Corporate governance has enjoyed a long tradition in the English-speaking world of management sciences since the 1990s. Following its traditional understanding, corporate governance is defined as leadership and control of a firm with the aim of securing the long-term survival and viability of that firm (cf. Shleifer and Vishny 1986, p. 462). But recent business scandals and financial crises c…
Despite being right at the beginning of this volume, these lines are the last ones written. With them, I have finalized a book project which has taken more than three years. This volume picks up a discussion which has become more than just that of cur- rent interest since the financial crisis. We are living in turbulent times and the tension between economic imperatives and social demands has …
Corporate governance has enjoyed a long tradition in the English-speaking world of management sciences since the 1990s. Following its traditional understanding, corporate governance is defined as leadership and control of a firm with the aim of securing the long-term survival and viability of that firm (cf. Shleifer and Vishny 1986, p. 462).