The standard contract that governs friendly mergers contains material adverse change (MAC) and material adverse effect (MAE) clauses; these clauses permit a buyer to costlessly cancel the deal if such a change or effect occurs. In recent years, the application of the traditional standard-like...

[eng] Suspension of the voting rights of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) addresses one facet of the competition between market and new-mercantilist capitalism. It solves the immediate problem at which it is addressed : the use of a portfolio company's corporate governance structure to influence...

[eng] Sovereign Wealth Funds and Corporate Governance : a Minimalist Response to the New Mercantilism . Suspension of the voting rights of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) addresses one facet of the competition between market and new-mercantilist capitalism. It solves the immediate problem at which...

Comprising essays specially commissioned for the volume, leading scholars who have shaped the field of corporate law and governance explore and critique developments in this vibrant and expanding area and offer possible directions for future research.

Countries pursuing economic development confront a fundamental obstacle. Reforms that increase the size of the overall pie are blocked by powerful interests that are threatened by the growth-inducing changes. This problem is conspicuous in efforts to create effective capital markets to support...