Governance and Innovation: A historical view

by Maria Brouwer

Overview

"This provocative book applies law and finance theory to a wide range of issues bearing on corporate governance and business history. Brouwer's analysis should hold particular interest for students and scholars interested in comparative governance."Joseph A. McCahery, Professor of Corporate Governance and Innovation, University of Amsterdam Center

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134075355
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/26/2008
Series:	Routledge Studies in Global Competition
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	14
File size:	670 KB

About the Author

Maria Brouwer is Professor in Economics at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

1. Prologue and Governance and Prosperity 2. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development 3. Organizations and Uncertainty: The Management of Perceptions–From Medieval Italy to Silicon Valley 4. Entrepreneurship and the State 5. Valuation and Authority in Failing Firms: US and European Bankruptcy Laws 6. Performance Pay and Uncertainty in Entrepreneurial and Bureaucratic Firms 7. Executive Pay and Tenure: Founding Fathers, Mercenaries and Revolutionaries 8. Decision Agents in Corporate and Political Democracies:Venice, Florence and the Low Countries 9. Democracy and Dictatorship: The Politics of Innovation 10. Waning and Emerging Empires 11. References

Editorial Reviews

'This provocative book applies law and finance theory to a wide range of issues bearing on corporate governance and business history. Brouwer's analysis should hold particular interest for students and scholars interested in comparative governance."

Joseph A. McCahery

Professor of Corporate Governance and Innovation

University of Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics

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