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Corporate Governance in Germany: the move to shareholder value

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The paper offers an inside view of the German corporate governance model, based on interviews with over 100 members of supervisory‐ (Aufsichtsrat) and executive‐boards (Vorstand) of major German corporations. The traditional supervisory board with its large size of 20 members, one half elected by the employees, reflects the strong consensus orientation of the German corporate world. This system worked well in times of long innovation cycles and largely separate, national capital markets. It is coming under increasing pressure to adapt to the demands of a fast changing globalised capital market.Keywords: Corporate governance in Germany, supervisory board, codetermination, board composition, professionalisation of boards

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  • Florian Schilling, 2001. "Corporate Governance in Germany: the move to shareholder value," Corporate Governance: An International Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 9(3), pages 148-151, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:corgov:v:9:y:2001:i:3:p:148-151
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00242
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    8. Thomas Gstraunthaler & János Lukács & Marcel Steller, 2008. "The Board of Directors and its Role in the Corporate Governance System - Considerations about the Control Model - A Research Note," International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research (IJBESAR), International Hellenic University (IHU), Kavala Campus, Greece (formerly Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology - EMaTTech), vol. 1(1), pages 37-54, April.

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