1.
Agency Cost of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers
American Economic Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, May 1986
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 25 Mar 1999
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
Downloads
43,872
2.
The Nature of Man
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 4-19, Summer 1994
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 24 Nov 1997
Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
Downloads
33,986
3.
Self Interest, Altruism, Incentives, and Agency Theory
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998; Journal Of Applied Corporate Finance, Summer 1994
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 05 Oct 1994
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
Downloads
19,475
4.
Specific and General Knowledge and Organizational Structure
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998, CONTRACT ECONOMICS, pp. 251-274, Lars Werin and Hans Wijkander, eds., Blackwell, Oxford, 1992, Journal Of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer 1995
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 01 Sep 1995
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
Downloads
16,115
5.
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
Michael C. Jensen, A THEORY OF THE FIRM: GOVERNANCE, RESIDUAL CLAIMS AND ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS, Harvard University Press, December 2000; Journal of Finance, July 1993
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 09 May 1999
Last Revised: 14 Sep 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 1994
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 07 May 2004
Downloads
1,295
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 43-58, Winter 2010
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 31 Mar 2010
Downloads
4
Downloads
13,735
6.
What is Corporate Law?
Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 300
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 27 Jul 2004
Last Revised: 26 Jan 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
12,327
7.
The Essential Elements of Corporate Law
Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20/2009, Yale Law, Economics & Public Policy Research Paper No. 387, Harvard Law and Economics Research Paper No. 643, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 09-39, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 134/2009
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 21 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
11,229
8.
Libertarian Paternalism is Not an Oxymoron
University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 09 May 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads
10,629
9.
Literature Review - Knowledge Management Research at the Organizational Level
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 05 Jun 2007
Working Paper Series
Harvard University
Downloads
9,695
10.
Pay Without Performance: Overview of the Issues
Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 647-673, 2005, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 8-22, 2005, Academy of Management Perspectives, pp. 5-24, February 2006, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 528
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 19 Jul 2005
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
9,637
11.
The Free Cash Flow Theory of Takeovers: A Financial Perspective on Mergers and Acquisitions and the Economy
"The Merger Boom", Proceedings of a Conference sponsored by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, pp. 102-143, October 1987
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 08 Feb 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
Downloads
9,447
12.
Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 39/2004, Harvard Business School NOM Working Paper No. 04-26, Financial Management, Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 29 Mar 2004
Last Revised: 06 May 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
There are 4 versions of this paper
Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 39/2004, Harvard Business School NOM Working Paper No. 04-26, Financial Management, Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 29 Mar 2004
Last Revised: 06 May 2009
Downloads
9,169
The Agency Cost of Overvalued Equity and the Current State of Corporate Finance
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 04-29
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 28 Oct 2004
Downloads
1,875
The Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity and the Current State of Corporate Finance
European Financial Management, Vol. 10, pp. 549-565, December 2004
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
Downloads
28
Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity
Financial Management, Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 24 Apr 2005
Downloads
19
Downloads
9,169
13.
Who Wins in a Dynamic World: Theory of Constraints Vs. Activity-Based Costing?
North American Assoc. for Computational Social and Organizational Science (NAACSOS) Conference, June 2007
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 09 Feb 2007
Last Revised: 21 Jan 2008
Working Paper Series
Emory University - Goizueta Business School, Harvard University and Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Downloads
8,141
14.
Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 17, pp. 71-92, 2003, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 421
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 06 Jan 2003
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
There are 3 versions of this paper
Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 17, pp. 71-92, 2003, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 421
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 06 Jan 2003
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Downloads
7,693
Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
NBER Working Paper No. w9813
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 05 Jul 2003
Last Revised: 26 Aug 2003
Downloads
107
Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3961
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 27 Aug 2003
Downloads
54
Downloads
7,693
15.
The Global Automotive Industry Value Chain: What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries
UNIDO Sectorial Studies Series Working Paper
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 02 Sep 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation - Strategic Research and Economics
Downloads
7,230
16.
Secret Liens and the Financial Crisis of 2008
American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 83, p. 253, 2009
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 05 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 16 Oct 2009
Accepted Paper Series
USC Gould School of Law
Downloads
6,867
17.
Pay Without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation
Harvard University Press, 2004, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 537783
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 30 Apr 2004
Last Revised: 05 May 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
6,813
18.
Contracting Theory and Accounting
JAE Rochester Conference April 2000
Number of pages: 135
Posted: 17 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department
There are 2 versions of this paper
Contracting Theory and Accounting
JAE Rochester Conference April 2000
Number of pages: 135
Posted: 17 Jan 2001
Downloads
6,673
Contracting Theory and Accounting
Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 32, No. 1-3, December 2001
Posted: 23 Oct 2001
Downloads
6,673
19.
Putting Integrity into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 12-074, Barbados Group Working Paper No. 12-01, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) – Finance Working Paper No. 417/2014,
Number of pages: 84
Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 29 Nov 2015
Working Paper Series
Independent and Harvard Business School
There are 3 versions of this paper
Putting Integrity into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 12-074, Barbados Group Working Paper No. 12-01, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) – Finance Working Paper No. 417/2014,
Number of pages: 84
Posted: 05 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 29 Nov 2015
Downloads
6,588
Putting Integrity Into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach
Capitalism and Society, Vol. 12 [2017], Iss. 1, Art. 1
Number of pages: 91
Posted: 04 May 2017
Downloads
4,662
Putting Integrity into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach
NBER Working Paper No. w19986
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 24 Mar 2014
Downloads
109
Downloads
6,588
20.
The Economics of Privacy
Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 52, No. 2, 2016, Sloan Foundation Economics Research Paper No. 2580411
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 27 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Duke University - Department of Economics and Illinois Institute of Technology - Stuart School of Business, IIT
Downloads
6,450
21.
Agency Problems, Legal Strategies, and Enforcement
Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21/2009, Yale Law, Economics & Public Policy Research Paper No. 388, Harvard Law and Economics Research Paper Series No. 644
, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 135/2009
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 21 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
6,288
22.
Relational Contracts and the Theory of the Firm
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 11 May 1997
Working Paper Series
HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads
6,112
23.
Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Course Notes (2nd of 4 Ccmo Documents)
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 98-098
Number of pages: 110
Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
Downloads
5,930
24.
Is Disruptive Blockchain Technology the Future of Financial Services?
69 The Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report 232 (2016)
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 31 May 2016
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads
5,880
25.
How Copyright Keeps Works Disappeared
Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-07, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 13-54
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 06 Jul 2013
Last Revised: 31 Mar 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Illinois College of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
How Copyright Keeps Works Disappeared
Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-07, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 13-54
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 06 Jul 2013
Last Revised: 31 Mar 2014
Downloads
5,776
How Copyright Keeps Works Disappeared
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pp. 829-866, 2014
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 29 Oct 2014
Downloads
4
Downloads
5,776
26.
The Law, Culture, and Economics of Fashion
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 61, March 2009, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 344, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 627, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 09-63
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 08 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 30 Jun 2013
Accepted Paper Series
New York University School of Law and Harvard Law School
Downloads
5,700
27.
Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation
University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 69, pp. 751-846, 2002, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 366, June 2002
Number of pages: 97
Posted: 19 Jun 2002
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Boston University School of Law
There are 3 versions of this paper
Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation
University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 69, pp. 751-846, 2002, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 366, June 2002
Number of pages: 97
Posted: 19 Jun 2002
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Downloads
5,608
Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation
NBER Working Paper No. w9068
Number of pages: 101
Posted: 20 Jul 2002
Last Revised: 27 Oct 2009
Downloads
134
Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3558
Number of pages: 103
Posted: 30 Oct 2002
Downloads
33
Downloads
5,608
28.
Organizations and Markets: History and Development of the Ccmo Course and the Field (1st of 4 Ccmo Documents)
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Harvard Business School, HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School, Finance Unit and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
Downloads
5,133
29.
Science, Specific Knowledge, and Total Quality Management
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998; Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1997
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 29 Jan 1998
Accepted Paper Series
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard Business School
Downloads
5,125
30.
Origin of the Theory of Agency: An Account By One of the Theory's Originators
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 10 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 27 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Pittsburgh
Downloads
4,942
31.
Social Capital: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL: FOUNDATIONS AND APPLICATIONS, Eric L. Lesser, ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, MA, pp. 89-115, 2000, Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. MKT 03-09
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 20 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 21 Apr 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Management and Organization Department and University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business
Downloads
4,885
32.
The Failure of Good Intentions: The WorldCom Fraud and the Collapse of American Telecommunications After Deregulation
Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 207-267, 2003
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 01 Oct 2002
Last Revised: 22 Dec 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Criterion Economics, L.L.C.
Downloads
4,801
33.
Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Course Content and Materials (3rd of 4 Ccmo Documents)
Number of pages: 71
Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard Business School
Downloads
4,742
34.
Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Practice Questions (4th of 4 Ccmo Documents)
Number of pages: 85
Posted: 20 Apr 1998
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased), HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
Downloads
4,576
35.
What's a Director to Do?
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 02-38
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 17 Feb 2004
Accepted Paper Series
The Monitor Company and Harvard Business School
Downloads
4,542
36.
The Essential Role of Organizational Law
NYU Law and Economics Working Paper No. 00-006; Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper 284; Yale ICF Working Paper No. 00-11
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 07 Jun 2000
Working Paper Series
Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Essential Role of Organizational Law
NYU Law and Economics Working Paper No. 00-006; Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper 284; Yale ICF Working Paper No. 00-11
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 07 Jun 2000
Downloads
4,512
The Essential Role of Organizational Law
Yale Law Journal, Vol. 110, December 2000
Posted: 17 Aug 2001
Downloads
4,512
37.
An Economic Perspective on Transfer Pricing
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 26 Feb 2006
Last Revised: 27 May 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW) and University of Basel
Downloads
4,345
38.
Agency Problems and Legal Strategies
THE ANATOMY OF CORPORATE LAW: A COMPARATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL APPROACH, R. Kraakman, P. Davies, H. Hansmann, G. Hertig, K. Hopt, H. Kanda, and E. Rock, Oxford University Press, pp. 21-31, 2004
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 13 Dec 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
4,071
39.
The Growth of Executive Pay
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 21, pp. 283-303, 2005, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 510
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 14 Jan 2005
Last Revised: 29 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
There are 3 versions of this paper
The Growth of Executive Pay
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 21, pp. 283-303, 2005, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 510
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 14 Jan 2005
Last Revised: 29 Apr 2009
Downloads
4,036
The Growth of Executive Pay
NBER Working Paper No. w11443
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 12 Jul 2005
Last Revised: 20 Jul 2009
Downloads
65
The Growth of Executive Pay
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 283-303, 2005
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Downloads
4,036
40.
A Generation of Software Patents
Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-31, Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2011-04
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 21 Jun 2011
Last Revised: 10 Jun 2012
Working Paper Series
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, BU School of Law
Downloads
3,849
41.
New Institutional Economics
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 09 Sep 1998
Working Paper Series
Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Downloads
3,797
42.
Public vs. Private Ownership: The Current State of the Debate
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2420
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 26 Mar 2001
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank (Formerly)
Downloads
3,749
43.
Executive Compensation at Fannie Mae: A Case Study of Perverse Incentives, Nonperformance Pay, and Camouflage
Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 807-822, 2005, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 653125, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 505, February 2005
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 02 Feb 2005
Last Revised: 05 May 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
3,722
44.
The Rise and Fall of the First American Patent Thicket: The Sewing Machine War of the 1850s
Arizona Law Review, Vol. 53, pp. 165-211, 2011, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 09-19
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 06 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 10 Jun 2012
Accepted Paper Series
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty
Downloads
3,697
45.
Corporate Culture: Evidence from the Field
27th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting Paper, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 16-49, Duke I&E Research Paper No. 2016-33
Number of pages: 98
Posted: 09 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 09 Mar 2019
Working Paper Series
Duke University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Corporate Culture: Evidence from the Field
27th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting Paper, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 16-49, Duke I&E Research Paper No. 2016-33
Number of pages: 98
Posted: 09 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 09 Mar 2019
Downloads
3,501
Corporate Culture: Evidence from the Field
NBER Working Paper No. w23255
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 20 Mar 2017
Downloads
54
Downloads
3,501
46.
Economic Analysis of Law
Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 316, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 536
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 29 Nov 2005
Working Paper Series
Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
3,442
47.
The Changing Corporate Governance Paradigm: Implications for Transition and Developing Countries
Conference Paper, Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, Washington D.C.
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 29 Sep 1999
Working Paper Series
Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science and Universitaet Mannheim
Downloads
3,319
48.
The Hold-Up Problem and Incomplete Contracts: A Survey of Recent Topics in Contract Theory
Bulletin of Economic Research, Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2001
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 02 Apr 2001
Accepted Paper Series
University of Cologne
Downloads
3,318
49.
What Determines Firm Size?
CRSP Working Paper No. 496; and USC Finance & Business Econ. Working Paper No. 01-1
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 03 Sep 1999
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Southern California
There are 2 versions of this paper
What Determines Firm Size?
CRSP Working Paper No. 496; and USC Finance & Business Econ. Working Paper No. 01-1
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 03 Sep 1999
Downloads
3,232
What Determines Firm Size?
NBER Working Paper No. w7208
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 10 Jun 2000
Last Revised: 13 Oct 2010
Downloads
225
Downloads
3,232
50.
Corporate Governance and Acquirer Returns
ECGI-Finance Working Paper No. 116/2006, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 11 Apr 2005
Accepted Paper Series
University of New South Wales - Australian School of Business, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and University of Delaware - Lerner College of Business and Economics
Downloads
3,159
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