Comparison of Company Governance in EU countries - advantages and disadvantages

Bc. Alena Maslova

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the main features of leading systems in the world and in the EU countries, find common and different features of these systems, advantages and disadvantages of using them and their strong and weak points. There was a brief look into the process of how they were created and how the European Union came to exist, what we consider under this organization. In the theoretical part there is a description of three main systems: The Continental, the Anglo-Saxon and the Japanese governance models. The main attention was payed to these models in a board of their existence in the world and, in a practical part, particularly in European Union. After a number of analysis, reviewing and collecting information, it was concluded, that the Company Governance in EU is effective. It combines several models, effectively co-working on the same territory. It was illustrated on statistics of using these models in European Union.

Abstract:

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the main features of leading systems in the world and in the EU countries, find common and different features of these systems, advantages and disadvantages of using them and their strong and weak points. There was a brief look into the process of how they were created and how the European Union came to exist, what we consider under this organization. In the theoretical part there is a description of three main systems: The Continental, the Anglo-Saxon and the Japanese governance models. The main attention was payed to these models in a board of their existence in the world and, in a practical part, particularly in European Union. After a number of analysis, reviewing and collecting information, it was concluded, that the Company Governance in EU is effective. It combines several models, effectively co-working on the same territory. It was illustrated on statistics of using these models in European Union.

Keywords

corporate management, corporate governance, governance models, European union, řízení podniku, podnikový management, modely řízení, Evropská unie

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 22. 7. 2016

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 24. 8. 2016
• Supervisor: Ing. Šimon Mastný, MBA
• Reader: Ing. Helena Pleskotová

University of Finance and Administration

Bachelor programme / field:
Economics and Management / Business Management and Corporate Finance