Taking Shareholder Protection Seriously? Corporate Governance in the U.S. and Germany
This article provides a comparative study of four major dimensions of corporate governance in the U.S. and Germany: (1) the laws affecting corporate governance, particularly those designed to protect minority shareholders; (2) the prescribed role and actual conduct of corporate boards; (3) the market for corporate control (including hostile takeovers); and (4) incentive compensation. 2005 Morgan Stanley.
Abstract Enterprises ar developing towards learning systems whose adaptive capabilities have to be increased for the joint and participative development of organization and technology. As an example the John Deere Works Mannheim have started to implement the lasting concept of a Learning Organization. Strategy and first results of the project are described in this report.