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Monks, Robert A. G. , 1933-. Minow, Nell 1952-

Corporate governance : / Robert A.G. Monks, Nell Minow.

2nd ed.

Oxford, UK ;   Malden, Mass. :   Blackwell Publishers ,   2001.  

xvii, 462 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

0631222634 (hard : alk. paper) 0631222642 (pbk. : alk. paper)

What is a corporation? -- Definitions -- Evolution of the corporate structure -- The purpose of a corporation -- Human satisfaction -- Social structure -- Efficiency and efficacy -- Ubiquity and flexibility -- Identity -- The corporation as a "person" -- The corporation as a "moral person" -- The corporation in society -- The marketplace -- Future directions -- Corporate power and corporate performance -- Corporate crime : "within the limits of the law" -- Probation of corporations -- Corporations and government : co-opting the market -- Measuring performance -- Balancing interests -- Good and bad corporations? -- Equilibrium : the Cadbury Paradigm -- Measuring value enhancement -- GAAP -- Market value -- Earnings per share -- EVATM : economic value added -- Human capital : "It's not what you own but what you know" -- The value of cash -- Corporate "externalities" -- Non-economic considerations in corporate management -- Shareholders : ownership -- Definitions -- Early concepts of ownership -- Early concepts of the corporation -- A dual heritage : individual and corporate "rights" -- The re-invention of the corporation : Eastern Europe in the 1990s -- The evolution of the American corporation -- The essential elements of the corporate structure -- The separation of ownership and control, part 1: Berle and Means -- Fractionated ownership -- The separation of ownership and control, part 2: The takeover era -- Waking the sleeping giant -- A framework for participation -- Ownership and responsibility -- No innocent shareholder -- To sell or not to sell : the prisoner's dilemma -- Who the institutional investors are -- Bank trusts -- Mutual funds -- Insurance companies -- Universities and foundations -- Pension plans -- The biggest pool of money in the world -- Pension plans as investors -- Pension plans as owners -- Public pension funds -- Economically targeted investments -- Federal Employee Retirement System -- TIAA-CREF -- Private pension funds -- The sleeping giant awakens : shareholder proxy proposals on governance issues -- Focus on the board -- SEC's proxy reform -- Investing in activism -- New models and new paradigms -- The "ideal owner" -- Pension funds as "ideal owners" -- Is the "ideal owner" enough? -- Directors : monitoring -- A brief history of Anglo-American boards -- Today's typical board -- Size -- Inside/outside mix -- Diversity -- Meeting frequency -- Ownership -- -- Board duties : the legal framework -- The board-management relationship -- Information flow -- The CEO-chairman -- Catch 22 : the ex-CEO as director -- Director nomination -- Director compensation.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Corporate governance -- United States.