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History and the Global Corporate Governance Revolution: The UK Perspective

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Market forces are allegedly serving to destabilise traditional business structures and cause some form of convergence along US lines. Consistent with an emerging trend in the literature, this article examines the convergence trend from an historical perspective. The focus is on Britain, since it is the only major industrial nation that has undertaken the journey upon which other countries may be embarking. While contemporary developments suggest that Britain's failure to adopt US-style managerial structures more quickly may have contributed to the UK's economic 'decline', this inference should be drawn with caution. The evolution of corporate governance in Britain indicates that various factors that have been identified as preconditions for the emergence of the 'Anglo-American' system of corporate governance are probably not decisive variables.

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  • B. Cheffins, 2001. "History and the Global Corporate Governance Revolution: The UK Perspective," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(4), pages 87-118.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:43:y:2001:i:4:p:87-118
    DOI: 10.1080/713999243
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    1. Blanche Segrestin & Andrew Johnston & Armand Hatchuel, 2019. "The Separation Of Directors And Managers: A Historical Examination Of The Status Of Managers," Post-Print hal-01957329, HAL.
    2. Turner, John D., 2024. "Three centuries of corporate governance in the UK," QUCEH Working Paper Series 24-01, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Centre for Economic History.
    3. Haque, Faizul & Arun, Thankom & Kirkpatrick, Colin, 2011. "The political economy of corporate governance in developing economies: The case of Bangladesh," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 169-182, June.
    4. Graeme G. Acheson & Gareth Campbell & John D. Turner & Nadia Vanteeva, 2015. "Corporate ownership and control in Victorian Britain," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 68(3), pages 911-936, August.
    5. Agamirova, Maria (Агамирова, Мария) & Dzagurova, Natalia (Дзагурова, Наталия), 2014. "Incentives for cooperative-specific investments from court decisions to the theoretical analysis [Стимулы Для Осуществления Кооперативных Специфических Инвестиций: От Судебных Решений К Теоретическ," Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, vol. 4, pages 79-97.
    6. Malcolm Anderson, 2002. "Accounting History publications 2001," Accounting History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(3), pages 505-512.

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