"Abbreviations" [2008] ELECD 380; in Nottage, Luke; Wolff, Leon; Anderson, Kent (eds), "Corporate Governance in the 21st Century" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008)

Book Title: Corporate Governance in the 21st Century

Editor(s): Nottage, Luke; Wolff, Leon; Anderson, Kent

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847209238

Section Title: Abbreviations

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Abbreviations
ACCJ American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
AG Aktiengesellschaft
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASIC Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASX Australian Stock Exchange
CEO chief executive officer
CLERP Corporate Law Economic Reform Program
CME coordinated market economy
EMIL external model of internal linkage
EPA Economic Partnership Agreement
FDI foreign direct investment
FIEL Financial Instruments and Exchange Law
FSA Financial Services Agency
FTA free trade agreement
FTC Fair Trade Commission (Japan)
GmbH Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
G8 Group of Eight
IMD International Institute for Management Development
LDP Liberal Democratic Party
LLC limited liability company
LLP limited liability partnership
LME liberal market economy
M mean (average)
M&A mergers and acquisitions
M&R Miwa and Ramseyer
MBO management buyout
METI Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
MIAC Ministry of International Affairs and Communication
MoF Ministry of Finance
MoJ Ministry of Justice
NGO non-governmental organisations
NTA National Tax Agency
REIT real estate investment trust
SD standard deviation
SEL Securities and Exchange Law

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SMEs small and medium enterprises
SMEA Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
TOB takeover bid
TSE Tokyo Stock Exchange
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
USTR United States Trade Representative
WTO World Trade Organization