Shareholder Activism: Corporate Governance and Reforms in Korea

Shareholder activism in Korea, led by a civil society organization, has been commended by Western economists. How could activism led by such an organization grow and thrive to become the success story of corporate governance reform in developing countries? This book examines this phenomenon using social movement theory to explain.

HAN-KYUN RHO is a BRESE Research Lecturer at Brunel University, UK. He holds a PhD at the University of Cambridge with a thesis on shareholder activism. Before joining Brunel, he worked for the Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, where he dealt with various policy issues such as industrial policy, WTO, FDI and energy conservation. He is now an expert member of Working Group on Social Responsibility of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Switzerland.