Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008. / Title from title screen (site viewed Jan. 15, 2009). PDF text: 130 p. ; 643 K. UMI publication number: AAT 3315318. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-101). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. / Dr. Rajesh Chakrabarti, Committee Member ; Dr. Narayanan Jayaraman, Committee Co-Chair ; Dr. Jonathan Clarke, Committee Member ; Dr. Ajay Subramanian, Committee Co-Chair ; Dr. Richard Phillips, Committee Member.

A company and all its members for the time being can, within the limitations imposed by its memorandum, by agreement depart from its articles and such agreement would bind the company and those members 1• Such agreements are frequently entered into between proposed shareholders of a company to be formed or shareholders of an existing company. When these agreements relate to companies to be formed they are known as formation agreements but commercially the agreements are generally known as shareholders' agreements. They usually govern the rights and obligations of the respective shareholders as well as other matters· relating to the affairs of the company. Members of private companies, particular small domestic companies usually enter into shareholders' agreements for various reasons, e.g. where they wish to secure special safeguards for their prospective interests in the company. Thus, a majority shareholder may want to ensure that control of the company will remain with his family, or a minority shareholder may seek special protection. Whilst such special safeguards could be contained in the memorandum or articles of association, which will bind the company and its members, the memorandum and articles I by themselves will not always afford the protection because they are capable of being amended by special resolution. Legislation may override the articles, e.g. section 220 of the Companies Act provides that, notwithstanding anything in the articles, a director may be removed from his office by ordinary resolution. A shareholder, unless he commands at least twenty-six per centum of the voting rights in general meeting, may be unable to prevent an alteration of the articles of which he does not approve. An agreement could prevent the variation of the rights attaching to any class of share in terms of section 102 where a company has more than one class of shares.

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Chung Chi-man. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-94). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / 摘要 --- p.iii / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Table of Contents --- p.v / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Agency Theory --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Separation of Large and Small Shareholders --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Role of Auditing in Corporate Governance --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- The Framework of Corporate Governance and External Auditing in Hong Kong / Chapter 2.1 --- Corporate Governance in Hong Kong --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2 --- External Auditing in Hong Kong --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Construction of the Data / Chapter 3.1 --- Assembly of the Primary Data --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- Traces of the Identities of the Ultimate Owners --- p.17 / Chapter 3.3 --- Construction of the Industry-Adjusted Audit Rate Data and Some Descriptive Statistics --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Ownership and Control Patterns / Chapter 4.1 --- An Improved Research Methodology --- p.24 / Chapter 4.2 --- Discussions of Ownership and Control Patterns --- p.26 / Chapter 4.3 --- Ownership and Control by Owner Types --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Examples of Typical Ownership Patterns / Chapter 5.1 --- The Li Ka-Shing Business Group --- p.35 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Swire Group --- p.40 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Kuok Khoon-Ean Business Group --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Regression Analyses / Chapter 6.1 --- The Variables --- p.43 / Chapter 6.2 --- Regression Results and Discussions --- p.46 / Chapter 6.3 --- A Restricted Model --- p.52 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Some Concluding Remarks --- p.55 / Tables / Table 1 Description Statistics of the Unadjusted Auditing Rate Data --- p.57 / Table 2 Separation of Ownership and Control Rights --- p.58 / "Table 3 Control of Publicly Traded Companies, by Owner Types" --- p.59 / Table 4 Description of Regression Variables --- p.60 / Table 5 Regression Results on the Relationship between Industry- Adjusted Auditing Rates and the Largest Shareholders' Ownership and Control (Full Sample) --- p.63 / Table 6 Regression Results on the Relationship between Industry- Adjusted Auditing fee and the Largest Shareholders' Ownership and Control (Family-controlled or Corporate-Entity-controlled Firms Only) --- p.66 / Figures / Figure 1 The Structure of Hang Seng Composite Index --- p.68 / Figure 2 The Relationship between Different Types of Large Shareholders --- p.69 / "Figure 3a The Li, Ka-Shing Group" --- p.70 / Figure 3b Details of the Calculations of the Concentrated Ownership and Control Stakes --- p.71 / Figure 4 The Connections of the Chinese Government and a Diverse Corporation (Swire Group) --- p.72 / "Figure 5 The Kuok, Khoon-Ean Group (An Example of Flat Structure)" --- p.73 / Appendices / Figure A1 HSBC Holdings PLC --- p.74 / Figure A2 The Bank of East Asia --- p.75 / Figure A3 JCG Holdings Limited --- p.76 / Figure A4 Moulin International Holdings limited --- p.77 / Figure A5 Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited --- p.78 / Figure A6 Orient Overseas (International) Limited --- p.79 / Figure A7 Sun Man Tai Holdings Company Limited --- p.80 / "Figure A8 The Lee, Shan-Kee Group" --- p.81 / Figure A9 China National Aviation Company Limited --- p.82 / Figure A10 ICBC (Asia) Limited --- p.83 / Figure A11 MTR Corporation --- p.84 / "Figure A12 The Liu, Lit-Man Group" --- p.85 / Table A1 Summary Description of the Data --- p.86 / Bibliography --- p.91

Hu Bingbing. / "July 2004." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-73). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

Thesis (doctoral)--Universiẗat Hamburg, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-290).