Shareholder democracies? : corporate governance in Britain and Ireland before 1850 / by Freeman, Mark, 1974-

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Labor in the Age of Finance : Pensions, Politics, and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd-Frank. by Jacoby, Sanford M.

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Experiments in financial democracy : corporate governance and financial development in Brazil, 1882-1950 / by Musacchio, Aldo

Table of Contents: “…The foundations of financial democracy : disclosure laws and shareholder protections in corporate bylaws --…”
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The demon of writing : powers and failures of paperwork / by Kafka, Ben

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Constructing corporate America : history, politics, culture /

Table of Contents: “…From citizens to plutocrats: nineteenth-century shareholder voting rights and theories of the corporation /…”
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Towards a new history for the Egyptian Old Kingdom : perspectives on the pyramid age /

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After the great recession : the struggle for economic recovery and growth /

Table of Contents: “…How bonus-driven 'rainmaker' financial firms enrich top employees, destroy shareholder value, and create systemic financial instability /…”
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When Wall Street met Main Street : the quest for an investors' democracy / by Ott, Julia C., 1974-

Table of Contents: “…-- Mobilizing the financial nation -- The postwar struggle for the financial nation -- Swords into shares -- The corporate quest for shareholder democracy -- Finance joins the quest for shareholder democracy -- "The people's market" -- Epilogue : the enduring quest.…”
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The generosity crisis : the case for radical connection to solve humanity's greatest challenges / by Chappell, Nathan, Crimmins, Brian, Ashley, Michael

Table of Contents: “…-- Why our crisis exists -- From shareholder value to shareholder values -- The trust breakdown -- The continental connection drift -- Decoding generosity -- When generosity is good for business - and society -- Making generosity personal -- Creating radical connection with emerging tech -- Notes from the field: interviews with tomorrow's generosity leaders.…”
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Empire's tracks : indigenous nations, Chinese workers, and the transcontinental railroad / by Karuka, Manu, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…The prose of countersovereignty -- Modes of relationship -- Railroad colonialism -- Lakota -- Chinese -- Pawnee -- Cheyenne -- Shareholder whiteness -- Continental imperialism -- Epilogue : the significance of decolonization in North America.…”
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Making the market : Victorian origins of corporate capitalism / by Johnson, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Mammon's cradle -- Contracts, debts and debtors -- Coercion, custom and contract at work -- The incorporation of business -- The limitation of liability -- Corporate performance -- Shareholders, directors and promoters -- Mammon's conceit.…”
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The world's first stock exchange / by Petram, Lodewijk

Table of Contents: “…A world-famous book -- A new company -- Early share trading -- Angry shareholders -- Fraud -- The first boom -- Jewish traders -- Information -- Trading clubs -- Speculation -- Crisis -- The world-famous book again.…”
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Corporate governance of listed companies in Thailand / by Sakulrat Montreevat

Table of Contents: “…Pre-crisis corporate governance practices -- National corporate governance committee and role of relevant agencies -- Key elements of good corporate governance for listed companies -- Best practice guidelines for audit committee -- Code of best practices for directors of listed companies -- Best practice guidelines for shareholders -- Corporate governance issues for financial institutions -- Assessments and challenges.…”
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Transatlantic speculations : globalization and the panics of 1873 / by Davies, Hannah Catherine

Table of Contents: “…Criminalizing Promoters, Protecting Shareholders; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Personal capitalism and corporate governance : British manufacturing in the first half of the twentieth century / by Lewis, Myrddin John

Table of Contents: “…. : the individualistic element in corporate governance and the legacy of personal control -- The relationship between companies and their shareholders : Greenwood & Batley and Hadfields.…”
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The making of Tocqueville's America : law and association in the early United States / by Butterfield, Kevin, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The concept of membership in America, 1783 -- 1815 -- Friendship, formalities, and membership in post-revolutionary America -- Politics, citizenship, and association -- A common law of membership -- Practices and limits, 1800 -- 1840 -- Everyday constitutionalism in a nation of joiners -- When shareholders were members: the business corporation as voluntary association -- Determining the rights of members -- Consequences: civil society in antebellum America -- Labor unions and an American law of membership -- Conclusion: the concept of membership in the age of reform.…”
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Banking en francais : the French Banks of Quebec 1835-1925. by Rudin, Ronald

Table of Contents: “…Cover; TABLES, FIGURE, AND MAP; PREFACE; 1 Introduction; 2 Beginnings: 1835-75; 3 Hard Times: 1875-1900; 4 The Small-town Banks: 1873-1908; 5 The Survivors: 1900-21; 6 The Establishment of the Banque Canadienne Nationale: 1921-5; 7 Conclusion; APPENDICES; 1 Operations of the Quebec Banks: 1857-1925; 2 Data Regarding Shareholders: 1871-1921; 3 Directors of the Quebec Banks: 1817-1925; 4 Branches of Canadian Banks: 1871-1921; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX…”
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Going for gold : the history of Newmont Mining Corporation / by Morris, Jack H.

Table of Contents: “…The End of an Era; 10. Shareholder Value; 11. Going Crazy; 12. Grief; 13. Jimmy; 14. …”
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Bacardi : the hidden war / by Calvo Ospina, Hernando, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Reagan breeds a monster -- ch. 7. The CANF and the shareholders -- ch. 8. Two wars and their accomplices -- ch. 9. …”
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Persistence and vigilance : a view of Ford Motor Company's accounting over its first fifty years / by Lazdowski, Yvette

Table of Contents: “…The 5 Day and Sociological Department -- Conflict Among Ford and Couzens: The End of A Partnership -- Chapter 4: World War I, Minority Shareholders, and the Crisis of 1920-1921 -- World War I and the Liberty Engines -- Henry Ford Buys out the Minority Shareholders -- Departure of Key Executives -- Economic Downturn of 1920-1921 and Impact on Cost-Cutting and Accounting -- Chapter 5: Move to the Rouge, the End of the Model T, and World War II -- The Rouge Plant and Vertical Integration -- Letting Go of the Model T and the Creation of the Model A -- Labor Unrest and the United Auto Workers -- Willow Run and the B-24 Bombers…”
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