The chapter discusses the division of ownership and control, probably the most striking feature of large-scale economic organization in our time. This refers to the fact that the large company/corporation is owned by the totality of the shareholders, but the structure and assets ‘owned’ are managed and decided on primarily by the board of directors. Thus, ownership and decision power on the property are systematically in different hands – in law, but often also de facto. This fully applies at least to corporations with dispersed ownership, especially those listed on exchanges or alternative trading venues. Corporations of course do not only affect shareholders and managers, but at least two other groups. These are stakeholders in the more concrete sense, that is, parties that have a relatively concrete interest, typically supported by legal norms, namely contractual rights, in the corporation – labour and creditors.