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This page intentionally left blank Strategies, Markets and Governance Strategies,MarketsandGovernanceaddressesgovernanceconcernsatfirm,industry, country and international levels. How do regulatory authorities deal with new business models, organizational structures and blurring market relations? What limitsregulatorycontrolandwhataretheimplicationsofcorporateself-regulation? Whatdrivesthespreadofnewregulationandwhatlimitsitseffectiveness?Howdoes ‘the organized public’ shape political and corporate interests and what is its legiti- macyandimpactonbusiness?Howdocorporatestrategies turn tighter regulation intoprofitopportunities,deliverpublicbenefitsinthefaceofpredatorystatesand whenisexittheonlyoptionleft? Thecontributingauthorsareleadingresearchersongovernanceandpublicpolicy, and present assessments of these questions in a variety of institutional and inter- nationalcontexts.Thebookisideallysuitedtoadvancedstudentsofbusiness,public policyandbusinessregulation,aswellaspractitionersandpolicymakers. Ralf Boscheck is the Lundin Family Professor of Economics and Business Policy at IMD (International Institute for Management Development) in Lausanne, Switzerland. ChristineBatruchisVicePresident,CorporateResponsibility,LundinPetroleum. StewartHamiltonisProfessorofAccountingandFinanceatIMD. Jean-PierreLehmannisProfessorofInternationalPoliticalEconomyatIMD. CarylPfeifferisDirector,CorporateFuelsandBy-Products,e.onUS. Ulrich Steger holds the Alcan Chair of Environmental Management at IMD and is DirectorofIMD’sresearchprojectonCorporateSustainabilityManagement,CSM. MichaelYazijiisProfessorofStrategyandOrganizationatIMD. STRATEGIES, MARKETS AND GOVERNANCE Exploring Commercial and Regulatory Agendas Ralf Boscheck with Christine Batruch Stewart Hamilton Jean-Pierre Lehmann Caryl Pfeiffer Ulrich Steger Michael Yaziji CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB28RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521868457 © Ralf Boscheck, Christine Batruch, Stewart Hamilton, Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Caryl Pfeiffer, Ulrich Steger and Michael Yaziji 2008 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2008 ISBN-13 978-0-511-39715-8 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-13 978-0-521-86845-7 hardback ISBN-13 978-0-521-68845-1 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Contents ListofFigures,BoxesandTables pageviii Acknowledgments x Preface xi NotesonContributors xiii Part I Introduction and overview 1 1 Strategies,marketsandgovernance RalfBoscheck 3 Part II Firm-level 33 2 Competitiveadvantageandtheregulationofdominantfirms RalfBoscheck 35 3 Delegatingregulation:Supply-chainmanagement,partnering andcompetitionpolicyreforms RalfBoscheck 52 4 Diffusionofcorporategovernanceregulation:France,Germany, theUKandtheUSA UlrichSteger 69 5 CorporategovernanceafterEnronetal. StewartHamilton 88 vi Contents 6 Tacklinghealthcarefraud!? RalfBoscheck 104 7 Watchdogandproxywarcampaignsagainstfirms MichaelYaziji 115 8 Oilandconflict:LundinPetroleum’sexperienceinSudan ChristineBatruch 134 Part III Industry-level 149 9 Howthecleanairinterstaterulewillaffectinvestmentand managementdecisionsintheUSelectricitysector CarylPfeiffer 151 10 EUwaterinfrastructuremanagement:Nationalregulations, EUframeworkdirectivesbutnomodeltofollow RalfBoscheck 166 11 Market-testinghealthcare:Managedcare,marketevolution andthesearchforregulatoryprinciples RalfBoscheck 191 12 Ongoverningnaturalresources RalfBoscheck 208 Part IV Country/International level 225 13 Governingoilsupply:Fiscalregimes,NOCsandthesteering ofresource-basedeconomies RalfBoscheck 227 14 China–Externalimperativesandinternalreforms Jean-PierreLehmann 259 vii Contents 15 EUconstitutionalgovernance:Failureasopportunity!? RalfBoscheck 277 16 Onecompetitionstandardtoregulateglobaltradeandprotection? RalfBoscheck 301 Part V An observation in closing 319 17 Addressingthemarketparadox RalfBoscheck 321 Index 329 List of Figures, Boxes and Tables Chapter1 Figure1.1 Coordinationoptionsandlevelsofgovernance page13 Chapter3 Figure3.1 Verticalcoordination–issues,meansandpresumed welfareeffects 56 Figure3.2 ‘‘Effect-based’’blockexemptionwithinsystemofstrengthened expostcontrol 62 Chapter4 Figure4.1 Majorlawsandreportsforcorporategovernance1992–2005 74 Figure4.2 Diffusionofselectedcorporategovernanceissues1994–2005 81 Chapter5 Figure5.1 Thedownwardspiral 94 Figure5.2 Forcesaffectingthefinancialhealthofcompanies 100 Chapter6 Box6.1 TheWebster’sEncyclopedicUnabridgedDictionaryofthe EnglishLanguagedefines: 105 Chapter7 Figure7.1 Institutionalproxywars 120 Figure7.2 Institutionalhomogeneityandheterogeneityofresource providers 126 Figure7.3 Europeantrustinbrands(Edelman,2003) 129 Figure7.4 Credibilityofspokespersons,USA(Edelman,2003) 129 Figure7.5 Trustininstitutions,Europe(Edelman,2003) 130 Chapter9 Figure9.1 Electricitygeneratedbyenergysources 157 Figure9.2 Airpollutioncontroltechnologiesforcoal-firedunits 158
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