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Autorité de gestion et avaries communes-pour un complément du droit de l’entreprise?

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  • Blanche Segrestin

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  • Armand Hatchuel

    (MINES ParisTech)

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(VF)Comment expliquer que la gouvernance reste dominée, malgré les critiques, par une approche davantage actionnariale que partenariale ? Cet article explore l’hypothèse selon laquelle cette rémanence s’expliquerait par une insuffisance du droit. Le droit donne en effet de grands pouvoirs aux dirigeants d’entreprise, mais sans en encadrer les conditions d’exercice ou les effets. D’autres cas montrent qu’historiquement le droit est intervenu avec des règles particulières pour faire qu’une autorité de gestion, comme celle du capitaine de navire, soit efficace et juste. En étudiant la règle des «avaries communes», l’article révèle certaines règles qui sont aujourd’hui malmenées dans l’entreprise et dont le droit pourrait se saisir.(VA)What can explain the prevalence of shareholder-centered approaches to corporate governance despite their ever-growing critics? The article explores one possible explanation: the law, which is compatible with both shareholder- and stakeholder- centered approaches, gives managers great power but without regulating either the conditions of its exercise or its effects. Historical observation renders examples where the law has specified certain rules to make managerial authority, such as the the one of a ship’s captain, both efficient and fair. Analyzing the rules of “general averages”, the article reveals how such rules are neglected in contemporary firms and how the law could support a more collaborative governance.

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  • Blanche Segrestin & Armand Hatchuel, 2011. "Autorité de gestion et avaries communes-pour un complément du droit de l’entreprise?," Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, revues.org, vol. 14(2), pages 9-36., June.
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    Keywords

    autorité; management; gouvernance; entreprise; gestion; authority; management; governance; firm.;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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