Short and Long Term Investors (and Other Stakeholders Too): Must (and Do) Their Interests Conflict?

By Claire A. Hill and Brett McDonnell March 23, 2016 by ilyabeylin

The world of corporate governance is undergoing two intense, inter-related debates. One is a debate as to whether profit-maximization in the short term is really different from profit-maximization in the long term, and if so whether American corporations are currently …

Re-Examining the Business Judgment Rule from a Comparative Perspective: Is it Really in the Shareholders’ Interest?

By Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez February 26, 2016 by ilyabeylin

One of the most remarkable features of US corporate law–at least, from the perspective of a foreign scholar–is the power given to the board of directors. Under current US corporate law (especially, in Delaware), the authority of the board of …

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Short and Long Term Investors (and Other Stakeholders Too): Must (and Do) Their Interests Conflict?

Re-Examining the Business Judgment Rule from a Comparative Perspective: Is it Really in the Shareholders’ Interest?