Advances in Corporate Governance

Helmut K. Anheier is past President of the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and Professor of Sociology. He is also a faculty member of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA. His research centres on indicator systems, social innovation, culture, civil society and philanthropy, and organisational studies. He held a Chair of Sociology at Heidelberg University and served as Academic Director of the Centre for Social Investment and Innovation. He was a seniorresearcher at the Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Policy Studies, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Anheier is author of over 500 publications and received various international awards.Theodor Baums was the director of the Institute for Banking Law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt/Main and was one of the founders of the Institute for Law and Finance where he serves as a member of the management board. Prof. Baums has given numerous lectureships in Europe and in the U.S. Areas of current scholarly interest are corporations and capital markets. He has published more than 120 books and articles on corporations and civil and antitrust law. In 2005 he wasawarded with the Euro Corporate Governance Quality Award by the Federal Minister of Justice and in 2006 with the Grand Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.The Hertie School in Berlin prepares exceptional students for leadership positions in government, business, and civil society. The school offers master's, doctoral and executive education programmes distinguished by interdisciplinary and practice-oriented teaching, as well as outstanding research. Its extensive international network positions it as an ambassador of good governance, characterised by public debate and engagement. The school was founded in 2003 by the Hertie Foundation, whichremains its major funder. The Hertie School is accredited by the state and the German Science Council.