1.
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
182
2.
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
196
3.
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
421
4.
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: 15 Jan 2019
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Downloads
273
5.
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: 14 Nov 2018
Working Paper Series
Stanford University Law School
Downloads
500
6.
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
126
7.
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
326
8.
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
408
9.
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
285
10.
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
581
11.
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
207
12.
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
290
13.
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
401
14.
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
154
15.
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
181
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
181
16.
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
261
17.
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
798
18.
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
392
19.
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
435
20.
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
749
21.
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
237
22.
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
410
23.
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
346
24.
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
135
25.
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
2,524
26.
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
304
27.
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
1,491
Political Connections and the Informativeness of Insider Trades
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12153
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Downloads
1,491
28.
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
246
29.
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
285
30.
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
392
31.
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
1,932
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
NBER Working Paper No. w22435
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 25 Jul 2016
Downloads
44
Downloads
1,932
32.
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
1,490
33.
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
1,105
34.
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
371
35.
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
324
36.
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
501
37.
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
230
38.
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
240
39.
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
511
40.
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
594
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
594
41.
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
312
42.
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
43.
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
235
44.
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
247
45.
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
164
46.
Corporate Governance Data and Measures Revisited
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 211, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 15-60
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 24 Nov 2015
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
Downloads
781
47.
Trust and Consequences: A Survey of Berkshire Hathaway Operating Managers
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-52, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 15-53
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 23 Oct 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
363
48.
Seven Myths of Boards of Directors
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-51
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 06 Oct 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
1,292
49.
Berkshire versus KKR: Intermediary Influence and Competition
Forthcoming in University of Chicago Law Review Dialogue (2015) , GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2015-40, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-40, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 210
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 06 Oct 2015
Working Paper Series
George Washington University
Downloads
461
50.
Pro Forma Compensation: Useful Insight or Window Dressing?
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-50, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 15-46
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 26 Jul 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
Downloads
355
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