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Federal Securities Laws: Selected Statutes, Rules and Forms

Law of Corporate Group Problems of State Statutory Law First Edition

A Reader on the Law of the Business Enterprise: Selected Essays

The study of company law is often seen as a tedious journey through complex statutes enlivened only by occasional glimpses of judicial activity. By contrast the real activities of firms, both small and large, family firms and multi-nationals are dynamic and fast changing. Company lawyers writing in the traditional texts tend to overlook the real nature of corporate activity and the 'rules' fail to link the ways in which companies behave in pursuit of their economic goals. Despite the growth during the last thirty years of research into company law 'in action' the textbooks have not changed. In this, the best book of its kind to be published in the UK, the editor draws together the best and most interesting recent research into companies, thus enabling students to gain a better and more profound understanding of company law as it affects modern corporations.

The Synergy Trap

Building on his groundbreaking research first cited in Business Week, Mark L. Sirower explains how companies often pay too much—and predictably never realize the promises of increased performance and competitiveness—in their quest to acquire other companies. Armed with extensive evidence, Sirower destroys the popular notion that the acquisition premium represents potential value. He provides the first formal and functional definition for synergy -- the specific increases in performance beyond those already expected for companies to achieve independently. Sirower's refreshing nuts-and-bolts analysis of the fundamentals behind acquisition performance cuts sharply through the existing folklore surrounding failed acquisitions, such as lack of "strategic fit" or corporate culture problems, and gives managers the tools to avoid predictable losses in acquisition decisions.

Antitrust Economics on Trial

Business Organization and the MYTH of the Market Economy

This book explains the changes in industrial leadership from Britain to the United States earlier in this century and from the United States to Japan more recently, in terms of the changing business investment strategies and organizational structures in these nations. The author criticizes economists for failing to understand these historical changes. The book shows that this intellectual failure is not inherent in the discipline of economics; there are important traditions in economic thought that the mainstream of the economics profession has simply ignored.

The Recurrent Crisis in Corporate Governance

The Recurrent Crisis in Corporate Governance provides an expert assessment of what went wrong on corporate boards and how to fix them. The book begins with both a legal and economic examination of corporate governance during the last three decades, including the broad issue of boards taking on responsibilities without being able to fulfill their obligations because of the lack of access to information and people within the corporation. The authors then go on to show the correlation between strong board performance and strong company performance, make the case for separating the CEO and Chair positions, comment on the collapse of nine major corporations, including Global Crossing, K-Mart, Lucent, and Qwest, and provide suggestions on how boards can be more effective stewards of the shareholders' and public's trust.

Legal Foundations of Capitalism: With a new introduction by Jeffe. Biddle & Warren J. Samuels (Classics in Economics)

In what has universally been recognized as a classic of institutional economics, John R. Commons combined the skills of a professional economist, the sensibilities of an American historian, and the passion of an active participant in the conflicts of individuals, self-interest of groups, and function of voluntary associations. The aim of this volume is to work out an evolutionary and behavioral theory of value. In order to do so thoroughly, Commons examines the decisions of the courts. Doing so compelled an examination of what the courts mean by reasonable value. Commons found that the answer was tied up with a notion of reasonable conduct. It was Commons who carried the study of the habits and customs of social life to the next stage: the decisions of the courts that are based on custom and that profoundly impact the nature and function of the economic system as such.

Corporations and Business Associations

Securities Regulation: Selected Statutes, Rules, and Forms

European Corporate Law

Corporate Governance: Hume Papers on Public Policy 3.4: v. 3, No. 4

Hostile Takeovers. Defence, Attack and Corporate Governance

John Marshall Harlan: Great Dissenter of the Warren Court

Watching the Watchers: Corporate Goverance for the 21st Century 1st Edition

Every day, companies are faced with dozens, even hundreds, of critical decisions concerning the allocation of resources, financial and organizational structure, and strategic direction. Who should make these decisions? And who should be held accountable for their consequences? Boards of directors are the “watchers” who govern the destinies of today’s corporations, and Robert Monks and Nell Minow have been watching over their actions for years. This book was written for the people who need to know the most about corporate governance―directors, managers, shareholders, anyone in business―by the people who may know the most about doing it right. Watching the Watchers: Corporate Governance for the 21st Century covers everything modern-day managers need to know about corporate governance. Monks and Minow examine what a corporation is and how to measure its performance.

The EU and human rights

For all its achievements in integrating Europe, the EU lacks a human rights policy which is coherent, balanced and professionally administered. This volume provides an insightful critique of current policies and detailed recommendations for the future by leading experts in the field including individuals from every EU country.

Property law: Part 2

Property law: Part 1

Academic writing: types and tips

Labour Law