Abbreviations
I. United Kingdom
Introduction, Lord Alexander of Weedon
1. The Need to Restore Corporate Accountability: An Agenda for Reform: Postscript on the Draft Report of the Cadbury Committee, Nicholas Dimsdale (Oxford University)
2. Corporate Strategy and Corporate Accountability, John Kay (London Business School)
3. Market Assessment of Company Prformance, Paul Marsh (London Business School)
4. A Larger Role for Institutional Investors, Johnathan Charkham (Bank of England)
5. Proposals for a Reformed System of Corporate Governance to Achieve Internationally Competitive Long-Term Performance, Allen Sykes
6. The Changing Relationship between the Banks and Business in the UK, Douglas McWilliams and Andrew Sentance (Confederation of British Industry)
7. Small Firms and Clearing Banks, Miles Middleton (Association of British Chambers of Commerce)
8. The Role of the Banks, David Lomax (National Westminster Bank)
9. Stock-Markets, Financial Institutions, and Corporate Performance, Colin Mayer (City University Business School)
10. The Role of the Venture Capital Industry in the UK, Adrian Beecroft (British Venture Capital Association)
11. The 'Problems' of Finance for Smaller Businesses, Alan Hughes (Cambridge University)
II. Germany and Japan
12. Corporate Governance: The UK Compared with Germany and Japan, Martha Prevezer (London Business School) and Martin Ricketts (University of Buckingham)
13. An Overview of the German Financial System, Jeremy Edwards (Cambridge University) and K. Fischer (University of Bonn)
14. The Role of the German Capital Markets and the Universal Banks, Supervisory Boards, and Interlocking Directorships, Ellen R. Schneider-Lenné (Deutsche Bank AG)
15. An Overview of the Japanese Financial System, Jenny Corbett (Oxford University)
16. The Role of the Japanese Capital Markets: The Effect of Cross-Shareholdings on Corporate Accountability, Seichi Masuyama (Nomura Research Institute Europe)
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