This Special Issue revisits the classic question of comparative corporate governance research, namely whether national corporate governance systems are converging. More specifically, it focuses on several ‘convergence vectors’ which comprise the political, legal, economic and social arrangements that influence or drive the international trajectories of governance systems towards a common denominator. Taken together, the contributors to this Special Issue invite us to think critically about the functional explanations commonly mobilized in favour of convergence and consider instead the convergence debate from a broader and more interdisciplinary point of view.

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公司治理的趋同和发散轨迹

本期特刊回顾了比较公司治理研究的经典问题，即国家公司治理体系是否正在趋同。更具体地说，它侧重于几个“趋同向量”，其中包括影响或推动治理系统的国际轨迹走向共同分母的政治、法律、经济和社会安排。总之，本期特刊的撰稿人邀请我们批判性地思考通常支持融合的功能解释，并从更广泛和跨学科的角度考虑融合辩论。