1.
Mandatory Securities Arbitration’s Impermissibility Under State Corporate Law: An Analysis of the Johnson & Johnson Shareholder Proposal
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 237
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 24 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
Rutgers Law School
Downloads
36
2.
Where Does Human Resources Sit at the Strategy Table?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-76
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 19 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
The Miles Group (TMG), Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, The Miles Group (TMG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
52
3.
Peer Group Choice and Chief Executive Officer Compensation
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 240
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 13 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads
122
4.
Where's the Greenium?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 239
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 13 Feb 2019
Last Revised: 22 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Students
Downloads
96
5.
Non-answers during Conference Calls
Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 19-01, Fama-Miller Working Paper , Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 237
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 04 Jan 2019
Last Revised: 31 Jan 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Melbourne, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads
180
6.
Scaling Up: The Implementation of Corporate Governance in Pre-IPO Companies
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-75 , Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 19-11
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 30 Nov 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
254
7.
The Double-Edged Sword of CEO Activism
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-74, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 19-5
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 13 Nov 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, The Miles Group (TMG), Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Tideline
Downloads
264
8.
Long-Term Economic Consequences of Hedge Fund Activist Interventions
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 236, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-47, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 577/2018
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 03 Oct 2018
Last Revised: 14 Jan 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Downloads
520
9.
Bank Leverage, Welfare, and Regulation
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 235, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 3729, MPI Collective Goods Discussion Paper, No. 2018/13
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 02 Oct 2018
Last Revised: 10 Mar 2019
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Downloads
316
10.
Mandating Gender Diversity in the Corporate Boardroom: The Inevitable Failure of California’s SB 826.
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 232, Stanford Public Law Working Paper
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 13 Sep 2018
Last Revised: 18 Jan 2019
Working Paper Series
Stanford University Law School
Downloads
601
11.
Cashing It In: Private-Company Exchanges and Employee Stock Sales Prior to IPO
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-73, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-45
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 12 Sep 2018
Last Revised: 02 Jan 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Students
Downloads
162
12.
The Big Thumb on the Scale: An Overview of the Proxy Advisory Industry
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-72, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-27
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 04 Jun 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Manhattan Institute, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
384
13.
Netflix Approach to Governance: Genuine Transparency with the Board
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-71, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-24
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 03 May 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
467
14.
Why Governance Matters for Your Startup
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 232
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 18 Apr 2018
Working Paper Series
Stanford Law School
Downloads
335
15.
Governance Gone Wild: Epic Misbehavior at Uber Technologies
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-70, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-3
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 14 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
633
16.
Deal Momentum
65 UCLA L. Rev. 376 (2018), Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 230, Stanford Public Law Working Paper, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 237
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 20 Nov 2017
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
Stanford Law School
Downloads
215
17.
Critical Update Needed: Cybersecurity Expertise in the Boardroom
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-69, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-70
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 20 Nov 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
311
18.
Building a Better Board Book
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 68, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-67
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 05 Oct 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Value Act Capital, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Value Act Capital
Downloads
424
19.
Ask Me No Questions and I Will Tell You No Lies: The Insignificance of Leidos before the United States Supreme Court
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 229
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 02 Oct 2017
Working Paper Series
Stanford University Law School
Downloads
155
20.
CEO Talent: A Dime a Dozen, or Worth Its Weight in Gold?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-67, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-66
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 30 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 20 Oct 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
CEO Talent: A Dime a Dozen, or Worth Its Weight in Gold?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-67, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-66
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 30 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 20 Oct 2017
Downloads
188
CEO Talent: A Dime a Dozen, or Worth its Weight in Gold?
European Financial Management, Vol. 24, Issue 3, pp. 301-308, 2018
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 14 Jun 2018
Downloads
188
21.
Deal Structure
Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 2, 2018, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 231, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 229, BYU Law Research Paper No. 17-32
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 29 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 13 Mar 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School and Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Downloads
274
22.
Sunrise, Sunset: An Empirical and Theoretical Assessment of Dual-Class Stock Structures
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 228
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 14 Jul 2017
Last Revised: 22 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University
Downloads
850
23.
A Skeptical View of Financialized Corporate Governance
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 31 No. 3, 2017, pp 131-150, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 227, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-51
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 26 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 10 Aug 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads
408
24.
Retired or Fired: How Can Investors Tell If a CEO Was Pressured to Leave?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-66, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-40
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 30 May 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Melbourne, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
466
25.
An Activist View of CEO Compensation
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-65, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-31
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 25 Apr 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Value Act Capital, Value Act Capital, Value Act Capital, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
759
26.
From Boardroom to C-Suite: Why Would a Company Pick a Current Director as CEO?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. 64, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-27
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 25 Mar 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
244
27.
Board Evaluations and Boardroom Dynamics
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP63
, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-22
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 04 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 18 Mar 2017
Accepted Paper Series
The Miles Group, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, The Miles Group (TMG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
417
28.
The Credibility of Financial Reporting: A Reputation-Based Approach
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 224, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-10
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 26 Jan 2017
Last Revised: 02 Feb 2017
Working Paper Series
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, CUNY Baruch College and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business - Finance Department
Downloads
350
29.
Book Review: Government Intervention into Board Composition: Gender Quotas in Norway and Diversity Disclosures in the United States
Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 192-239, 2016, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 223, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2881655
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 07 Dec 2016
Last Revised: 29 Sep 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School
Downloads
140
30.
The Wells Fargo Cross-Selling Scandal
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-62 Version 2, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-1
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 05 Dec 2016
Last Revised: 14 Jan 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
2,790
31.
Succession 'Losers': What Happens to Executives Passed Over for the CEO Job?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-61, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-44
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 09 Oct 2016
Last Revised: 02 Dec 2016
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, The Miles Group (TMG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
313
32.
Political Connections and the Informativeness of Insider Trades
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 222
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 08 Sep 2016
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, University of Navarra, IESE Business School and Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
There are 2 versions of this paper
Political Connections and the Informativeness of Insider Trades
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 222
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 08 Sep 2016
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2018
Downloads
1,528
Political Connections and the Informativeness of Insider Trades
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12153
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Downloads
1,528
33.
The 'Buy Side' View on CEO Pay
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-60
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 30 Aug 2016
Last Revised: 02 Dec 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Rivel Research Group and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
249
34.
Gadflies at the Gate: Why Do Individual Investors Sponsor Shareholder Resolutions?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-59
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 11 Aug 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
287
35.
The Information Content of Earnings Announcements: New Insights on Intertemporal and Cross-Sectional Behavior
Review of Accounting Studies, March 2018, Volume 23, Issue 1, pp 95-135, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-40, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 221
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 27 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 13 Mar 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University, Stanford University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Downloads
400
36.
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
6th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-34, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 16-13, Fama-Miller Working Paper, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 220
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 08 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 10 Aug 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Melbourne, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
6th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-34, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 16-13, Fama-Miller Working Paper, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 220
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 08 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 10 Aug 2016
Downloads
1,977
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
NBER Working Paper No. w22435
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 25 Jul 2016
Downloads
44
Downloads
1,977
37.
Chairman and CEO: The Controversy Over Board Leadership Structure
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-58, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-32
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 25 Jun 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
1,593
38.
It Takes a Village to Maintain a Dangerous Financial System
Forthcoming in "Just Financial Market? Finance in a Just Society," Lisa Herzog, Editor, Oxford University Press, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 219, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-26
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 02 Jun 2016
Last Revised: 01 Aug 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads
1,109
39.
Scoundrels in the C-Suite: How Should the Board Respond When a CEO's Bad Behavior Makes the News?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-57
, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-23
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 09 May 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
378
40.
Combate Contra la Corrupción Internacional y Enfoque en América Latina: Ley FCPA y Nuevo Programa del Departamento de Justicia de los Estados Unidos (International Anti-Corruption Efforts and Focus on Latin America: FCPA and the New DOJ Voluntary Disclosure Pilot Program)
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 218
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 05 May 2016
Last Revised: 08 May 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School
Downloads
330
41.
CEO Pay at Valeant: Does Extreme Compensation Create Extreme Risk?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-56, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-22
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 28 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 01 Jun 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
516
42.
How Important is Culture? A Second Look at Keller Williams Realty
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-55, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-21
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 26 Apr 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
234
43.
Governance Aches and Pains: Is Bad Governance Chronic?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-54, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-19
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 14 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 26 Apr 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
245
44.
CEO Pay, Performance, and Value Sharing
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-53
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 03 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
517
45.
Causal Inference in Accounting Research
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2016, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 217, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-16
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 09 Feb 2016
Last Revised: 29 Jun 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Melbourne, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Causal Inference in Accounting Research
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2016, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 217, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-16
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 09 Feb 2016
Last Revised: 29 Jun 2016
Downloads
604
Causal Inference in Accounting Research
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 54, No. 2, (2016), Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-36
Posted: 15 Jul 2016
Downloads
604
46.
The Missed Opportunity and Challenge of Capital Regulation
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 216, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-6
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 13 Jan 2016
Last Revised: 29 Jan 2016
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads
315
47.
The Value of Uncertainty
Northwestern University Law Review Online, Vol. 110, p. 19, 2015 (reprinted in Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 283, 2015), Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 215
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 06 Jan 2016
Last Revised: 22 Apr 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School and University of Nevada, William S. Boyd School of Law
Downloads
131
48.
The New Corporate Migration: Tax Diversion Through Inversion
Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 80, No. 3, 2015, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 214
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 06 Jan 2016
Last Revised: 13 Jan 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School
Downloads
237
49.
Unbundled Bargains: Multi-Agreement Dealmaking in Complex Mergers and Acquisitions
164 University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2016, p. 1403, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No.213
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 06 Jan 2016
Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School
Downloads
252
50.
Fair or Foul? SEC Administrative Proceedings and Prospects for Reform Through Removal Legislation
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 212
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 25 Nov 2015
Last Revised: 28 Nov 2015
Working Paper Series
Stanford University Law School
Downloads
165
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