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Corporate Governance. Case Studies

Manuel, Eduardo

18. April 2007

Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3120/ MPRA Paper No. 3120, posted 07. November 2007 / 02:59

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.CASE STUDIES

EDUARDO G. MANUEL1

ABSTRACT

This paper pretends to do a theoretical approach of Corporate Governance, having as support some case studies about companies like Coca-Cola, Nokia, Microsoft, and Amazon.com. The methodology adopted for this work is based in information from these companies available in their websites and annual reports. I concluded that both companies show the corporate governance components according to their core business and their environmental business.

Keywords: Corporate Governance JEL Codes: A23, M10, M14, M19 Working Paper Series

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Eduardo Manuel holds a B.A in Economics at University Autonoma of Lisbon (UAL), Portugal and a Master’s Degree in Management of Enterprises at same University. Eduardo Manuel is Economist, Investigator and Editor. Eduardo Manuel is the author of the book titled “Entrepreneurship, Economics and Competitiveness”. e-mail address: edu.manuel@economista.com or eduardo_manuel@mail.pt

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.CASE STUDIES INTRODUCTION This paper pretends to do a theoretical approach of Corporate Governance, having as support some case studies about companies like Coca-Cola, Nokia, Microsoft, and Amazon.com. The methodology for this work is based in information from these companies available in their websites and annual reports.

THEORETICAL APPROACH OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The term “corporate governance”, according to Farinha (2004) is relatively new one both in the public and academic debates, although the issues it addresses have been around for much longer, at least since Berle and Means (1932) and the even earlier Smith (1776). According to Cadbury Report, Corporate Governance is “the system by which companies are directed and controlled (Keasey, et...