The Roundtable will focus on the impact of new technologies such as blockchain and AI on corporate governance.
The Roundtable will focus on loyalty shares as a legal solution for encouraging long-term ownership, a concept that is gaining traction in Europe with the support of the European Commission, and has also attracted interest in the United States.
This academic conference will focus on the theme of 'Differential Voting Shares'. Attendance is by invitation only.
The fifth annual GCGC conference will take place at Center for Financial Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt on 7 - 8 June 2019. The deadline for submissions is 14 September 2018. Attendance is by invitation only.
The growing influence of activists in today’s corporate landscape has prompted financial economists to investigate the drivers of shareholder activism as well as the role of activists in shaping corporate financial strategy. Recently, several studies have identified the takeover market as a key...
Many aspects of our world are now built on the zeros and ones of computer code. “Code” forms the invisible architecture structuring our lives. Driving this “Digital Transformation” is an interconnected series of technological innovations over recent decades that have re-shaped social and...
Practictioners, policy-makers and scholars are engaged in a lively debate on the role and impact of independent directors and minority-appointed directors as a tool for better corporate governance. In the last few years, this discussion has been enriched with a number of empirical studies trying...
Investor protection is a central policy goal of corporate and securities law around the world. Our recent Working Paper explores how Australian law protects public company investors when they rely to their detriment, on...
Firms that buy assets in fire sales earn excess returns that are two percentage points higher than in regular acquisitions. The mechanism behind this result is the reduced bargaining power of the seller. We find no difference in real effects or...Read more
Examining a shock to the salience of the sustainability of the US mutual fund market, we present causal evidence that investors marketwide value sustainability. Being categorized as low sustainability resulted in net outflows of more than $12...Read more
Over recent decades, the on-going “digital revolution” has transformed many aspects of everyday life. Think of the increased power and shrinking size of personal computers and smartphones; the global expansion of the Internet and the new forms of...Read more
Board evaluation can provide a vital tool for directors to review and improve their performance. This will eventually lead to significant value creation opportunities for firms. But is increased regulation and regulatory guidance requiring board...Read more
International academics from the world’s leading universities arrived at Harvard this week to take part in the 2018 Global Corporate Governance...Read more
13 August 2018 – Brussels. The European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) is delighted to welcome fifteen new institutional members to its...Read more
The 2018 ECGI Annual Member meeting featured a Focus Panel on "...Read more
The 4th Annual Conference of the Ibero- American Institute for Law and Finance will be held in Sao Paulo (Brazil), on December 13-14, 2018, under...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.
