Table of Contents

Part I: The Objectives of The EU's Social Market Economy Revisited: 1. Stimulating value creation in a Europe in crisis Charlotte Villiers, Beate Sjåfjell and Georgina Tsagas; 2. Ten million or one hundred million casualties? COVID-19 crisis and Europe's sustainability agenda Dirk Andreas Zetzsche and Roberta Consiglio; 3. The corporation and the EU social market economy: a renewed commitment Irene Lynch Fannon and Michael James Boland; Part II. The (Un)sustainability of the EU Eeconomic System: 4. Fiscal austerity and monetary largesse: the EU's constitutional and ideological straitjacket Andrew Johnston and Trevor Pugh; 5. Sustainability and Eurozone 2.0: still impossible? Alexandros Kyriakidis; 6. The economic adjustment program of Greece (2010-18): why failure? Panagiotis Liargovas and Voula Kratimenou; 7. Shareholder activism: driver or obstacle for sustainable value creation? Jukka Mähönen; Part III. Ways Forward in the Promotion of Value Creation: 8. Financing sustainable value creation Jay Cullen, Jukka Mähönen and Heidi Rapp Nilsen; 9. Integrating sustainable value creation in corporate governance: company law, corporate governance codes and the constitution of the company Beate Sjåfjell and Georgina Tsagas; 10. The contribution of social enterprises to value creation in Europe: the case of Dopper BV in the Netherlands Tineke Lambooy, Henk Kievit, Aikaterini Argyrou, Robert Jan Blomme and Olivera Vuletic; 11. The role of women in stimulating new types of value creation; Charlotte Villiers and Roseanne Russell; Part IV. Ways Forward: 12. Pathways towards sustainable value creation in the EU Charlotte Villiers, Beate Sjåfjell and Georgina Tsagas.

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This volume explores the concept of sustainable value creation, presenting readers with a wide-ranging analysis integrating different and interacting disciplines.

About the Author

Beate Sjåfjell is Professor of Law at the University of Oslo and a Visiting Professor at College of Europe. Georgina Tsagas is a Senior Lecturer in Private and Commercial Law, Brunel University London. She is a practising Solicitor in England and Wales and a UK Accredited Mediator. Charlotte Villiers is Professor of Company Law and Corporate Governance at the University of Bristol Law School.