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Latest News
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Be Careful What You Ask for: Fundraising Strategies in Equity Crowdfunding
The so-called “FinTech revolution” is beginning to have a significant impact on the way new companies are financed.
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ECGI Appoints Five New Fellows
ECGI is proud to announce the appointment of five new Fellows to add to its distinguished ranks.
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Stakeholder Impartiality: A New Classic Approach for the Objectives of the Corporation
The stockholder/stakeholder dilemma has occupied corporate leaders and corporate lawyers for over a century. Most recentl
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Teams and Bankruptcy
Corporate bankruptcies constitute an important mechanism through which the economy rids itself of obsolete firms and allocates their cons
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Centros and Defensive Regulatory Competition: Some Thoughts and a Glimpse at the Data
Before Centros, many EU Member States used the “real seat theory” to hinder regulatory arbitrage.
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The Firms’ Reaction to Changes in the Governance Preferences of Active Institutional Owners
Institutional investors are becoming increasingly influential on firm policies.
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Toward a Mission Statement for Mutual Funds in Shareholder Litigation
Mutual funds own approximately 30 percent of the U.S.
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Managerial Response to Shareholder Empowerment: Evidence from Majority Voting Legislation Changes
This paper studies managerial reaction to shareholder empowerment that strengthens shareholder voting, a form of direct democracy.
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Tunneling Through Group Trademarks
A trademark is a type of intellectual property comprising a recognizable word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that distinguishes products