This unique collection of new, previously unpublished papers demonstrates the importance of corporate governance throughout the different stages of the life-cycle of firms and organisations, and in particular in the crucial transitions between stages.

Contents: 1. The Corporate Governance Life Cycle 2. Venture Capital and the Corporate Governance Life Cycle 3. Organizational Life Cycle Transitions and their Consequences for the Governance of Entrepreneurial Firms: An Analysis of Start-up and Adolescent High Technology New Ventures 4. Exploring the Agency Consequences of Ownership Dispersion Among Inside Directors at Family Firms 5. Venture Capitalists, Syndication and Governance in Initial Public Offerings 6. Governance Implications of Locked-in Venture Capitalists (VCs) and Founder Owners in Newly Floated UK Companies 7. Insider Retention and Long-run Performance in German and UK IPOs 8. Divestment, Remuneration and Corporate Governance in Mature Firms 9. Corporate Governance and Financial Constraints on Strategic Turnarounds 10. Corporate Governance and the Public to Private Threshold 11. Corporate Governance, Strategy and Structure: US and British Comparatives, 1950–2000 12. Corporate Directing in Large PLCs: Reflections on (the Concept of) Corporate Governance 13. The Impact of Corporate Governance on Firm Performance and Growth Potential: An Analysis of Three Different European Governance Regimes 14. Corporate Governance Cycles During Transition: Theory and Evidence from the Baltics