Corporations, and other forms of business associations, have been the subject of intense study including their history, governance, and obligations to stakeholders and the public at large...
The Technology, Governance and Regulation Conference in Jerusalem is hosted by the Jerusalem School of Business Administration at the Hebrew University...
The 2019 ECGI Annual Members' Meeting will take place at IESE Business School, Barcelona on 24 October 2019.
This Conference will offer a context to reflect upon and better understand how the different nature of shareholders have an impact on the way companies are governed and managed...
Practice Group: Corporate & Commercial law
Areas of practice: General corporate law, mergers and acquisitions.
Practice overview:
For at least a century, the publicly traded firm has dominated America’s corporate economy. Might this era be coming to an end? There has been much speculation along these lines. For instance, in late 2018 distinguished corporate law academic Frank Partnoy hailed in the Atlantic (...
The 2008 financial crisis set off a major debate about the role of accounting for financial stability. Politicians, policymakers and commentators were quick to point to fair-value or mark-to-market accounting (FVA) – the practice to recognizing assets at market prices – as a culprit. The claim...
Perceptions that those who are duped into buying into fraudulent schemes are the elderly and most vulnerable have long been touted in the news, movies like the Wolf of Wall Street, and even regulators. Yet, do we actually know who invests in pump-and-dump schemes? It is a critical question since...
CEOs of U.S. public companies have significant influence over policy and political decisions. They are commonly regarded as authoritative experts on policy matters, they are routinely appointed to advisory committees by Republican and Democratic presidents, and they publicly express their policy...
This study sets out to examine the relative importance of formal (legal) versus informal (cultural) institutions and personal values for strategy and corporate governance. We present first evidence on the way personal and institutional factors...Read more
In this essay, I discuss the rise and fall of regulatory competition in corporate insolvency law in the European Union. The rise is closely associated with the European Insolvency Regulation (EIR, 2002), and it is well-documented. The UK has...Read more
Regulatory arbitrage refers to structuring activity to take advantage of gaps or differences in regulations or laws. Examples include Facebook modifying its terms and conditions to reduce the exposure of its user data to strict European privacy...Read more
This article analyzes the impact of technology, in particular distributed ledgers/blockchains, smart contracts, Big Data analytics and AI/machine learning (collectively referred to as “Corporate Technologies”, or “CorpTech”) on the future of...Read more
At a time when dual class share structures have come under regular attack by investors, the concept of loyalty shares, popularised in France and...Read more
ECGI is delighted to announce the appointment of 17 new Research Members to add to its distinguished ranks. The new Research Members, who are...Read more
The European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) is delighted to announce the winners of the best papers in the Working Paper Finance and Law...Read more
On 11 February 2019 the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) teamed up with the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) to...Read more
Watch the welcome video for the 2018 Global Corporate Governance Colloquium at Harvard Law School.
Panel discussion on "CSR and Impact Investing: Framing the Questions" at GCGC 2018 in Harvard.
