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SUMMARY:Understanding Risk Lunchtime Seminar Series: The Modern History of
  US Corporate Governance - Professor Brian Cheffins - S J Berwin Professor
  of Corporate Law\, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law
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CONTACT:Ella Hewitt
DESCRIPTION:This seminar is based on the introductory chapter of The Histo
 ry of Modern U.S. Corporate Governance\, a sourcebook Professor Cheffins i
 s editing that will be published by Edward Elgar in 2011.  Professor Cheff
 ins will begin by introducing the topic of corporate governance\, explaini
 ng in so doing how corporate governance relates to risk.  He will then ana
 lyze how corporate governance has evolved in the U.S. between the 1970s\, 
 when the term corporate governance first came into vogue\, and the present
  day.  He will focus on the key mechanisms that potentially bolster manage
 rial accountability in the U.S. system of corporate governance\, namely th
 e board of directors\, executive pay\, shareholder intervention and takeov
 ers.  \n\nTo register for the event please email: ExecDirector.Risk@jbs.ca
 m.ac.uk \n\nor visit: http://www.cr.jbs.cam.ac.uk/
LOCATION:Judge Business School\, Trumpington Street\, W2.01
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