Strategies, Markets and Governance
Exploring Commercial and Regulatory Agendas

Strategies, Markets and Governance addresses governance concerns at firm, industry, country and international levels.

Ralf Boscheck (Author), Christine Batruch (Author), Stewart Hamilton (Author), Jean-Pierre Lehmann (Author), Caryl Pfeiffer (Author), Ulrich Steger (Author), Michael Yaziji (Author)

9780521868457, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 May 2008

360 pages, 26 b/w illus. 1 table
25.2 x 18.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.88 kg

Strategies, Markets and Governance addresses governance concerns at firm, industry, country and international levels. How do regulatory authorities deal with new business models, organizational structures and blurring market relations? What limits regulatory control and what are the implications of corporate self-regulation? What drives the spread of new regulation and what limits its effectiveness? How does 'the organized public' shape political and corporate interests and what is its legitimacy and impact on business? How do corporate strategies turn tighter regulation into profit opportunities, deliver public benefits in the face of predatory states and when is exit the only option left? The contributing authors are leading researchers on governance and public policy, and present assessments of these questions in a variety of institutional and international contexts. The book is ideally suited to advanced students of business, public policy and business regulation, as well as practitioners and policy makers.

List of figures, boxes and tables
Acknowledgments
Preface
Notes on contributors
Section A. Introduction and Overview: 1. Strategies, markets and governance Ralf Boscheck
Section B. Firm-Level: 2. Competitive advantage and the regulation of dominant firms Ralf Boscheck
3. Delegating regulation - supply-chain management, partnering and competition policy reforms Ralf Boscheck
4. Diffusion of corporate governance regulation – France, Germany, the UK and the USA Ulrich Steger
5. Corporate governance after ENRON et al Stewart Hamilton
6. Trackling healthcare fraud!? Ralf Boscheck
7. Watchdog and proxy war campaigns against firms Michael Yaziji
8. Oil and conflict: Lundin Petroleum's experience in Sudan Christine Batruch
Section C. Industry-Level: 9. How the clean air interstate rule will affect investment and management decisions in the US electricity sector Caryl Pfeiffer
10. EU water infrastructure management – national regulations, EU framework directives but no model to follow Ralf Boscheck
11. Market-testing healthcare – managed care, market evolution and the search for regulatory principles Ralf Boscheck
12. On governing natural resources Ralf Boscheck
Section D. Country/International Level: 13. Governing oil supply – fiscal regimes, NOCs and the steering of resource-based economies Ralf Boscheck
14. China – external imperatives and internal reforms Jean-Pierre Lehmann
15. EU constitutional governance – failure as opportunity!? Ralf Boscheck
16. One competition standard to regulate global trade and protection Ralf Boscheck
Section E. An Observation in Closing: 17. Addressing the market paradox Ralf Boscheck.

Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]