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Covering expert reports of nineteen jurisdictions across four continents, this Handbook re-examines the positions of shareholders in a comparative, global, and empirical setting. Useful for researchers, policymakers, and corporate professionals, it shows how shareholders use their voting rights to finance the activities of their companies.
List of contents
Introduction: 1. Shareholder voting and engagement: an introduction Chao Xi and Anne Lafarre; Part I. Asia: 2.Shareholder voting and engagement in China Chao Xi; 3. Shareholder engagement and voting in Hong Kong Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin; 4. Shareholder engagement and voting in India Harpreet Kaur; 5. Corporate governance and shareholder engagement practices in Indonesia: a shifting paradigm Ulya Yasmine Prisandani and Kartika Paramita; 6. Shareholder engagement and voting in Japan Gen Goto; 7. Shareholder engagement and voting in Singapore Wai Yee Wan; 8. Shareholder engagement and voting in South Korea Seung Young Yoon; 9. Shareholder voting and engagement in Taiwan Chang-Hsien Tsai and Chao-Tsung Huang; Part II. Australia and North America: 10. Shareholder engagement and voting in Australia Roman Tomasic and Anil Hargovan; 11. Shareholder engagement and voting in Canada Poonam Puri and Ankita Gupta; 12. Shareholder engagement in the United States Vikramaditya S. Khanna; Part III. Europe: 13. Shareholder democracy in Denmark: contrasting law on the books and law in practice Hanne S. Birkmose and Karsten Engsig Sørensen; 14. Shareholder engagement and voting in France Christoph Van der Elst; 15. Shareholder engagement in Germany Florian Möslein and Christopher Rennig; 16. Shareholder engagement and voting in Greece Vassilis Tountopoulos and Rigas Giovannopoulos; 17. Shareholder engagement and voting in Italy Gaia Balp and Giovanni Strampelli; 18. Shareholder voting and engagement in Norway Berte-Elen Konow; 19. Shareholder voting and engagement in the Netherlands: the Dutch institutional approach Anne Lafarre; 20. Shareholder engagement and voting in the United Kingdom Suren Gomtsyan; Part IV. Comparative Perspectives: 21. Shareholder engagement and corporate voting in a comparative perspective Anne Lafarre; 22. Shareholder engagement and corporate voting in action: the comparative perspective Christoph Van der Elst; 23. Shareholder engagement and voting: where does the future lie? Chao Xi.
Summary
Covering expert reports of nineteen jurisdictions across four continents, this Handbook re-examines the positions of shareholders in a comparative, global, and empirical setting. Useful for researchers, policymakers, and corporate professionals, it shows how shareholders use their voting rights to finance the activities of their companies.
