InterEULawEast : Journal for the international and european law, economics and market integrations, 2014 The author in text analyses the European Commission’s Proposal of Shareholders Rights Directive (hereinafter as: Directive 2007/36/EC) revision. A dynamic development of European company law demands amendment and improvement in existing legal frame.
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Shareholder Influence on CSR: A Study of the Swedish Corporate Sector [PDF]
There is a growing expectation that shareholders can foster corporate social responsibility (CSR) through engagement activities. The aim of this study is therefore to explore the influence that shareholders have on corporations in terms of CSR. The study,
Sjöström, Emma
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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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Taking on the Corporate Determinants of Ill-health and Health Inequity: A Scoping Review of Actions to Address Excessive Corporate Power to Protect and Promote the Public's Health. [PDF]
Int J Health Policy Manag, 2023 Wood B, Lacy-Nichols J, Sacks G.
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Financial Climate‐Risk Measurement, Impact Funds, and Green Transitions
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Regulators are contemplating or mandating precise measurement of financial climate‐risk exposure to promote sustainable investments. We show that such mandates can be counterproductive in the presence of social funds that catalyze change by subsidizing the adoption of cleaner production technologies.
VOLKER LAUX, LUCAS MAHIEUX
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Quantitative Research on Corporate Social Responsibility: A Quest for Relevance and Rigor in a Quickly Evolving, Turbulent World. [PDF]
J Bus Ethics, 2022 Du S, El Akremi A, Jia M.
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Stakeholder Activism, Managerial Entrenchment, and the Congruence of Interests between Shareholders and Stakeholders [PDF]
We argue that when stakeholder protection is left to the voluntary initiative of managers, concessions to social activists and pressure groups can turn into a self-entrenchment strategy for incumbent CEOs.
Giacinta Cestone, Giovanni Cespa
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Quid Pro Quo? Private Information Flows in Shareholder Activism: Evidence from Mutual Fund Families
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper hypothesizes that information flows from target firms to large shareholders during activist campaigns and that these flows have governance consequences. Focusing on actively managed mutual fund families, we find that informed trading by large‐holding fund families increases during activist campaigns relative to smaller‐holding fund ...
EUNJEE KIM, HAI PHAM
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Incipient activism of Sovereign Wealth Funds and the need to update United States securities laws
International Review of Law, 2015 Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) lie at the cutting edge of a tectonic transformation in global business and international law embodying the sweeping changes in the global order.
Joel Slawotsky
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Success of Shareholder Activism: the French case
, 2011 Avaiable online on the publisher's website: http://www.revue-banque.fr/medias/content/users/christine/1320749868431.pdfThis aim of this study is to distinguish which features of shareholder activism lead to a successful outcome in the French context ...
Girard, Carine
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