A Guide to Corporate Governance Practices in the European Union
As one of the most rapidly changing corporate governance environments in the world, Europe represents a microcosm of the exciting innovation happening in the corporate governance arena, ranging from new approaches to board-level corporate governanc...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24606853/guide-corporate-governance-practices-european-union http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22063 |
| Summary: | As one of the most rapidly changing
corporate governance environments in the world, Europe
represents a microcosm of the exciting innovation happening
in the corporate governance arena, ranging from new
approaches to board-level corporate governance practices to
changes in regulatory requirements at the legislative level.
Representing a diverse mix of nations at various stages of
economic development and market maturity, the European Union
as an entity is demonstrating the broad value of a
prioritized focus on corporate governance while accounting
for individual country and company circumstances. This
publication, a guide to Corporate Governance practices in
the European Union, offers an overview of the changes taking
place across the EU’s corporate governance landscape. It
provides a focused examination of specific regulations and
practices as well as a frank assessment of the challenges
that remain. The value of this publication is that it
examines the issues from all sides. It assesses the steps
forward and steps backward, the progress made and the gaps
that remain, presenting the sometimes widely varying
perspectives of owners, boards, management, and other
stakeholders to create a complete picture of the European
corporate governance environment. |
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