Research Handbook on Shareholder Power

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Contents: PART I SHAREHOLDER POWER - THEN AND NOW 1. Shareholder Power In America, 1800-2000: A Short History Harwell Wells 2. Agency Capitalism: Further Implications of Equity Intermediation Ronald J. Gilson and Jeffrey N. Gordon 3. Images of the Shareholder - Shareholder Power and Shareholder Powerlessness Jennifer G. Hill PART II IMPORTANT SHAREHOLDER CATEGORIES A. Institutional Investors 4. Thirty Years of Evolution in the Roles of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance John C. Coates IV B. Hedge Funds 5. US Hedge Fund Activism Frank Partnoy 6. Hedge Fund Activism In Europe: Does Privacy Matter? Marco Becht, Julian Franks and Jeremy Grant C. Controlling Shareholders 7. Ownership and Control in Family Business Groups Around The World Ronald W. Masulis, Peter Kien Pham and Jason Zein 8. The Leximetric Research on Shareholder Protection Mathias M. Siems D. The State As Controlling Shareholder 9. Shareholder Rights In China: From Book to Action Li Guo and Gilbert Heng PART III OWNERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE: THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHAREHOLDERS AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 10. Conceiving Corporate Commitment: Creation and Confirmation Colin Mayer 11. Preserving Director Primacy by Managing Shareholder Interventions Stephen M. Bainbridge 12. Boards of Directors and Corporate Performance Under a Team Production Model Margaret M. Blair 13. Independent Directors and Controlling Shareholders Around The World Guido Ferrarini and Marilena Filippelli PART IV SHAREHOLDER POWER IN ACTION 14. Serial Takeovers, Large Shareholders, and CEOs' Equity-based Compensation Elena Pikulina and Luc Renneboog 15. Say On Pay Fabrizio Ferri 16. Whose Law Is It?: Battling Over Turf in Shareholder Litigation James D. Cox PART V INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON SHAREHOLDER POWER A. Europe 17. Shareholders in the United Kingdom Paul Davies 18. Institutional Investor Activism in a Context of Concentrated Ownership and High Private Benefits of Control: The Case of Italy Massimo Belcredi and Luca Enriques 19. Changing Law and Ownership Patterns in Germany: Corporate Governance and the Erosion of Deutschland AG Wolf-Georg Ringe B. USA and South America 20. The Power of Shareholders in the United States Robert B. Thompson 21. The Theory and Practice of Corporate Voting at US Public Companies Randall S. Thomas and Paul H. Edelman 22. Corporate Control and Governance After a Decade From Novo Mercado: Changes in Ownership Structures and Shareholder Power in Brazil Erica Gorga C. Asia 23. Multiple Faces of Shareholder Power in Asia: Complexity Revealed Dan W. Puchniak 24. Dynamics of Shareholder Power in Korea Kon Sik Kim 25. The Future of Japanese Corporate Governance: Japan's Internal Governance and Development of Japanese-Style External Governance Through Engagement Takaaki Eguchi and Zenichi Shishido 26. Shareholder Empowerment in Controlled Companies: The Case of Singapore Luh Luh Lan and Umakanth Varottil 27. Shareholder Power in India George S. Geis Index