The Convergence of Corporate Governance

1. Front Matter

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2. The Convergence of Corporate Governance: Promise and Prospects

   • Abdul A. Rasheed, Toru Yoshikawa

   Pages 1-31

3. Reflections on the End of History for Corporate Law

   • Henry Hansmann, Reinier Kraakman

   Pages 32-48

4. Does Convergence in Regulation Lead to Convergence in Practice? The Case of Dissident Proxy Contests in Canada

   • Kimberly A. Bates, Dean A. Hennessy

   Pages 49-74

5. Corporate Governance in Germany: Converging Towards Shareholder Value-Orientation or Not So Much?

   • Anja Tuschke, Marius Luber

   Pages 75-92

6. Corporate Governance in India: Progress, Problems, and Prospects

   • Nandini Rajagopalan, Yan Zhang

   Pages 93-116

7. Corporate Governance Convergence in Japan

   • Christina L. Ahmadjian

   Pages 117-136

8. Transformation of Corporate Governance in Korea

   • Hicheon Kim, Ji-Hwan Lee

   Pages 137-168

9. Converging Divergence in Corporate Governance in Singapore

   • Lai Si Tsui-Auch

   Pages 169-186

10. A Decade of Corporate Governance Reforms in Spain (2000–10)

    • Roberto García-Castro, Ruth V. Aguilera

    Pages 187-211

11. Globalization and Corporate Governance Convergence: The Multinational Corporation as a Neglected Agent of Convergence

    • Katarina Sikavica, Toru Yoshikawa

    Pages 212-233

12. Are Codes Fostering Convergence in Corporate Governance? An Institutional Perspective

    • Ilir Haxhi, Ruth V. Aguilera

    Pages 234-248

13. Why Do Chinese Firms Cross-List in The United States?

    • Mike W. Peng, Dane P. Blevins

    Pages 249-265

14. Back Matter

    Pages 266-273

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Takes readers through an in-depth examination of many leading industrialized nations and identifies both the drivers that propel corporations towards convergence and the major impediments that stand in the way of convergence. Also examines many mechanisms of convergence such as governance codes, MNCs, and IPOs.

• corporate governance
• globalization
• Governance
• Shareholder Value

• University of Texas at Arlington, USA

  Abdul A. Rasheed

• Singapore Management University, Singapore

  Toru Yoshikawa

RUTH V. AGUILERA Associate Professor and a Fellow at the Center for Professional Responsibility for Business and Society at the College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA CHRISTINA L. AHMADJIAN Professor of Management at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan KIMBERLY A. BATES Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, Canada DANE P. BLEVINS PhD student focusing in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA ROBERTO GARCÍA-CASTRO Assistant Professor of managerial decision sciences at IESE Business School, Spain HENRY HANSMANN Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law at the Yale Law School, USA ILIR HAXHI(-KRISTO) Assistant Professor of Strategy and Corporate Governance at University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands DEAN A. HENNESSY Professor of Strategic Management at ESG Management School in Paris, France HICHEON KIM Professor of Strategy and Organization at Korea University Business School, Korea REINIER KRAAKMAN Ezra Ripley Thayer Professor Law at the Harvard Law School, USA JI-HWAN LEE Assistant Professor of Strategic and International Management at the Graduate School of Management, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea MARIUS LUBER Doctoral student at the Institute of Strategic Management at the University of Munich, Germany MIKE W. PENG Jindal Chair of Global Strategy at the Jindal School ofManagement, University of Texas at Dallas, USA NANDINI RAJAGOPALAN Capt. Henry W. Simonsen Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship and Professor of Management and Organization at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA KATARINA SIKAVICA Post-Doctoral Researcher and Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Management, Munich School of Management, Munich, Germany LAI SI TSUI-AUCH Associate Professor of Management at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, Singapore ANJA TUSCHKE Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Munich, Germany YAN (ANTHEA) ZHANG Professor of Strategic Management in the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, USA

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