Contests for Corporate Control: Corporate Governance and Economic Performance in the United States and Germany

by Mary O'Sullivan

Overview

In this highly original book, Mary O'Sullivan provides a critical analysis of the theoretical foundations for the idea that corporations should be run to maximize shareholder value and for the alternative perspective that corporations should be run in the interests of stakeholders. She embeds her arguments on the relation between corporate governance and economic performance in historical accounts of the dynamics of corporate growth in the United States and Germany during the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198293460
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/13/2000
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

INSEAD, France

Table of Contents

List of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction1. Innovation, Resource Allocation, and Governance2. Transforming the Debates on Corporate Governance3. The Foundations of Managerial Control in the United States4. The Post-war Evolution of Managerial Control in the United States5. Challenges to Post-war Managerial Control in the United States6. US Corporate Responses to New Challenges7. From Managerial to Contested Control in Germany8. The Emerging Challenges to Organizational Control in GermanyConclusionReferencesIndex