The Art of Governance
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Part I: The System and How It Came To Be 1
Chapter 1: How Our Governance System Began 3
The First Limited Liability Corporation 3
Amsterdam Stock Exchange Established to List VOC Securities 4
VOC Completes Initial Public Offering, Possibly World's First 4
The Governance of VOC Establishes the Model 5
The Lords Seventeen Governance Structure Drawn from Guild
System 5
VOC Confronts a Large Activist Shareholder 6
. . . And a Bear Syndicate 6
The Corporate Form Advances and Spreads-And with It, the Board 7
Corporations Arrived in the New World 8
And Bubbles Burst 9
Chapter 2: The Emergence of the Corporation in United States 11
New York Pioneers Simple Incorporation Procedure 11
Boston Manufacturing Company is First Private Corporation in United
States 12
Corporations Gain Power Under State Control 13
Economic Opportunity Expands; Farmers and Artisans Suffer
Disruption 14
Corporate Control is Concentrated 15
How J.D. Rockefeller Went from Rags to Riches 15
The Government Fights Back, Kind Of 16
Early Days of the New York Stock Exchange 17
Teddy Busts the Trusts 19
Government Power Takes on Commercial Power: Teddy v J.P. 19
Unintended Consequences Lead to More Antitrust Laws 20
Chapter 3: Post-World War I Developments 23
The Stock Market Crashes 23
The Great Depression and FDR's New Deal 23
Safety Net for Banks Created 24
Regulation of Securities and Securities Markets Takes Root 25
Safety Net Extended to Citizens as Social Security is Born 25
Frustration Sets in as Unemployment Persists 26
Government and Business Mobilize for World War II 27
Roosevelt and Business Create Formidable Alliance 27
Solidarity Works Miracles 28
Wartime Success Reaches Far Beyond Battlefields 29
Chapter 4: The Glow Following World War II 31
The 1950s Board Role 31
Stock Market Investing is Patriotic Duty 32
The Nifty Fifty Catches On 33
Investor Relations Become a Corporate Function 34
Chapter 5: Shifting Dynamics from 1970 to 2000 35
Agency Theory is Born 35
The Stock Market Corrects 36
Outrage over the Wreck of Penn Central Fuels New Focus on Board
Role 36
Broad Corruption Revealed Leads to Focus on Governance Per Se 37
The Board as Overseer Takes Root as Independent Directors Become
Desirable 38
The Definition of Independence Proves Elusive; We Know It When We
See It 38
The 1980s Board Role: The Board Becomes Important 39
Mighty Institutional Investors Weigh In 40
The Courts Recognize Independent Judgment of the Board as Mission
Critical 41
Economic Uncertainty and Social Unrest Reduce American
Confidence 42
Market Crashes on Black Monday 42
Changing Market Forces Become Visible 43
NYSE Establishes Safeguards 43
The 1990s Board: Independence Criteria Tighten as Equity Linked
Compensation Grows 44
True Independence Grows in Value 45
Equity Linked Compensation Creates Moral Hazard 46
Independence of Mind Needs Help from Independence of
Process 46
Revolving CEOs 47
Chapter 6: Post 2000 Intensification of Focus on the Board 49
Corruption Eruption Leads to Sarbanes Oxley and Growing Focus on
Board 50
The Functioning of the Board of Directors Gains Attention 52
Sarbanes-Oxley Act 54
Part II: The Players and Capital Market Forces 59
Chapter 7: The Rise of Independent/Disinterested Directors 61
Considering Independent Director Effectiveness 61
Dueling Definitions 62
New York Stock Exchange Listing Requirements Stress Independence of
Directors 62
Independent Directors Fill a Structural and Legal Need 66
Chapter 8: The Rise of Institutional Investors 69
Mutual Fund Development 69
Comments from Mutual Fund Leader John C. Bogle 71
The Growth of Passive Investing 74
The Defined Benefit Pension Plan Grows 75
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) Strengthens
Pension Rules 76
The Defined Be
Autor: | Midanek, Deborah Hicks |
Nakladatel: | De Gruyter |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Jazyk : | Angličtina |
Vazba: | Paperback / softback |
Počet stran: | 279 |
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