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Corporate Governance Corporate Governance, Value Creation and Growth: the Bridge Between Finance and Enterprise Oecd Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

This publication examines the role of corporate governance arrangements in providing the right incentives to contribute to the value creation process within the private enterprises and the implications of the differences in ownership structures on corporate governance practices and frameworks. It also addresses these global changes from emerging markets perspective and the distinguishing features of these economies that shape their capital markets, corporate structures and corporate governance landscape.

This publication is an important reminder that all those corporate governance rules, regulations and practices that we discuss are not a goal in themselves. They are supposed to be means to a greater end. Be it minority rights, mandatory bids, or independent directors, the rules and regulations that we put in place should serve a purpose. And it is against this purpose and these objectives that the quality of any corporate governance system should be evaluated. So, we need to find a benchmark against which we can assess new regulations and evaluate existing ones.

Table of Content :

Overview and issues
PART I. OUTSIDE CAPITAL AND INSIDE VALUE CREATION
Introduction by Marcello Bianchi
Chapter 1. Entrepreneurship and innovation in listed companies: What is the role of corporate governance?
Chapter 2. The impact of an emerging European corporate bond market on corporate governance
Chapter 3. Regulating for value creation: What is the link between market confidence and contractual freedom?
PART II. OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: WILL ONE SIZE FIT ALL?
Introduction: What makes controlling ownership different? by Karl Hofstetter
Chapter 4. Corporate control and incentives in a dynamic perspective
Chapter 5. One size for all? The European Union experience
Chapter 6. Long-term or short-term shareholdership: Does it really count?
Chapter 7. Brazilian perspective 
Chapter 8. Malaysian perspective
Chapter 9. Business perspective