Governance in international and european context second edition 4y springer contents 1 an overview of german business or enterprise law and the one tier and two tier board systems contrasted 1 11 introduction 1 12 general characteristics 2 13 various types of business organisations 4 14 contrasting the one tier and two tier board systems 8 15 delineation 14 2 an overview of the corporate . Understanding the german corporate governance model in international and european contextone of the most comprehensive works in english available on the german corporate governance modelprovides readers with an overview of the unique features of german business and enterprise lawnew chapter on legal requirements for the proper appraisal of companies. Corporate governance encompasses the free enterprise system which is treated comprehensively in this book from a german perspective this distinguishes the book from other books written in english in this subject area not only because of the comprehensive way it covers german corporate law and corporate governance but also because of the fact that it provides international and european perspectives on these important topics. The book highlights the core function of valuation and financial reporting at the international european and german levels with accounting as the documentary proof of good corporate governance