Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MANAGEMENT SHAREHOLDERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Composition of BoD in US model
(One tier board)
Corporate Structure
Stock
General Meeting
Corporate Structure Markets
General Meeting
appoints members of
governs confirms
BoardSupervisory
of Directors
Board
discipline dispose of
and control shares
CEO/President
appoints and
supervises reports to
Management
intervene
Board
Bầu ra and Shareholders
Inside in distress
manages
Outside Directors
Corporation
sở hữu
Banks
manages and monitors
pr provide loans to
Corporations
own
One tier model of CG
• The most important feature of the one-tier model of
governance is the combination of the monitoring and the
managing bodies of the corporation.
• Advantages:
Quick decision making process
• Disadvantage:
- Over power on CEO
Regulatory Framework in US model
Yasuda
Tokyo Tatemono Co.
(insurance)
(real estate)
Yasuda Trust and
Banking Co. OKI Electric
Industrial Co.
Fuji
SA PPORO
Breweries Bank Nissan Motor Co.
Hitachi Ltd.
Canon
NNK Steel Corp.
Key players in Japnese model
Shareholders Government
Management Banks
Board structure of Japanese companies
Two tier board structure
Corporate Structure
General Meeting
Corporate Structure govern Banks
General Meeting Banks
appoints members of confer
appoints members and chairman of
proxies on
Supervisory Board
Supervisory
appoint Shareholders
Board
appoints and
supervises reports torepresentatives
appoints Management
Board
and supervises reports to Employees
Management
manages
Board
Corporation
Keiretsu
manages
Corporation own
provide loans to
Shareholders in Listed Companies (End of March, %)
1990 1997 2002 2007
Total market price of listed companies
Corporate Structure
reports to
General Meeting
Corporate Structure
General Meeting
appoints members of
Supervisory
appoints members and chairman of board
Supervisory Board
Board of monitors
directors
appoints and
supervises reports to
appoints Management
Board
and supervises reports to
Management
manages
monitors
Board
Corporation
manages Banks
Corporation
provide loans to
Whether there is a convergence of CG systems?
Introduction of
economic agencies of state
Japanese-style employment
practice Shift to borderless economy US-style
Lifetime employment, Global economization Independent
seniority system, Trade and capital liberalization board
company union, etc. Big ban, IT revolution members
System
selectivity
Industrial policy Enhancement
Administrative control, of auditor's
public-private cooperation framework, Corporate scandal
authority
coordination in a industry group, etc. Executive
officers
Ambiguous corporate ・ Shareholder
accounting value
practice ・
Limited disclosure of corporate ・
information
Request for establishment of corporate governance
with emphasis on shareholders
Fund-raising of the companies has consistently depended on indirect financing centered on banks since the
World War II. It is now shifted to direct financing-oriented fund-raising after experiencing financial Big Bang
and collapse of bubble economy.
Loan
Individual
・Financial crisis
・Big Bang
stock
bank
・Deregulation of stock
Crossholdi market
ngs Credit
of shares
<Indirect financing> <Direct financing>
Transition of
shareholding ratio by
% holder
70.0
Financial institutions
Individual shareholders
60.0
Increase of individual shareholders
50.0
The total number of individual
40.0 shareholders
Business corporations
30.0 increased 250, 000 to 33,770,000.
It has been increasing for 7 years in a row.
20.0
Foreign shareholders Annuity trust
10.0 Investment trust National stock exchange 2002
0.0
1950 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 2000 02
‘One size fits all’ model?
Key stakeholders
Board structures
Value and culture
Strategy