Strategies, Markets and Governance: Exploring Commercial and Regulatory Agendas

by Ralf Boscheck , Christine Batruch , Stewart Hamilton , Jean-Pierre Lehmann , Caryl Pfeiffer , Ulrich Steger , Michael Yaziji

• ISBN13: 9780521688451
• ISBN10: 0521688450
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-02
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Strategies, Markets and Governance addresses governance concerns at firm, industry, country and international levels. How do regulatory authorities deal with new business models, organizational structures and blurring market relations? What limits regulatory control and what are the implications of corporate self-regulation? What drives the spread of new regulation and what limits its effectiveness? How does 'the organized public' shape political and corporate interests and what is its legitimacy and impact on business? How do corporate strategies turn tighter regulation into profit opportunities, deliver public benefits in the face of predatory states and when is exit the only option left? The contributing authors are leading researchers on governance and public policy, and present assessments of these questions in a variety of institutional and international contexts. The book is ideally suited to advanced students of business, public policy and business regulation, as well as practitioners and policy makers.

Table of Contents

List of figures

boxes and tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Notes on contributors

Introduction and Overview

Strategies, markets and governance Ralf Boscheck

Firm-Level

Competitive advantage and the regulation of dominant firms Ralf Boscheck

Delegating regulation - supply-chain management, partnering and competition policy reforms Ralf Boscheck

Diffusion of corporate governance regulation - France, Germany, the UK and the USA Ulrich Steger

Corporate governance after ENRON et al Stewart Hamilton

Trackling healthcare fraud!? Ralf Boscheck

Watchdog and proxy war campaigns against firms Michael Yaziji

Oil and conflict: Lundin Petroleum's experience in Sudan Christine Batruch

Industry-Level

How the clean air interstate rule will affect investment and management decisions in the US electricity sector Caryl Pfeiffer

EU water infrastructure management - national regulations, EU framework directives but no model to follow Ralf Boscheck

Market-testing healthcare - managed care, market evolution and the search for regulatory principles Ralf Boscheck

On governing natural resources Ralf Boscheck

Country/International Level

Governing oil supply - fiscal regimes, NOCs and the steering of resource-based economies Ralf Boscheck

China - external imperatives and internal reforms Jean-Pierre Lehmann

EU constitutional governance - failure as opportunity!? Ralf Boscheck

One competition standard to regulate global trade and protection Ralf Boscheck

An Observation in Closing

Addressing the market paradox Ralf Boscheck

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