1.
Sustainable Corporate Governance: A Way Forward
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 21-03, Forthcoming in European Company Law
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 07 Jan 2021
Last Revised: 11 Jan 2021
Working Paper Series
Universität Marburg (Institut für Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht) and Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
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19
2.
’Front’ or ’straw men’ directors: a missing element in the effort to prevent the abuse of companies?
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 21-02
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 07 Jan 2021
Working Paper Series
Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
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3
3.
Free Movement in the EU and the Abuse of Companies
Published in Abuse of Companies, edited by Hanne S. Birkmose, Mette Neville, Karsten Engsig Sørensen, Kluwer Law International, 2019, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 21-01
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 07 Jan 2021
Accepted Paper Series
Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
Downloads
8
4.
Nomination of Members for the Board of Directors – a Swedish Version of Wag the Dog?
Published in Hanne Birkmose, Mette Neville & Karsten Engsig Sørensen (eds.), Boards of directors in European companies – reshaping and harmonising their organisation and duties, Kluwer Law International, 2013/2014, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-13
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 16 Oct 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Stockholm University - Department of Law
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12
5.
Response to the Study on Directors’ Duties and Sustainable Corporate Governance by Nordic Company Law Scholars
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-12, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 100
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 13 Oct 2020
Last Revised: 15 Jan 2021
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Reykjavik University´s School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Independent, University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law (FOCOFIMA), Linklaters, BI Norwegian Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law, Copenhagen Business School - CBS Law, University of Southern Denmark - Department of Law, University of Turku - Turku School of Economics, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Copenhagen Business School, Center for Corporate Governance, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Copenhagen Business School, Lund University, Stockholm University, Tampere University and Aalborg University
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164
6.
Sustainable Value Creation Within Planetary Boundaries—Reforming Corporate Purpose and Duties of the Corporate Board
Sustainability 2020, 12, 6245, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-20, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 21-04
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 05 Aug 2020
Last Revised: 08 Jan 2021
Working Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
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68
7.
SMART Guidelines: Making Policy Coherence for Development Fit for Purpose
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-13, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-11
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 03 Aug 2020
Last Revised: 04 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Bristol - School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
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50
8.
Towards a Sustainable Circular Economy: SMART Reform Proposals
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-12, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-10
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 03 Aug 2020
Last Revised: 04 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research and University of Oslo
Downloads
141
9.
Financing the Transition to Sustainability: SMART Reform Proposals
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-10, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-09
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 03 Aug 2020
Last Revised: 04 Aug 2020
Working Paper Series
University of York, University of Oslo - Faculty of Law and Norut Northern Research Institute
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159
10.
Securing the Future of European Business: SMART Reform Proposals
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-11, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-08
Number of pages: 90
Posted: 03 Aug 2020
Last Revised: 04 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law, University of Oslo - Faculty of Law, University of Bristol - School of Law, University of Bristol - School of Law and Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences
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225
11.
Facilitating Interdisciplinary Corporate Sustainability Research: The SMART Research Guide
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-16, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-07
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 03 Aug 2020
Last Revised: 04 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law and Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences
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52
12.
The Financial Risks of Unsustainability: A Research Agenda
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-18, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 21-05
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 29 Jun 2020
Last Revised: 08 Jan 2021
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
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95
13.
Stewardship Norwegian-Style: Fragmented and State-Dominated (but not without potential?)
An edited version of the paper will be published as a chapter in Global Shareholder Stewardship: Complexities, Challenges and Possibilities (Dionysia Katelouzou and Dan W Puchniak eds, Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming), University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-17, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 21-06
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 29 Jun 2020
Last Revised: 08 Jan 2021
Working Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law, University of Oslo - Faculty of Law and KPMG AS
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47
14.
Recognising the Interests of the Group – Another Attempt to Harmonise the Rules Regulating Groups of Companies in the EU
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-02
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 30 Mar 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
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41
15.
The Danish Stewardship Code – The Past, the Present and the Future
Edited version to be published as a chapter in ‘Global Shareholder Stewardship: Complexities, Challenges and Possibilities’, Dionysia Katelouzou & Dan W. Puchniak (eds), Cambridge University Press (Forthcoming), Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-01
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 07 Feb 2020
Last Revised: 02 Apr 2020
Working Paper Series
Aarhus University - Department of Law, Business and Social Sciences and Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
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29
16.
How Company Law has Failed Human Rights – And What to Do about It
Business and Human Rights Journal, Cambridge University Press, Volume 5, Issue 2 July 2020, pp. 179-199., University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-07, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-04
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 03 Feb 2020
Last Revised: 24 Oct 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
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183
17.
Supporting the Transition to Sustainability: SMART Reform Proposals
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-63, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-05
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 16 Dec 2019
Last Revised: 12 May 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law, University of Oslo - Faculty of Law, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, University of Oslo, University of Oslo, University of Bristol - School of Law, University of Bristol - School of Law, University of York, University of Copenhagen - Centre for Private Governance (CEPRI) and Law Faculty - University of Turin
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269
18.
The Legal Position of Parent Companies: A Top-Down Focus on Group Governance
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-05, Forthcoming European Business Organization Law Review
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 02 Dec 2019
Last Revised: 07 Jan 2021
Working Paper Series
Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
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121
19.
The EU’s Approach to Environmentally Sustainable Business: Can Disclosure Overcome the Failings of Shareholder Primacy?
Marjan Peeters and Mariolina Eliantonio (eds), Research Handbook on EU Environmental Law (Edward Elgar, 2020), Chapter 25, Forthcoming, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-60, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-06
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 27 Nov 2019
Last Revised: 08 Apr 2020
Working Paper Series
Warwick Law School and University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
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172
20.
Integrated Reporting and Sustainable Corporate Governance from European Perspective
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-58, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 20-03
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 25 Nov 2019
Last Revised: 08 Apr 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
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71
21.
The Criminal Liability of Securities Dealers for Aiding and Abetting Their Customers’ Market Abuse According to EU Law
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-04
Posted: 17 Sep 2019
Last Revised: 24 Sep 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law (FOCOFIMA)
22.
Abuse of Companies: An Introduction
Abuse of Companies, Hanne S. Birkmose, Mette Neville & Karsten Engsig Sørensen (eds.), Kluwer Law International, 2019 (Forthcoming), Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-03
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 29 Aug 2019
Working Paper Series
Aarhus University - Department of Law, Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law and Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
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11
23.
Clash of Norms: Shareholder Primacy vs. Sustainable Corporate Purpose
International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal, 13 (2019) 3, pp. 40-66, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-56, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-06
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 29 Aug 2019
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law and Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research
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311
24.
Responding to the Grand Challenge of Our Time
In Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson, Suvi Sankari, and Anu Bask (eds), Sustainable and Efficient Transport. Incentives for Promoting a Green Transport Market (Edward Elgar, Chapter 1, 2019 Forthcoming), University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-53, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-07
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 08 May 2019
Last Revised: 24 Oct 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
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8
25.
Corporations and Sustainability
In Beate Sjåfjell and Christopher M. Bruner (eds), Cambridge Handbook of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Sustainability (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Chapter 1., University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-06, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-08, University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-36, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2019-12
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 08 May 2019
Last Revised: 15 Jun 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law and University of Georgia School of Law
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213
26.
The Horse before the Cart: A Sustainable Governance Model for Meaningful Sustainability Reporting
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-04, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-09
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 26 Apr 2019
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law and Jaume I University
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112
27.
Obstacles to Sustainable Global Business. Towards EU Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-02, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-10
Number of pages: 108
Posted: 18 Mar 2019
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law, University of Oslo - Faculty of Law, Warwick Law School and University of York
Downloads
166
28.
Enforcement of Shareholders’ Duties – Introduction
Enforcing Shareholders’ Duties, Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, February 2019, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-02
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 11 Mar 2019
Last Revised: 18 Mar 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Aarhus University - Department of Law, Business and Social Sciences and University of Glasgow
Downloads
44
29.
The Environmental Integration Principle: A Necessary Step Towards Policy Coherence for Sustainability
in The EU and the Proliferation of Integration Principles under the Lisbon Treaty, Francesca Ippolito, Maria Eugenia Bartolino and Massimo Condinanzi (eds), Routledge, 2019, Chapter 6, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018-31, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 21-07
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 03 Dec 2018
Last Revised: 08 Jan 2021
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
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35
30.
Beyond Climate Risk: Integrating Sustainability into the Duties of the Corporate Board
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018-29, Deakin Law Review, Vol 23 (2018): Special Issue: ‘Multinational Enterprises, Corporate Groups and Supply Chains in a Globalised World’, pp 41-62, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-11
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 06 Nov 2018
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
Downloads
139
31.
Access to Information in Company Registers
Forthcoming in The Transparency of Stock Corporations in Europe (R Veil and V Tountopoulos, eds), Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-01
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 22 Oct 2018
Last Revised: 12 Mar 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
Downloads
36
32.
The Commission’s Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth and its Corporate Governance Implications
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-17
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 19 Sep 2018
Last Revised: 02 Oct 2018
Working Paper Series
Universität Marburg (Institut für Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht) and Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
Downloads
189
33.
The European System of Financial Supervision from an EEA Perspective – A Complex Compromise
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-16
Posted: 22 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
Reykjavik University´s School of Law
34.
Fintech as a Facilitator for the Capital Market Union?
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-15, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018-63
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 16 Aug 2018
Last Revised: 21 Sep 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
Downloads
104
35.
Corporate Sustainability: Gender as an Agent for Change?
Creating Corporate Sustainability. Gender as an Agent for Change, Beate Sjåfjell and Irene Lynch Fannon (eds), Cambridge University Press, 2018, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018-18, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 19-12
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 16 May 2018
Last Revised: 07 Dec 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law and University College Cork - School of Law
Downloads
231
36.
The Financial Obligations of the Shareholder
Published in Shareholders’ Duties, Hanne S. Birkmose (ed.), Kluwer Law International, 2017, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-14
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 26 Feb 2018
Working Paper Series
Goethe University Frankfurt - House of Finance
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52
37.
The Shareholders’ Fiduciary Duty in German Company Law
Published in Shareholders’ Duties, Hanne S. Birkmose (ed.), Kluwer Law International, 2017, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-13
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 21 Feb 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Goethe University Frankfurt - Institute of Banking Law
Downloads
221
38.
The Shareholders’ Duty Not to Abuse Rights
Published in Shareholders’ Duties, Hanne S. Birkmose (ed.), Kluwer Law International, 2017, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-06
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 13 Feb 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Luxembourg
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156
39.
Introduction: Mapping Shareholders’ Duties
Published in Shareholders’ Duties, Hanne S. Birkmose (ed.), Kluwer Law International, 2017, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-03
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 12 Feb 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Aarhus University - Department of Law, Business and Social Sciences and Universität Marburg (Institut für Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht)
Downloads
118
40.
Shareholders’ Duty to Disclose
Published in Shareholders’ Duties, Hanne S. Birkmose (ed.), Kluwer Law International, 2017, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-04
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 12 Feb 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Shareholders’ Duty to Disclose
Published in Shareholders’ Duties, Hanne S. Birkmose (ed.), Kluwer Law International, 2017, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-04
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 12 Feb 2018
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88
Shareholders’ Duty to Disclose
Shareholders' duties, Kluwer Law International, Forthcoming, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-02
Posted: 03 May 2016
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88
41.
Corporate Governance Codes and Groups of Companies: In Search of Best Practices for Group Governance
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-02, European Company and Financial Law Review (forthcoming 2018)
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 12 Feb 2018
Last Revised: 15 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
Independent and Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
Downloads
274
42.
The Mandatory Bid Rule: Unnecessary, Unjustifiable and Inefficient
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 18-01, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018-54
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 30 Jan 2018
Last Revised: 03 May 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law (FOCOFIMA)
Downloads
497
43.
The Country‐of‐Origin Principle and Balancing Jurisdiction Between Home Member States and Host Member State
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-32, Forthcoming European Business Law Review 2019
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 10 Nov 2017
Last Revised: 01 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
Downloads
112
44.
Forcing Shareholder Engagement – Theoretical Underpinning and Political Ambitions
European Business Law Review, 2018, Forthcoming, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-27
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 06 Nov 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Aarhus University - Department of Law, Business and Social Sciences
Downloads
173
45.
Redefining the Corporation for a Sustainable New Economy
Journal of Law and Society, special issue edited by Bronwen Morgan and Amelia Thorpe, Forthcoming, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017-34, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-31
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 26 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 10 Mar 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Redefining the Corporation for a Sustainable New Economy
Journal of Law and Society, special issue edited by Bronwen Morgan and Amelia Thorpe, Forthcoming, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017-34, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-31
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 26 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 10 Mar 2019
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139
Redefining the Corporation for a Sustainable New Economy
Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 45, Issue 1, pp. 29-45, 2018
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 12 Feb 2018
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2
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139
46.
European Model Company Act (EMCA)
European Model Company Act (EMCA), First Edition, 2017, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-26
Number of pages: 409
Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 02 Nov 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Aarhus University - Department of Law, Business and Social Sciences, Stockholm University - Department of Law, Vilnius University - Law Faculty, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Trinity College Dublin - School of Law, University of Luxembourg, Universite du Luxembourg - Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Independent, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Free University of Bozen, Bolzano - School of Economics and Management, University of Southampton - School of Law, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, Eötvös Lorand University, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Faculty of Law, National and Capodistrian University of Athens, School of Law, Masaryk University, Faculty of Law, Students, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Law, University of Turku - Turku School of Economics, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, University of Würzburg, Université Paris V Rene Descartes, University of Tartu, School of Law, Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law and Ghent University - Department of Business Law
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3,487
47.
Redefining Agency Theory to Internalize Environmental Product Externalities. A Tentative Proposal Based on Life-Cycle Thinking
Preventing Environmental Damage from Products: An Analysis of the Policy and Regulatory Framework in Europe, Eléonore Maitre-Ekern, Carl Dalhammar and Hans Christian Bugge (eds), Cambridge University Press 2018, Chapter 5., University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017-31, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-30
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 06 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 03 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
Downloads
77
48.
Investing in Sustainability or Feeding on Stranded Assets? The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global
Wake Forest Law Review (2017), volume 52, issue 4, pp. 949-979, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017-29, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-29
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 19 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 16 May 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law, Norut Northern Research Institute and University of Tasmania - Faculty of Law
Downloads
219
49.
Public Entities as Institutional Investors for Corporate Sustainability
University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2017-25, Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-28
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 07 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 02 Nov 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law
Downloads
71
50.
Suspension of the Exercise of Voting Rights – A Step towards Deterrent and Consistent Sanctioning of EU Transparency Requirements?
Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper No. 16-25
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 26 Apr 2017
Working Paper Series
Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law and Aarhus University – Aarhus BSS, Department of Law
Downloads
65
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