Description
In this volume, leading management experts offer critical insights into the promises and illusions of shareholder empowerment, the discrepancies between theory and practice, and the challenges posed by variations in global corporate governance regimes. Edited By Maria Goranova and Lori Verstegen Ryan 1. Shareholder Empowerment: An Introduction Maria Goranova and Lori Verstegen Ryan Part I. Shareholder Empowerment: Promises and Illusions 2. Combining Financial and Psychological Insights for a New Typology of Ownership Katarina Sikavica and Amy Hillman 3. Is Shareholder Empowerment a ‘Good Thing’? Kevin Morell and Loizos Heracleous 4. Shareholder Democracy as a Misbegotten Metaphor Ann Buchholtz and Jill Brown 5. Agents without Principals Revisited Thomas Jones and Adrian Keevil 6. Boards and Shareholders: Bridging the Divide Jenna Burke and Cynthia Clark 7. The Twilight of Berle and Means Corporation Gerald Davis Part II. Shareholder Diversity and Global Empowerment 8. Managerialism vs. Shareholderism: An Examination of Hedge Fund Activism Marguerite Schneider 9. Religious Organizations as Shareholders: Characteristics, Tendencies and Implications Jennifer Goodman 10. Angel Investors: Firms’ Early Empowered Shareholders John P. Berns and Karen A. Schnatterly 11. Privatization and Principal-Principal Conflicts in Transition Economies Canan C. Mutlu, Mike W. Peng, and Marc van Essen 12. Institutional Change and Ownership Patterns in Italy Alessandro Zattoni and Francesca Cuomo 13. Local Repairs in Light of Global Ideals: Ownership Structure and the Worldwide Diversity of Corporate Governance Codes Jordan Otten and Marc van Essen
