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
51,845
2.
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
36,432
3.
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
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and MIT - Sloan School of Management
Downloads
33,009
4.
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
18,032
5.
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
16,807
6.
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 Plural Technology Collaboratory, Microsoft Research Special Projects
Downloads
16,523
7.
Economics of Blockchain
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 09 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
RMIT University, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and RMIT University
Downloads
16,015
8.
The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance
Cornell Law Review, Volume 106, 2020, pp. 91-178, Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No.1052, Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance Working Paper 2020-1
Number of pages: 81
Posted: 27 Feb 2020
Last Revised: 03 Mar 2023
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
15,349
9.
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
Downloads
14,677
10.
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
14,669
11.
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 (CityU) - Department of Management Sciences
Downloads
14,213
12.
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
13,467
13.
Libertarian Paternalism is Not an Oxymoron
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 09 May 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads
12,475
14.
Corporate Social Responsibility - an Economic and Financial Framework
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 05 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance
Downloads
11,887
15.
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
11,388
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
11,231
17.
The Antitrust Case Against Facebook
Berkeley Business Law Journal Vol. 16, Issue 1, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 07 Feb 2019
Last Revised: 19 Jan 2021
Accepted Paper Series
Thurman Arnold Project
Downloads
10,752
18.
Analysis of the Dot-Com Bubble of the 1990s
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 29 Jun 2008
Working Paper Series
Kansas State University and Kent State University
Downloads
10,397
19.
Literature Review - Knowledge Management Research at the Organizational Level
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 05 Jun 2007
Working Paper Series
Institute for Defense Analyses
Downloads
10,340
20.
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 3 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
10,046
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
2,251
Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity
Financial Management, Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 24 Apr 2005
Downloads
39
Downloads
10,046
21.
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)
Downloads
9,849
22.
The Economics of Privacy
Journal of Economic Literature, 54(2): 442-492 (2016)
http://doi.org/10.1257/jel.54.2.442, Sloan Foundation Economics Research Paper No. 2580411
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 07 Feb 2020
Last Revised: 27 Oct 2022
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
9,660
23.
Corporate Green Bonds
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 27 Feb 2018
Last Revised: 16 Apr 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Columbia University
Downloads
9,361
24.
Corporate Culture: Evidence from the Field
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, 27th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting Paper, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 16-49, Duke I&E Research Paper No. 2016-33
Number of pages: 133
Posted: 09 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2022
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Institue for Business and Social Impact, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Accounting, Business Law & Taxation
There are 2 versions of this paper
Corporate Culture: Evidence from the Field
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, 27th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting Paper, Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 16-49, Duke I&E Research Paper No. 2016-33
Number of pages: 133
Posted: 09 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2022
Downloads
9,331
Corporate Culture: Evidence from the Field
NBER Working Paper No. w23255
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 20 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Downloads
253
Downloads
9,331
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
9,308
26.
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
9,120
27.
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, Institute for Defense Analyses and Emory University - Goizueta Business School
Downloads
8,868
28.
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
8,826
29.
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 Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance
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
8,662
Does the Stock Market Harm Investment Incentives?
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7857
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 19 Jul 2010
Downloads
15
Downloads
8,662
30.
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
8,460
31.
Should We Worry About Filter Bubbles?
Internet Policy Review. Journal on Internet Regulation, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2016
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 04 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 28 Aug 2016
Accepted Paper Series
iHub, Radboud University, Nijmegen, University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR)
Downloads
8,344
32.
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
8,257
Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem
NBER Working Paper No. w9813
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 05 Jul 2003
Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Downloads
193
Downloads
8,257
33.
Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives
Journal of Political Economy, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 511/2017
Number of pages: 113
Posted: 03 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 19 Aug 2022
Accepted Paper Series
University of Navarra, IESE Business School, Boston University - Markets, Public Policy, and Law, IESE Business School, University of Navarra and CEPRUniversity of Oxford - Finance
There are 4 versions of this paper
Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives
Journal of Political Economy, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 511/2017
Number of pages: 113
Posted: 03 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 19 Aug 2022
Downloads
8,017
Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6178
Number of pages: 86
Posted: 14 Oct 2020
Downloads
664
Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives
NBER Working Paper No. w30785
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 26 Dec 2022
Last Revised: 29 May 2023
Downloads
9
Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12674
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 05 Feb 2018
Last Revised: 11 Jun 2018
Downloads
6
Downloads
8,017
34.
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
7,915
35.
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
7,879
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
6,902
Putting Integrity into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach
NBER Working Paper No. w19986
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 24 Mar 2014
Last Revised: 10 Feb 2023
Downloads
267
Downloads
7,879
36.
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
7,618
37.
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
7,443
38.
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
7,270
39.
Contracting Theory and Accounting
Number of pages: 135
Posted: 17 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department
There are 2 versions of this paper
Downloads
7,198
40.
Platform Strategy
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management (2014)
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 22 May 2014
Last Revised: 08 May 2019
Working Paper Series
Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business
Downloads
6,912
41.
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
6,911
The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
NBER Working Paper No. w18950
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 11 May 2013
Last Revised: 13 Apr 2023
Downloads
154
Downloads
6,911
42.
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
6,766
43.
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
Downloads
6,679
44.
Work from Home & Productivity: Evidence from Personnel & Analytics Data on IT Professionals
University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-56
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 11 May 2021
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2021
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Essex - Department of Economics and University of Essex - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Work from Home & Productivity: Evidence from Personnel & Analytics Data on it Professionals
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14336
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 15 May 2021
Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Downloads
811
Work from Home and Productivity: Evidence from Personnel and Analytics Data on Information Technology Professionals
Michael Gibbs, Friederike Mengel, and Christoph Siemroth (2023): "Work from Home and Productivity: Evidence from Personnel and Analytics Data on Information Technology Professionals", Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 1(1), 7-41.
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 07 May 2021
Last Revised: 10 Sep 2023
Downloads
623
Downloads
6,517
45.
COVID-19 Impact on Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises under the Lockdown: Evidence from a Rapid Survey in the Philippines
ADBI Working Paper 1216
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 18 Mar 2021
Working Paper Series
Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank
Downloads
6,372
46.
Do Agents Game Their Agents' Behavior? Evidence from Sales Managers
Benson, Alan. "Do Agents Game Their Agents' Behavior? Evidence from Sales manages." Journal of Labor Economics, 33(4): 863-90.
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 20 Mar 2013
Last Revised: 11 Jan 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
Downloads
6,357
47.
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
6,234
48.
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
6,130
49.
The Making and Meaning of ESG
U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-23, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 659/2022
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 15 Sep 2022
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2022
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Institute for Law and Economics; European Corporate Governance Institute
Downloads
5,996
50.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Shareholder's Value: An Event Study Analysis
FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2007-6, Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 1/2009
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Working Paper Series
University of Rome Tor Vergata - Faculty of Economics, Tor Vergata University of Rome - Department of Economics and Finance and Fordham University
Downloads
5,884
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