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1 online resource (x, 377 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"Hedge fund activism is an expression of shareholder primacy, an idea that has come to dominate discussion of corporate governance theory and practice worldwide over the past two decades. This book provides a thorough examination of public and often confrontational hedge fund activism in Japan in the period between 2001 and the full onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. In Japan this shareholder-centric conception of the company espoused by activist hedge funds clashed with the alternative Japanese conception of the company as an enduring organisation or a 'community'. By analysing this clash, the book derives a fresh view of the practices underpinning corporate governance in Japan and offers suggestions regarding the validity of the shareholder primacy ideas currently at the heart of US and UK beliefs about the purpose of the firm"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Hedge Fund Activism in Japan; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on transcription of Japanese words; 1 Introduction: hedge fund activism, Japanese corporate governance, and the nature of the company; 2 Perspectives, methods, and data; 2.1 Studying hedge fund activism in context; 2.2 Sources of data; Interview-based data; Documentary sources; Quantitative data; 2.3 Chronological note; 3 Companies, company law, and corporate governance; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The company as a legal form; 3.3 The incompleteness of the legal model of the company. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Corporations -- Investor relations -- Japan.
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Corporations -- Investor relations. |
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Japan. |
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Stockholders -- Japan.
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Stockholders. |
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Hedge funds -- Japan.
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Hedge funds. |
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Corporate governance -- Japan.
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Corporate governance. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Chai, Dominic Heesang.
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Deakin, S. F. (Simon F.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Buchanan, John, 1951- Hedge fund activism in Japan. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107016835 (DLC) 2012002155 (OCoLC)774147860 |
| ISBN |
9781139423977 (electronic book) |
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1139423975 (electronic book) |
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9781139421935 |
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113942193X |
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9781139061476 |
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113906147X |
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9781107016835 |
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1107016835 |
| Standard No. |
9786613659972 |
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