Corporate ownership and control : British business transformed / Brian R. Cheffins.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Corporate governance -- Great Britain -- History.

Industrial organization -- Great Britain.

Stock ownership -- Great Britain.

Stock companies -- Great Britain.

Corporate governance -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.

Much discussion on corporate governance assumes companies are owned and controlled separately, yet this is not the norm worldwide. This book explores the foundations of separation in UK companies, asking how the company came to prominence and why and how the UK stock market came to be dominated by institutional shareholders.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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xviii, 423 p. : ill. ; 24 cm