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
44,413
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
34,284
3.
Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 27 Sep 2004
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Kennesaw State University
Downloads
29,329
4.
Strength in Numbers: How Does Data-Driven Decisionmaking Affect Firm Performance?
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 24 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 12 Dec 2011
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and MIT - Sloan School of Management
Downloads
20,718
5.
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
19,587
6.
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
16,245
7.
Comparing the Decision Styles of American, Chinese and Japanese Business Leaders
Best Paper Proceedings of Academy of Management Meetings, Washington, DC, August 2001
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 19 Dec 2006
Accepted Paper Series
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) - Department of Management Sciences
Downloads
13,946
8.
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
1,303
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
13,773
9.
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
12,791
10.
The Loser's Curse: Decision Making & Market Efficiency in the National Football League Draft
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 05 Apr 2005
Last Revised: 05 Sep 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads
11,916
11.
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
11,480
12.
Corporate Social Responsibility - an Economic and Financial Framework
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 05 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
Downloads
11,133
13.
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
10,872
14.
Literature Review - Knowledge Management Research at the Organizational Level
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 05 Jun 2007
Working Paper Series
Harvard University
Downloads
9,797
15.
Liberal Radicalism: A Flexible Design For Philanthropic Matching Funds
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 18 Sep 2018
Last Revised: 31 Dec 2018
Working Paper Series
Ethereum Foundation, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Microsoft Research New York City
Downloads
9,731
16.
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
9,721
17.
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
9,557
18.
Economics of Blockchain
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 09 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
RMIT University - School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and RMIT University
Downloads
9,252
19.
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
9,222
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
1,897
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
20
Downloads
9,222
20.
Divisional Performance Measurement
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 29 Nov 1998
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Divisional Performance Measurement
Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 29 Nov 1998
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Downloads
9,115
Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 49-57, Spring 2009
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 04 Jul 2009
Downloads
6
Downloads
9,115
21.
What Counts and What Gets Counted
Number of pages: 216
Posted: 22 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 20 Feb 2018
Working Paper Series
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Downloads
8,592
22.
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
8,193
23.
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
7,761
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
110
Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3961
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 27 Aug 2003
Downloads
54
Downloads
7,761
24.
Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle?
Review of Financial Studies 28, no. 2 (February 2015): 342-390
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 10 May 2010
Last Revised: 07 Feb 2015
Accepted Paper Series
UCLA, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance and Stockholm School of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle?
Review of Financial Studies 28, no. 2 (February 2015): 342-390
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 10 May 2010
Last Revised: 07 Feb 2015
Downloads
7,679
Does the Stock Market Harm Investment Incentives?
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7857
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 19 Jul 2010
Downloads
11
Downloads
7,679
25.
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
7,406
26.
A Short Treatise on Fantasy Sports and the Law: How America Regulates its New National Pastime
Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law, Vol. 3, January 2012
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 09 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 05 Apr 2012
Accepted Paper Series
City University of New York - Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business
Downloads
6,956
27.
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
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Downloads
6,915
28.
Pay Without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation
Harvard University Press, 2004
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 30 Apr 2004
Last Revised: 18 Jul 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
6,889
29.
Corporate Governance and Firm Valuation
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2006
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 07 Jul 2005
Last Revised: 01 Apr 2014
Working Paper Series
Temple University - Department of Accounting and Kennesaw State University
Downloads
6,776
30.
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
6,761
31.
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
6,732
Contracting Theory and Accounting
Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 32, No. 1-3, December 2001
Posted: 23 Oct 2001
Downloads
6,732
32.
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
6,700
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
5,059
Putting Integrity into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach
NBER Working Paper No. w19986
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 24 Mar 2014
Downloads
121
Downloads
6,700
33.
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
6,458
34.
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
Prairie View A&M University - College of Business
Downloads
6,288
35.
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
6,117
36.
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
5,943
37.
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
5,857
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
5
Downloads
5,857
38.
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
5,801
39.
The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 13-09
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 14 Apr 2013
Last Revised: 18 Apr 2013
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 13-09
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 14 Apr 2013
Last Revised: 18 Apr 2013
Downloads
5,709
The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
NBER Working Paper No. w18950
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 11 May 2013
Last Revised: 21 May 2013
Downloads
47
Downloads
5,709
40.
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
5,625
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
5,625
41.
Video: The Three Foundations of A Great Life, Great Leadership, and A Great Organization
Barbados Group Working Paper No. 11-04, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Research Paper No. 11-122
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 10 Jun 2011
Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Working Paper Series
Independent and Harvard Business School
Downloads
5,234
42.
Origin of the Theory of Agency: An Account By One of the Theory's Originators
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 10 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Pittsburgh
Downloads
5,172
43.
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
5,147
44.
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
5,146
45.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 03 Dec 2005
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 03 Dec 2005
Downloads
4,989
Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 683-717, Fall 2007
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 26 Jul 2007
Downloads
22
Downloads
4,989
46.
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
4,918
47.
An Empirical Analysis of the Strategic Use of Corporate Social Responsibility
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 11 May 2006
Working Paper Series
University at Albany, SUNY and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
An Empirical Analysis of the Strategic Use of Corporate Social Responsibility
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 11 May 2006
Downloads
4,907
An Empirical Analysis of the Strategic Use of Corporate Social Responsibility
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 773-792, Fall 2007
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 26 Jul 2007
Downloads
18
Downloads
4,907
48.
Are We Selling Results or Résumés?: The Underexplored Linkage between Human Resource Strategies and Firm-Specific Capital
Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 105
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 20 Aug 2008
Working Paper Series
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Downloads
4,872
49.
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
4,822
50.
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
4,758
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