The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-83088-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 600 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1277 g

Reihe: Cambridge Law Handbooks

All over the world, companies play an important role in the economy. Different types of stakeholders hold the reins in these companies. An important class are the shareholders that finance the activities of these companies. In return, stakeholders have a say on how these companies should be organized and structure their activities. This is primarily done through voting and engaging. These mechanisms of voting and engaging allow the shareholders to decide significant aspects of the company structure, from who governs it to how much directors are paid. However, how shareholders vote and engage and how far their rights stretch are organized differently in different countries. This pioneering book provides insights into what rights these shareholders have and how the shareholders of companies in nineteen different jurisdictions participate in corporate life through voting and engaging. Comparative and international in scope, it pays particular attention to how jurisdictions align and differ around the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elst, Christoph van der

Kaur, Harpreet

Xi, Chao

Lafarre, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Unternehmensfinanzierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Bank- und Versicherungsrecht Bank-, Sparkassen- und Börsenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: 1. Shareholder voting and engagement: an introduction Chao Xi and Anne Lafarre; Part I. Asia: 2.Shareholder voting and engagement in China Chao Xi; 3. Shareholder engagement and voting in Hong Kong Lauren Yu-Hsin Lin; 4. Shareholder engagement and voting in India Harpreet Kaur; 5. Corporate governance and shareholder engagement practices in Indonesia: a shifting paradigm Ulya Yasmine Prisandani and Kartika Paramita; 6. Shareholder engagement and voting in Japan Gen Goto; 7. Shareholder engagement and voting in Singapore Wai Yee Wan; 8. Shareholder engagement and voting in South Korea Seung Young Yoon; 9. Shareholder voting and engagement in Taiwan Chang-Hsien Tsai and Chao-Tsung Huang; Part II. Australia and North America: 10. Shareholder engagement and voting in Australia Roman Tomasic and Anil Hargovan; 11. Shareholder engagement and voting in Canada Poonam Puri and Ankita Gupta; 12. Shareholder engagement in the United States Vikramaditya S. Khanna; Part III. Europe: 13. Shareholder democracy in Denmark: contrasting law on the books and law in practice Hanne S. Birkmose and Karsten Engsig Sørensen; 14. Shareholder engagement and voting in France Christoph Van der Elst; 15. Shareholder engagement in Germany Florian Möslein and Christopher Rennig; 16. Shareholder engagement and voting in Greece Vassilis Tountopoulos and Rigas Giovannopoulos; 17. Shareholder engagement and voting in Italy Gaia Balp and Giovanni Strampelli; 18. Shareholder voting and engagement in Norway Berte-Elen Konow; 19. Shareholder voting and engagement in the Netherlands: the Dutch institutional approach Anne Lafarre; 20. Shareholder engagement and voting in the United Kingdom Suren Gomtsyan; Part IV. Comparative Perspectives: 21. Shareholder engagement and corporate voting in a comparative perspective Anne Lafarre; 22. Shareholder engagement and corporate voting in action: the comparative perspective Christoph Van der Elst; 23. Shareholder engagement and voting: where does the future lie? Chao Xi.

Über Autor(innen)

Elst, Christoph van der
Christoph Van der Elst was among the first scholars studying shareholder voting and engagement (see Attendance of Shareholders in European Business Organization Law Review, 2004) and has built a long track record in this research field. He is Professor of Business Law and Economics at Tilburg University and Ghent University, and as an independent director and member of an audit committee he is also familiar with how corporate voting and governance work in action.

Kaur, Harpreet
Harpreet Kaur is Professor of Law and Director, Centre for Corporate Law and Governance at National Law University, Delhi. She teaches corporate law, securities and antitrust laws. She has been a Fulbright Scholar in Residence at MDC, Miami, and Fulbright Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Scholar at Emory Law School. She has co-authored and edited many law books as well as conducted research in her areas of expertise.

Xi, Chao
Chao Xi is Professor of Law and chairs the CCTL Corporate Law and Governance Cluster at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law. He is co-author of Corporate Governance and Legal Reform in China (2009) and Doing Business in China (3rd ed. 2009; 4th ed. 2016). His empirical research on shareholder voting and engagement has attracted significant funding support from funding agencies and regulatory bodies.

Lafarre, Anne
Anne Lafarre is Associate Professor at the Business Law Department at Tilburg University. She also teaches at the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science in 's-Hertogenbosch. Her recent research focuses on the use of modern technologies in corporate law, including the modernization of the AGM and shareholder engagement, shareholder sustainability activism and shareholder voting from a comparative perspective.