Why the traditional principal agent theory may no longer apply to concentrated ownership systems and structures

• Authors: Marianne Ojo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper not only considers why many concentrated ownership structured systems and jurisdictions are considering a shift to the Anglo American style of corporate governance, but also explores why the traditional principal agency theory may no longer hold in many concentrated ownership structures.

Keywords

EN

Principal agent theory, stakeholder theory, informational asymmetries, risk, corporate governance, UK, India, Germany, U.S, Japan

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Business and Economic Horizons
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 87-98

Dates

published

2013-10-25

Contributors

author

Marianne Ojo

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Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15208/beh.2013.16