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Post-Enron: U.S. And German Corporate Governance, Stefan W. Suchan
Post-Enron: U.S. And German Corporate Governance, Stefan W. Suchan
Cornell Law School J.D. Student Research Papers
Only five years after Henry Hansmann and Reinier Kraakmann announced "the End of History of Corporate Law" – borrowing the words of Francis Fukuyama–, this observation seems at least questionable. Following two major failures of the “American Model” with the bankruptcy of Enron and WorldCom, the question of the "right" Corporate Governance regime is again under discussion.
Legislators around the globe assume that further development of Corporate Governance is necessary. There is consent for the need of improvement, but no clear answer on how to improve. A first step to solving the arising problems might be to evaluate the reasons …