Board-Shareholder Dialogue

‘This superb book brings together top scholars from around the world on one of the most important corporate governance issues of our time: engagement between boards of directors and institutional shareholders.’ Elizabeth Pollman, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School‘Board-Shareholder Dialogue is a comprehensive compendium of the current state of play of shareholder engagement in US, European and East Asian companies, authored by eminent academics in the field. It elegantly covers several topical and important aspects of corporate governance, and forms an invaluable guide for researchers, practitioners and policymakers.’ Bobby V. Reddy, Professor of Corporate Law and Governance, University of Cambridge‘This collection of papers provides rigorous and thoughtful analyses of the role that the dialogue between boards of directors and shareholders plays in the governance and long-term performance of companies. Its analysis of the ESG investment and engagement strategies by investors greatly deepens our understanding of the motivations and impact of these initiatives. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to this set of issues written by some of the leading scholars in the field.’ Joseph A. McCahery, Professor, Tilburg University

Luca Enriques is Professor of Corporate Law at Oxford University and a Research Fellow at the European Corporate Governance Institute. He has published widely in the fields of comparative corporate law and financial regulation. Between 2007 and 2012 he was a commissioner at the Italian securities market authority.

Giovanni Strampelli is Professor of Business Law and Director of the Ph.D. in Legal Studies at Bocconi University, Milan. His research interests include corporate law, accounting law, bankruptcy law and securities regulation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Association of Business Law Professors.