Corporate Governance in Action

Preface

This monograph is an illustration of the long-term character of scientific work. Basically, it is the result of the research program “Global Enterprises and Mediators in Society” (GEMS) funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. However, this project in turn is clearly based on the earlier research programs “European Management and Organization in Transition” (EMOT; 1991–1997) with support from the European Science Foundation, the Creation of European Management Practice (CEMP; 1997– 2001) funded by the European Union and “Transnational Governance and the Transformation of States” (TREO; 1995–1999) funded by the Swedish Research Council. The final analysis and writing up of the project had support from yet another project ...