Corporate Groups and Shadow Business Practices

The Uniqueness Of This Book Is Its Conceptualization Of A Corporate Group As A System Of Interaction Comprised Of Nodes Links And Internal Governance Tools. This Framework Can Be Used To Understand What Constitutes A Group Based On Affiliation-Linkages. By Increasing Our Perception Of Group-Structuring We Can Assess The Extent To Which Existing Laws Address All Variables. If The Law Does Not Consider Certain Variables To Be Used For Identifying Groups A Case Of Shadow Business May Be Identified. Group-Transparency Is A Recurring Topic On The Regulatory Agenda. In This Book Three Legal Domains Are Analysed Questioning Whether Specific Amendments Have Led To Increased Group-Transparency: The Control-Definition For Consolidated Accounts Shareholder-Transparency In Company Law And Major Holding Disclosure In Listed Companies. This Book Identifies Deficiencies Of The Law In Obtaining Its Regulatory Objective Of Group-Transparency And Proposes An Interpretative Solution Based On Systems Thinking.