Unit 2: Company Formation and Corporate Governance - Company formation; Board structure; One- and Two-tier boards; Convergence of board models in practice; Shareholders and board(s); Employee involvement; Employee participation on establishment level; Board-level representation on two-tier and one-tier boards in Europe; Assessing board-level representation; Empirical studies on board-level representation; Shareholders rights; Protection of (minority) shareholders; Control-enhancing mechanisms; One share/one vote?; European Regualtory Process on one share/one vote.