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題名 Do Social Ties Matter in Corporate Governance? The Missing Factor in Chinese Corporate Governance Reform
作者 Lin, Yu-Hsin
林郁馨
貢獻者 法律系
關鍵詞 Social Ties; Corporate Governance; Independent Directors; Legal Transplantation; Chinese Law
日期 2013-12
上傳時間 6-Mar-2014 16:22:40 (UTC+8)
摘要 In the past decade, Asian countries have adopted various corporate governance measures with the hope that good law will facilitate capital market development. One of the measures adopted by Asian countries to revamp corporate boards is to enhance board independence by introducing the institution of independent director. Empirical studies have shown that social ties could compromise independent directors’ monitoring capacity and, thus, do matter in corporate governance. Using theoretical and empirical studies, this article analyzes the effects that independent directors` social ties to corporate insiders can have on director efficacy and discusses how U.S., where the institution of independent director originated, addresses the bias of independent directors arising from such social ties. Although U.S. courts exercise ex post judicial review over the true independence of independent directors in shareholder-derivative suits, most Asian countries simply did not have such ex post judicial review in place when they transplanted the new institutional form because shareholder suits are almost unheard of in these countries. Social ties among board members are common in Taiwan and China, whose shared traditional and contemporary culture prizes harmony and interpersonal relations (guanxi). In the business world, social ties among board members further enhance collegial board culture, facilitating boards’ advisory function but weakening their monitoring function. This article argues that the current Taiwanese and Chinese regulatory regimes’ failure to satisfactorily address the issue of social ties, whether through ex ante regulation or ex post judicial review, strongly suggests that the legislative objective of the institution of independent directors will remain unachieved and unachievable.
關聯 George Mason Journal of International Commercial Law, 5(1), 39-74
資料類型 article
dc.contributor 法律系en_US
dc.creator (作者) Lin, Yu-Hsinen_US
dc.creator (作者) 林郁馨zh_TW
dc.date (日期) 2013-12en_US
dc.date.accessioned 6-Mar-2014 16:22:40 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 6-Mar-2014 16:22:40 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 6-Mar-2014 16:22:40 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/64473-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) In the past decade, Asian countries have adopted various corporate governance measures with the hope that good law will facilitate capital market development. One of the measures adopted by Asian countries to revamp corporate boards is to enhance board independence by introducing the institution of independent director. Empirical studies have shown that social ties could compromise independent directors’ monitoring capacity and, thus, do matter in corporate governance. Using theoretical and empirical studies, this article analyzes the effects that independent directors` social ties to corporate insiders can have on director efficacy and discusses how U.S., where the institution of independent director originated, addresses the bias of independent directors arising from such social ties. Although U.S. courts exercise ex post judicial review over the true independence of independent directors in shareholder-derivative suits, most Asian countries simply did not have such ex post judicial review in place when they transplanted the new institutional form because shareholder suits are almost unheard of in these countries. Social ties among board members are common in Taiwan and China, whose shared traditional and contemporary culture prizes harmony and interpersonal relations (guanxi). In the business world, social ties among board members further enhance collegial board culture, facilitating boards’ advisory function but weakening their monitoring function. This article argues that the current Taiwanese and Chinese regulatory regimes’ failure to satisfactorily address the issue of social ties, whether through ex ante regulation or ex post judicial review, strongly suggests that the legislative objective of the institution of independent directors will remain unachieved and unachievable.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) George Mason Journal of International Commercial Law, 5(1), 39-74en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Social Ties; Corporate Governance; Independent Directors; Legal Transplantation; Chinese Lawen_US
dc.title (題名) Do Social Ties Matter in Corporate Governance? The Missing Factor in Chinese Corporate Governance Reformen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen