Millstein The Activist Director

Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of the Corporation
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-231-54356-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Reihe: Columbia Business School Publishing

How active boards ensure the life of a company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Millstein, Ira

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Unternehmensgeschichte, Einzelne Branchen und Unternehmer
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. A Mess That Can't Be Fixed?
2. The Board-Centric Imperative
3. Revolt in the Boardroom: The Story of General Motors
4. General Motors as Catalyst
5. Drexel: The Most Feared Firm on Wall Street
6. Dead Broke: New York City's 1970s Fiscal Crisis
7. Lights Out: The Con Ed Blackout
8. Shedding Light on Shadow Government
9. Planned Parenthood: A Corporate Governance Success Story
Conclusion: In Search of the Activist Director
Author's Note
Acknowledgments

Über Autor(innen)

Ira M. Millstein is a senior partner in the international law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He is an adjunct professor and founding chair of the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School and the author of several books, including The Recurrent Crisis in Corporate Governance (2003).