Bala N. Balasubramanian

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Former Adjunct Professor

Vastrapur

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

India

Formerly IIM Bangalore - Centre for Corporate Governance and Citizensip

Advisor

Bannerghatta Road

Bangalore, Karnataka 560076

India

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Former Adjunct Professor

Vastrapur

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

India

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

17

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Ideas:
“  (1) Enhancing board independence and effectiveness in Controlled Companies; (2) Are Listed Companies an Endangered Species in Emerging Economies? Focus in both topics will be India  ”

Scholarly Papers (17)

Firm-Level Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets: A Case Study of India

ECGI - Law Working Paper 119/2009, 2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper 08-011, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 87, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-14
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2009
Bala N. Balasubramanian, Bernard S. Black and Vikramaditya S. Khanna
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and University of Michigan Law School
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India, securities law, corporate governance, Clause 49

The Relation between Firm-Level Corporate Governance and Market Value: A Study of India

nearly final version, published in Emerging Markets Review, Vol. 11, pp. 319-340, 2010, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 177/2011, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 10-10, U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-011, U of Texas Law School, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 180
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Bala N. Balasubramanian, Bernard S. Black and Vikramaditya S. Khanna
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and University of Michigan Law School
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India, securities law, corporate governance, Clause 49

Firm-Level Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets: A Case Study of India

IIM Bangalore Research Paper No. 274
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Sep 2012
Bala N. Balasubramanian, Bernard S. Black and Vikramaditya S. Khanna
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and University of Michigan Law School
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India, securities law, corporate governance, Clause 49

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Strengthening Corporate Governance in India: A Review of Legislative and Regulatory Initiatives in 2013-2014

IIM Bangalore Research Paper No. 447
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2014
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Corporate governance, Companies Act, Stakeholders, India

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Ownership Trends in Corporate India 2001-2011: Evidence and Implications

IIM Bangalore Research Paper No. 419
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 31 Jul 2013
Bala N. Balasubramanian and R. Anand
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore
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corporate ownership, controlling shareholders, promoters, concentrated ownership, institutional investors, minority shareholders, corporations, corporate governance, India

Governing the Socially Responsible Corporation - A Gandhian Perspective

BUSINESS, ETHICS AND SOCIETY - MANAGING RESPONSIBLY, Ananda Das Gupta, ed., Sage Publications, Singapore, 2010
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Nov 2009
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility, Social Responsibility, Gandhi, Truth, Non Violence, Satyagraha, Corporate Stewardship, India, Transparency, Accountability, Regulation, Environment

Governing the Socially Responsible Corporation a Gandhian Perspective

IIM Bangalore Research Paper No. 298
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Aug 2012
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Addressing Some Inherent Challenges to Good Corporate Governance

The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 44, No. 4, April 2009
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Aug 2009
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Corporate Governance, Boards, Dominant Shareholders, Shareholder Democracy, Interested Shareholders, Shareholders Negatively Impacted, Corporate Democracy, Non-aligned Directors, Principal-Agent Paradigm, Corporations, Public Policy, Regulation

Addressing Some Inherent Challenges to Good Corporate Governance

IIM Bangalore Research Paper No. 299
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Aug 2012
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Corporate Governance, Boards, Dominant Shareholders, Shareholder Democracy, Interested Shareholders, Shareholders Negatively Impacted, Corporate Democracy, Non-aligned Directors, Principal-Agent Paradigm, Corporations, Public Policy, Regulation

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Corporate Governance in India: Traditional and Scriptural Perspectives

The Chartered Secretary, pp. 385-388, March 2005
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 May 2010
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Corporate Governance, India, Scriptures, Traditions, History, Mahabharata, Artha Sastra, Dharma Sutras

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Shares with Differential Voting Rights

NSE Quarterly Briefing, No. 28, May 2020
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Jun 2020
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Corporate Governance: An Emerging Scenario

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: AN EMERGING SCENARIO, pp. 1-34, Bala N. Balasubramanian, Deepak M. Satwalekar, eds., National Stock Exchange of India, Ltd., December 2010
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Jun 2011
Bala N. Balasubramanian and Deepak M. Satwalekar
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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corporate governance, India, shareholder protection, absentee shareholders, shareholder democracy, corporate ethics, regulation, directors

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Glass Ceilings and Oak-Paneled Walls - Women on Corporate Boards

Prime Database Annual Directory, India 2011
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 28 Sep 2011
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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corporate boards, women, gender diversity, India, board diversity, board balance

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Gender Equality, Inclusivity, and Corporate Governance in India

Journal of Human Values, 2003, 19 (1), 15-28
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Jul 2014
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Corporate governance, Women on Boards, Board composition, Diversity, Directors, Equality, Gender equality, Inclusivity, India, Gandhi, Mill, Wollstonecraft, Feminism

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Regulation in Corporate Governance & Elsewhere: The Continuing Debate

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: AN EMERGING SCENARIO, pp. 60-96, Bala N. Balasubramanian and Deepak M. Satwalekar, eds., National Stock Exchange of India Limited, December 2010
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 May 2011
Chiranjib Sen and Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore - Department of Economics and Social Sciences and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Captured Boards and Fractured Governance in a World of Cronyism - The Case of India

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2017
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Cronyism, corporate boards, corporate governance, board capture, India, up-stream cronyism, down-stream cronyism, independent directors, government-business nexus

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Corporate Ethics & Governance in an Inclusive Growth Framework

Indian Journal of Industrial Relations: A Review of Economic & Social Development, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 571-593, April 2011
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 May 2011
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Director Independence in Controlled Companies - The Way Forward

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Sep 2017
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Controlled Companies, Director Independence, India, Promoters, Institutional Shareholders, Controlling Shareholders

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Ownership Contingent Influence of Governance Structure on CEO Compensation: Need for Change in Governance Paradigm

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 May 2017
Bala N. Balasubramanian, Samir Kumar Barua and D. Karthik
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
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Corporate Governance, Principal-Principal Conflict, CEO Compensation, Ownership Identity, Concentrated Ownership, Type of Ownership, Related Party Transactions, India

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Bolstering Director Independence in Controlled Companies in India

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Jul 2017
Bala N. Balasubramanian
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Corporate Governance, Independent Directors, Controlled Companies, India, Director Independence, Voting Power, Minority Shareholders, Independent Auditors

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Corporate Governance Issues in Executive Compensation: The Indian Experience (2008–2012)

IIM Bangalore Research Paper No. 426
Posted: 09 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 27 May 2017
Bala N. Balasubramanian, Samir Kumar Barua and D. Karthik
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad

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Governance, Corporate performance, Ownership, Stakeholders, CEO compensation