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The following section provides a general overview of the various definitions, developments and scope of corporate governance. It describes the different theoretical frameworks, elaborates on the empirical developments in the academic research and gives a summary of the relevant guidelines. Furthermore, this section focuses on the German corporate governance system and institutional investors.
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© 2013 Petra Nix and Jean Jinghan Chen
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Nix, P., Chen, J.J. (2013). Fundamentals of Corporate Governance. In: The Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137327031_2
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