Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contributors ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction: The Dynamic Tension in Corporate Governance 1
6. Part I. Fiduciary Duties and Corporate Governance
7. 1. Controlling Corporate Self-Dealing: Convergence or Path-Dependency? 17
8. 2. On The Export of U.S.- Style Corporate Fiduciary Duties to Other Cultures: Can a Transplant Take? 46
9. 3. Fiduciary Duty in Transitional Civil Law Jurisdictions: Lessons from the Incomplete Law Theory 77
10. 4. What Corporate Law Cannot Do 107
11. Part II. Convergence and Reform, Europe and Asia
12. 5. Regulation and the Globalization (Americanization) of Executive Pay 155
13. 6. Corporate Governance, Employees, and the Focus on Core Competencies in France and Germany 183
14. 7. Convergence on Shareholder Capitalism An Internationalist Perspective 214
15. 8. Off the Books, but on the Record. Evidence from Italy on the Relevance of Judges to the Quality of Corporate Law 257
16. 9. Institutional Change and M&A in Japan. Diversity Through Deals 295
17. 10. Financial Malaise and the Myth of the Misgoverned Bank 339
18. 11. Revamping Fiduciary Duties in Korea. Does Law Matter to Corporate Governance? 373
19. 12. Global Markets and Parochial Institutions. The Transformation of Taiwan’s Corporate Law System 400
20. Part III. Globalization and the Capital Markets
21. 13. The Impact of Cross-Listings and Stock Market Competition on International Corporate Governance 437
22. 14. Coming to America? Venture Capital, Corporate Identity, and U.S. Securities Law 476
23. 15. Engineering a Venture Capital Market. Replicating the U.S. Template 507
24. Index 543