Corporate Ownership and Control - Evolution of the Uk System

Zusatztext An invaluable source of thought for anyone involved with the basic assumptions of company law Informationen zum Autor Brian R. Cheffins is the S.J. Berwin Professor of Corporate Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute. Klappentext Much discussion on corporate governance assumes companies are owned and controlled separately, yet this is not the norm worldwide. This book explores the foundations of separation in UK companies, asking how the widely held company came to prominence and why and how the UK stock market came to be dominated by institutional shareholders. Zusammenfassung Much discussion on corporate governance assumes companies are owned and controlled separately, yet this is not the norm worldwide. This book explores the foundations of separation in UK companies, asking how the widely held company came to prominence and why and how the UK stock market came to be dominated by institutional shareholders.

Product details

• Authors: Brian R. Cheffins, Brian R. (S.J. Berwin Professor of Corporate Law Cheffins, Cheffins Brian R.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2009
• EAN: 9780199236978
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923697-8
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Corporate, Commercial law, Company law, Ownership and organization of enterprises, Ownership & Organization Of Enterprises, Domestic or internal trade, Domestic trade, Wales / Cymru