Family firms and corporate
governance (lesson 3 part 1 and
2)
The Amazon case
The profitability of amazon from the founding point to 2015 was almost zero
even tho they was not making profit the market cup of the company grown
exponentially of more then 1000% because the market expect Amazon to became
extremely profitable in the future.
In general US-listed firms have to rivale all the informations about the company to:
shareholders that have more than 5% of the total shares
and of course to the directors of the company
In the case of Amazon this is the situation:
Family firms and corporate governance (lesson 3 part 1 and 2 1
, This table below show us the comparison in the United states between the number
of Householders ownerships and Institutions ownerships
Householders: single individuals owning shares
Institutional ownerships: Shares owned by big institutions
Family firms and corporate governance (lesson 3 part 1 and 2 2
, As we can see the number of institutional ownership has significantly grown over
time, which means the power of many companies is in the hands of few.
Two tipe of ownership:
Public companies Offer shares to the general public, gives limited
responsibility to shareholders, it is also difficult to archive documents
Private companies They do not offer shares to the general public, have often
a limited number of members, easy to archive documents
What are shareholders rights?
Family firms and corporate governance (lesson 3 part 1 and 2 3
governance (lesson 3 part 1 and
2)
The Amazon case
The profitability of amazon from the founding point to 2015 was almost zero
even tho they was not making profit the market cup of the company grown
exponentially of more then 1000% because the market expect Amazon to became
extremely profitable in the future.
In general US-listed firms have to rivale all the informations about the company to:
shareholders that have more than 5% of the total shares
and of course to the directors of the company
In the case of Amazon this is the situation:
Family firms and corporate governance (lesson 3 part 1 and 2 1
, This table below show us the comparison in the United states between the number
of Householders ownerships and Institutions ownerships
Householders: single individuals owning shares
Institutional ownerships: Shares owned by big institutions
Family firms and corporate governance (lesson 3 part 1 and 2 2
, As we can see the number of institutional ownership has significantly grown over
time, which means the power of many companies is in the hands of few.
Two tipe of ownership:
Public companies Offer shares to the general public, gives limited
responsibility to shareholders, it is also difficult to archive documents
Private companies They do not offer shares to the general public, have often
a limited number of members, easy to archive documents
What are shareholders rights?
Family firms and corporate governance (lesson 3 part 1 and 2 3
