This book is designed to scrutinize the Russian business sector in transition with special attention to firm organization, business integration, corporate governance, and company management. Using a unique dataset of Russian joint-stock companies, the authors empirically analyze key issues for understanding the Russian corporate sector.
Author(s): Tatiana Dolgopyatova, Ichiro Iwasaki, Andrei Yakovlev
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 272
Cover......Page 0
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Notes on the Contributors......Page 14
List of Abbreviations......Page 15
Introduction......Page 18
1 The Emergence of Russian Corporations: From the Soviet Enterprise to a Market Firm......Page 29
Part I: Ownership, Internal Control, and Management System......Page 54
2 Stock Ownership and Corporate Control......Page 56
3 Legal Form of Incorporation......Page 79
4 The Structure of Corporate Boards......Page 106
5 Impact of Corporate Governance and Performance on Managerial Turnover......Page 139
6 Management Team and Firm Restructuring......Page 165
Part II: Business Integration and Its Impacts on Corporate Governance......Page 188
7 Organizational Patterns of Corporate Control and Business Integration......Page 190
8 Corporate Governance and Decision-Making in Business Groups......Page 212
9 Impact of Business Integration on Corporate Restructuring and Performance......Page 230
Part III: The Role of External Agents in Corporate Governance......Page 250
10 The Banking Sector and Corporate Finance......Page 252
11 Business Associations: Incentives and Benefits from the Viewpoint of Corporate Governance......Page 275
12 State–Business Relations and Improvement of Corporate Governance......Page 301
Conclusions......Page 324
Appendix: Outline of the Japan–Russia Joint Enterprise Survey......Page 329
C......Page 338
G......Page 339
M......Page 340
R......Page 341
U......Page 342
Y......Page 343
