Boards of Directors in European Companies. Reshaping and Harmonising their Organisation and Duties
Author： SORENSEN
Publisher： Kluwer Law International
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9789041141415
Subject： D9 Law
Language： ENG
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Description
The Editors. List of Contributors. List of Tables. List of Figures. 1.
Introduction; H. Birkmose, M. Neville K. Engsig Sørensen. PART
I. Duties of Directors. 2. Mapping Directors’ Duties: Strategies
and Trends in the EU; C. Gerner-Beuerle, E.-P. Schuster. 3.
Directors’ Conflicts of Interest: A Contribution to European Convergence;
P. Krüger Andersen, D. Kristensen Balshøj. 4. Directors’
Duties in Groups of Companies: Legalizing the Interest of Group at the
European Level; P.-H. Conac. 5. Directors’ Duties to Engage
Shareholders; H. S. Birkmose. 6. The Risk Management Duties of
the Board of Directors; C. van der Elst. 7. Directors’ Duties
and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); B. Sjåfjell, L. Anker-Sørensen
. 8. Boards in SMEs: Do They Enhance Good Governance? M. Neville
. PART II. Organization of the Board of Directors. 9.
Independent Directors: After the Crisis; W.-G. Ringe. 10. Active
Owners and Accountable Directors; J. Lau Hansen. 11. Nomination
of Members for the Board of Directors: A Swedish Version of Wag the Dog? J.
Andersson. 12. The Europewide Movement towards a Gender Quota at
Board Level; C. Teichmann, C. Langes. 13. Understanding the Role
of the Board of Directors: What Is the Right Balance Between Managerial
Oversight and Value Creation? J. A. McCahery, E. P.M. Vermeulen, M. Hisatake
. 14. Disqualifying Directors in the EU; K. Engsig Sørensen
. 15. An Overview of the Executive Remuneration Issue Across the
Crisis; G. Ferrarini, M.-C. Ungureanu. Bibliography.
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