The control of corporations is a subject that will appeal to a broad
readership. How are the giant corporations that affect our lives
controlled? Which individuals and institutions command the vast
proportion of economic resources controlled by corporations? How do
patterns of corporate control differ across European countries? This
book answers these questions by providing a detailed analysis of
corporate control in nine European countries – Austria, Belgium, France,
Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom. 

Contributors: M. Becht, C. Mayer, K. Gugler, S. Kalss,
A. Stomper, J. Zechner, A. Chapelle, L. Renneboog, L. Bloch, E. Kremp,
E. Boehmer,  M. Bianchi, M. Bianco, L. Enriques, A. de Jong, R. Kabir,
T. Marra, A. Roell, R. Crespi, M. Garcia-Cestona, J. Agnblad, E.
Berglof, P. Hogfeldt, H. Svancar, M. Goergen, L. Renneboog

The control of corporations is a subject that will appeal to a broad readership. How are the giant corporations that affect our lives controlled? Which individuals and institutions command the vast proportion of economic resources controlled by corporations? How do patterns of corporate control differ across European countries? This book answers these questions by providing a detailed analysis of corporate control in nine European countries – Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. 

Contributors: M. Becht, C. Mayer, K. Gugler, S. Kalss, A. Stomper, J. Zechner, A. Chapelle, L. Renneboog, L. Bloch, E. Kremp, E. Boehmer,  M. Bianchi, M. Bianco, L. Enriques, A. de Jong, R. Kabir, T. Marra, A. Roell, R. Crespi, M. Garcia-Cestona, J. Agnblad, E. Berglof, P. Hogfeldt, H. Svancar, M. Goergen, L. Renneboog