1.
Pay for Performance… But Not Too Much Pay: The American Public's View of CEO Pay
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-80, 2019
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 02 Dec 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
128
2.
Loosey-Goosey Governance: Four Misunderstood Terms in Corporate Governance
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-79, 2019
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 04 Oct 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
448
3.
The Limits of Delaware Corporate Law: Internal Affairs, Federal Forum Provisions, and Sciabacucchi
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 241
Number of pages: 97
Posted: 13 Sep 2019
Last Revised: 28 Sep 2019
Working Paper Series
Stanford University Law School
Downloads
295
4.
Stakeholders and Shareholders: Are Executives Really 'Penny Wise and Pound Foolish' About ESG?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-78, July 2019, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 3418389
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 12 Jul 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, General Atlantic and High Sage Ventures
Downloads
213
5.
Have Changes in Financial Reporting Attributes Impaired Informativeness? Evidence from the Ability of Financial Ratios to Predict Bankruptcy
Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 13 (2008)
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 24 May 2019
Working Paper Series
Stanford University, Stanford University and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads
16
6.
The Business Case for ESG
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-77
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 23 May 2019
Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Accepted Paper Series
ValueAct Capital, ValueAct Capital, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and ValueAct Capital
Downloads
650
7.
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, Rutgers Law School Research Paper
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 24 Feb 2019
Working Paper Series
Rutgers Law School
Downloads
86
8.
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, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 19-20
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 19 Feb 2019
Last Revised: 09 Jul 2019
Accepted Paper Series
The Miles Group (TMG), Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, The Miles Group (TMG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
154
9.
Peer Group Choice and Chief Executive Officer Compensation
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 240, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 19-15
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 13 Feb 2019
Last Revised: 01 Sep 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
314
10.
Where's the Greenium?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 239, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 19-14, Journal of Accounting and Economics (Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 13 Feb 2019
Last Revised: 10 Nov 2019
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Students
Downloads
455
11.
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
362
12.
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
404
13.
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
437
14.
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, Review of Accounting Studies,, Long-term economic consequences of hedge fund activist interventions June 2019, Volume 24, Issue 2, pp 536–569
,
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 03 Oct 2018
Last Revised: 07 Jun 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
964
15.
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: 22
Posted: 02 Oct 2018
Last Revised: 10 May 2019
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Downloads
392
16.
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
800
17.
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: 15
Posted: 12 Sep 2018
Last Revised: 24 May 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
333
18.
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
604
19.
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
661
20.
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
521
21.
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
915
22.
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
278
23.
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
392
24.
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
533
25.
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
163
26.
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
207
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
207
27.
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 Columbia Law School
Downloads
305
28.
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
University of Florida, Levin College of Law
Downloads
966
29.
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
431
30.
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
573
31.
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
790
32.
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
256
33.
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
460
34.
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
397
35.
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
148
36.
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
4,036
37.
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
334
38.
Political Connections and the Informativeness of Insider Trades
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 222, Journal of Finance (Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 08 Sep 2016
Last Revised: 10 Nov 2019
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, Journal of Finance (Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 08 Sep 2016
Last Revised: 10 Nov 2019
Downloads
1,619
Political Connections and the Informativeness of Insider Trades
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12153
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Downloads
1,619
39.
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
259
40.
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
309
41.
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
464
42.
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
2,130
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
NBER Working Paper No. w22435
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 25 Jul 2016
Downloads
56
Downloads
2,130
43.
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
2,064
44.
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
1,130
45.
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
417
46.
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
372
47.
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
597
48.
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
250
49.
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
257
50.
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
548
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