The Embedded Firm: Corporate Governance, Labor, and Finance Capitalism

Williams, Cynthia (Editor)/ Zumbansen, Peer (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1107006015 / ISBN 13: 9781107006010

Published by Cambridge Univ Pr, 2011

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496 pages. 8.98x5.98x1.10 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Embedded Firm: Corporate Governance, Labor, and Finance Capitalism
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107006015
• ISBN 13: 9781107006010
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.93 kilograms

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Synopsis

The globalization of capital markets since the 1980s has been accompanied by a vigorous debate over the convergence of corporate governance standards around the world towards the shareholder model. But even before the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, the dominance of the shareholder model was challenged with regard to persisting divergences and national differences in corporate law, labor law and industrial relations. The present collection explores this debate at an important crossroads, echoing Karl Polanyi's famous observation in 1944 of the disembeddedness of the market from society. Drawing on pertinent insights from scholars, practitioners and regulators in corporate and labor law, securities regulation as well as economic sociology and management theory, the contributions shed important light on the empirical effects on the economy of the shift to shareholder primacy, in light of a comprehensive reconsideration of the global context, policy goals and regulatory forms which characterize market governance today.

Book Description

Taking their cue from Karl Polanyi's critique of the 'disembeddedness' of the market from society, in this book experts from a wide range of disciplines explore the effect of integrating markets and converging policy strategies on corporate governance, finance and labor market regulation.