensive understanding of the performance of boards Jaap Winter and Erik van de Loo; 6. Directors' remuneration before and after the crisis: measuring the impact of reforms in Europe Roberto Barontini, Stefano Bozzi, Guido Ferrarini and Maria-Cristina Ungureanu; 7. Shareholder engagement at European General Meetings Luc Renneboog and Peter Szilagyi; 8. Board elections and shareholder activism: the Italian experiment Massimo Belcredi, Stefano Bozzi and Carmine Di Noia.

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Summary

This volume analyses some of the main issues in European Corporate Governance. Its key features (empirical analysis based on new data of pivotal topics in CG; European viewpoint; development of clear policy implications from leading European experts) make it a reference point in both the academic and the policy debate.

Product details

• Authors: Massimo (Universit... Cattolica Del Sacr Belcredi, Massimo (Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Belcredi, Massimo Ferrarini Belcredi, Massimo Belcredi & Guido Ferrarini
• Assisted by: Massimo Belcredi (Editor), Massimo (Universit... Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Belcredi (Editor), Massimo (Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Belcredi (Editor), Guido Ferrarini (Editor), Guido (University of Genoa) Ferrarini (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2013
• EAN: 9781107040564
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04056-4
• No. of pages: 452
• Series: International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation; International Corporate Law an
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law