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Corporate Governance

Summary

Basic theoretical starting points of the corporate governance problems and,
controlling the corporation (especially the capital stock corporations).
Theory of owners’ rights and contractual relations. Internal and external
owners’ control. Two basic models of corporate governance. Practical
functioning of the corporate governance abroad and in the Czech Republic.
Executive boards in corporations and their roles. Failure of the corporate
governance abroad and in the Czech Republic.

Literature

Cadbury, A.: Board Focus. A current view of international corporate governance
and the responsibilities of directors and boards. Prague: Egon Zehnder 1997.
Hart, O.: Corporate Governance: Some Theory and Implications. The Economic
Journal, May 1995.
Keasey, K., Thompson, S., Wright, M.: Corporate Governance. Economic,
management and financial issues. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1997.
Keasey, K., Thompson, S., Wright, M.: Corporate Governance. Vol. I-IV.
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 1999.
Mallin, Ch.A.: Corporate Governance. Oxford University Press 2004.
Monks, R.A.G., Mirow, N.: Corporate Governance. Blackwell Publishing 2004.
Schleifer, A., Vishny, R.W.: A Survey of Corporate Governance. The Journal of
Finance, June 1997.
Schütte, C.: Privatization and Corporate Control in the Czech Republic.
Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar Publishing Ltd. 1999.

Advised literature

ARUN, T. G., TURNER, J. (eds.) Corporate Governance and Development. Reform, Financial Systems and Legal Framework. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009.
CALKOEN, W.J.L. (ed.) The Corporate Governance Review. London: Law Business Research, 2011.
CLARKE, T. International Corporate Governance. A Comparative Approach. London: Routledge, 2007.
MALLIN, CH. A. Corporate Governance. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
MALLIN, CH. A. Handbook on International Corporate Governance Country Analyses. Second Edition. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
NACIRI, A. (ed.) Corporate Governance Around the World. New York: Routledge, 2011. The Handbook of International Corporate Governance: A Definitive Guide. London: The Institute of Directors, 2005.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, němčina
Code 152-0908
Abbreviation SS
Course title Corporate Governance
Coordinating department Department of Business Administration and Law
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Miroslav Hučka, CSc.