Maassen, G.F. (2002). An International Comparison of Corporate Governance Models. A Study on the Formal Independence and Convergence of One-Tier and Two-Tier Corporate Boards of Directors in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Amsterdam: Spencer Stuart Executive Search.

Ph.D. Series in General Management, Nr. 31: Rotterdam School of Management

First print, April 1999 (hard copy), second print, February 2001 (hard copy),Third print, July 2002 (electronic)

ISBN- 90-9012591-4, ISBN 13: 978-90-901259-1-6

This dissertation is all about corporate governance and corporate boards of directors of listed corporations. It has been written for scholars as well as practitioners interested in the international aspects of corporate governance. Some chapters are particularly of interest to readers who are interested in the practical aspects of corporate governance. Chapters five and nine concentrate on the role stock exchanges, legislators and institutional investors play in the international corporate governance arena. Developments in the organization and the composition of boards of directors of listed corporations in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are presented in chapters six to eight. The remaining chapters of this study are of interest to scholars who are interested in conflict and consensus perspectives of corporate governance.