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
52,480
2.
Crowdfunding: Tapping the Right Crowd
Journal of Business Venturing, 2014, 29(5), 585-609, CORE Discussion Paper No. 2011/32
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 30 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 02 Jul 2014
Accepted Paper Series
CORE/LIDAM, UCLouvain (Université Catholique de Louvain), Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and SKEMA Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Crowdfunding: Tapping the Right Crowd
Journal of Business Venturing, 2014, 29(5), 585-609, CORE Discussion Paper No. 2011/32
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 30 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 02 Jul 2014
Downloads
14,842
Crowdfunding: Tapping the Right Crowd
Journal of Business Venturing, 2014, 29(5), 585-609.
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 12 May 2011
Last Revised: 02 Nov 2014
Downloads
2,241
Downloads
14,842
3.
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
14,734
4.
ESG and Financial Performance: Aggregated Evidence from More than 2000 Empirical Studies
Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, Volume 5, Issue 4, p. 210-233, 2015, DOI: 10.1080/20430795.2015.1118917
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 19 Dec 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, School of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg and University of Hamburg
Downloads
11,586
5.
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
11,435
6.
A Review of Tax Research
Number of pages: 138
Posted: 23 Sep 2009
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads
10,435
7.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Economic Performance
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 16 May 2006
Working Paper Series
University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Arizona State University-School of Public Affairs
Downloads
9,108
8.
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
8,140
Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6178
Number of pages: 86
Posted: 14 Oct 2020
Downloads
670
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
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8,140
9.
An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Corporate Governance Mechanisms on the Performance of UK Firms
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 10 Oct 2001
Working Paper Series
Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University - Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) and University of St. Andrews - School of Management
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7,957
10.
Corporate Governance and the Returns on Investment
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 23 Apr 2003
Working Paper Series
Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Vienna - Center for Business Studies - Department of Economics and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Downloads
7,356
11.
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, Harvard Business Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 15 Sep 2022
Last Revised: 09 Nov 2023
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
7,201
12.
Diversity on Corporate Boards: How Much Difference Does Difference Make?
Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (DJCL), Vol. 39, No. 2 pp. 377-426, 2014
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 01 Oct 2010
Last Revised: 11 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School and Stanford Law School
Downloads
6,827
13.
Business Cases for Sustainability: The Role of Business Model Innovation for Corporate Sustainability
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2012, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 95-119
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 01 May 2012
Last Revised: 18 Mar 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Leuphana University of Lueneburg, University of Hamburg, Chair of Capital Markets and Management and Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz
Downloads
6,748
14.
Companies Should Maximize Shareholder Welfare Not Market Value
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 521/2017
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 22 Jul 2017
Last Revised: 01 Oct 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Companies Should Maximize Shareholder Welfare Not Market Value
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 521/2017
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 22 Jul 2017
Last Revised: 01 Oct 2017
Downloads
6,564
Companies Should Maximize Shareholder Welfare Not Market Value
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12186
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 04 Aug 2017
Downloads
1
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6,564
15.
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
6,449
16.
The Rise of Independent Directors in the United States, 1950-2005: Of Shareholder Value and Stock Market Prices
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 74/2006, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 301, Stanford Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 1465, 2007
Number of pages: 111
Posted: 04 Sep 2006
Last Revised: 04 Mar 2008
Working Paper Series
Columbia Law School
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Rise of Independent Directors in the United States, 1950-2005: Of Shareholder Value and Stock Market Prices
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 74/2006, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 301, Stanford Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 1465, 2007
Number of pages: 111
Posted: 04 Sep 2006
Last Revised: 04 Mar 2008
Downloads
6,167
The Rise of Independent Directors in the United States, 1950-2005: Of Shareholder Value and Stock Market Prices
Stanford Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 1465, 2007, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 323
Number of pages: 107
Posted: 23 Jan 2008
Downloads
560
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6,167
17.
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
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5,934
18.
Competitiveness of Firms: Review of Theory, Frameworks and Models
Singapore Management Review, Vol 26, No. 1, (2004) p. 45-61
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 16 Sep 2012
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB)
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5,881
19.
Video: The Three Foundations of A Great Life, Great Leadership, and A Great Organization
Barbados Group Working Paper No. 11-04, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Research Paper No. 11-122
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 10 Jun 2011
Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Working Paper Series
Independent and Harvard Business School
Downloads
5,761
20.
Mandatory CSR and Sustainability Reporting: Economic Analysis and Literature Review
European Corporate Governance Institute - Finance Working Paper No. 623/2019
Number of pages: 121
Posted: 31 Jul 2019
Last Revised: 20 May 2021
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
Mandatory CSR and Sustainability Reporting: Economic Analysis and Literature Review
European Corporate Governance Institute - Finance Working Paper No. 623/2019
Number of pages: 121
Posted: 31 Jul 2019
Last Revised: 20 May 2021
Downloads
5,609
Mandatory CSR and Sustainability Reporting: Economic Analysis and Literature Review
NBER Working Paper No. w26169
Number of pages: 115
Posted: 20 Aug 2019
Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Downloads
318
Mandatory CSR and Sustainability Reporting: Economic Analysis and Literature Review
Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 1176-1248, 2021
Posted: 18 Oct 2021
Downloads
5,609
21.
A Study of the Construction of BCG Matrix for Nestle India
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 15 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 25 May 2008
Working Paper Series
Supreme Court of India
Downloads
5,530
22.
Performance Measurement Using Balanced Score Card
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 19 Apr 2007
Last Revised: 30 Aug 2012
Accepted Paper Series
School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad
Downloads
5,350
23.
'Implicit' and 'Explicit' CSR: A Conceptual Framework for a Comparative Understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility
Academy of Management Review
Vol. 33, No. 2
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 21 Jan 2010
Accepted Paper Series
York University - Schulich School of Business and Nottingham University Business School (NUBS)
Downloads
5,234
24.
An Overview of Organizational Performance Index: Definitions and Measurements
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 28 Apr 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Malaya, Malaysia, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Science
Downloads
5,067
25.
Paid and Free Digital Business Models Innovations in the Video Game Industry
Digiworld Economic Journal, No. 94, 2nd Q. 2014, p. 83
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 06 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST)
Downloads
4,946
26.
Economic Analysis of Widespread Adoption of CSR and Sustainability Reporting Standards
Number of pages: 170
Posted: 25 Jan 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads
4,809
27.
Why Do Companies Go Woke?
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 06 Dec 2022
Working Paper Series
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business
Downloads
4,696
28.
Corporate Social Responsibility: International Perspectives
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 16 May 2006
Working Paper Series
University of Illinois at Chicago, Arizona State University-School of Public Affairs and Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Downloads
4,613
29.
Horizontal Shareholding
109 Harvard Law Review 1267 (2016), Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 16-17
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 18 Jul 2015
Last Revised: 22 Apr 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School
Downloads
4,492
30.
Case Study of the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch Merger
U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-21
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 28 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 22 Sep 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads
4,458
31.
Economic Aspects of Bitcoin and Other Decentralized Public-Ledger Currency Platforms
University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 685
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 14 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 17 May 2014
Working Paper Series
Berkeley Research Group
Downloads
4,401
32.
Socially Responsible Firms
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 432/2014
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 12 Jul 2014
Last Revised: 05 Aug 2016
Working Paper Series
Harvard Law School, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Tilburg University - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Socially Responsible Firms
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 432/2014
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 12 Jul 2014
Last Revised: 05 Aug 2016
Downloads
4,333
Socially Responsible Firms
CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2014-043, TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2014-029
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 30 Jul 2014
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2014
Downloads
284
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4,333
33.
The Business Models and Economics of Peer-to-Peer Lending
ECRI Research Report, 2016, No 17
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 13 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 09 Oct 2016
Working Paper Series
Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics and Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics
Downloads
4,221
34.
Computational Antitrust: An Introduction and Research Agenda
Stanford Computational Antitrust (Vol. 1) 2021
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 19 Jan 2021
Accepted Paper Series
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Downloads
4,216
35.
A 'Value-Free' Approach to Values (PDF File of Powerpoint Slides)
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 11-010, Barbados Group Working Paper No. 10-06, Simon School Working Paper No. FR10-26
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 03 Aug 2010
Last Revised: 25 Jul 2022
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Independent
Downloads
4,211
36.
Fintech Lending: Financial Inclusion, Risk Pricing, and Alternative Information
FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 17-17
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Working Paper Series
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
There are 2 versions of this paper
Fintech Lending: Financial Inclusion, Risk Pricing, and Alternative Information
FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 17-17
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 19 Jul 2017
Downloads
4,197
Fintech Lending: Financial Inclusion, Risk Pricing, and Alternative Information
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 28 Jan 2018
Downloads
1,186
Downloads
4,197
37.
Towards a Conceptual Framework of 'Business Models for Sustainability'
KNOWLEDGE COLLABORATION & LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, R. Wever, J. Quist, A. Tukker, J. Woudstra, F. Boons, N. Beute, eds., Delft, 2010, ERSCP-EMSU Conference 2010, The Netherlands, October 25-29, 2010
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 16 Dec 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Hamburg, Chair of Capital Markets and Management
Downloads
4,075
38.
A Survey of Fintech Research and Policy Discussion
Review of Corporate Finance 1 (2021), 259-339, FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 20-21
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 09 Jun 2020
Last Revised: 31 Mar 2022
Accepted Paper Series
Imperial College London, Durham University Business School and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Downloads
4,064
39.
Emergence of Payment Systems in the Age of Electronic Commerce: The State of Art
Global Journal of International Business Research, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2009
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 20 Jan 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Delhi
Downloads
3,939
40.
Moving Towards Stakeholderism? Constituency Statutes, Enlightened Shareholder Value and All That: Much Ado About Little?
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 04 Jan 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Leeds - School of Law
Downloads
3,837
41.
Accountability and Responsibility in Corporate Governance
Notre Dame Law Review, Forthcoming, Univ. of Illinois Law & Economics, Research Paper Series, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 20 Jun 2005
Accepted Paper Series
University of Illinois College of Law (deceased)
Downloads
3,469
42.
Principal Costs: A New Theory for Corporate Law and Governance
Columbia Law Review, Vol. 117, No. 767, 2017, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2571739, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-462
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 03 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Columbia Law School and Fordham University School of Law
Downloads
3,459
43.
The Economics of Accounting
Oxford University Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 220
Posted: 06 May 2018
Last Revised: 14 Nov 2023
Working Paper Series
Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and National University of Singapore
Downloads
3,314
44.
The New Media Technologies: Overview and Research Framework
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 05 Apr 2008
Working Paper Series
Baruch College, CUNY - Zicklin School of Business and Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
Downloads
3,279
45.
Product Market Threats, Payouts, and Financial Flexibility
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 17 Mar 2011
Last Revised: 07 Sep 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Downloads
3,243
46.
Shareholder Primacy in Corporate Law: Can it Survive? Should it Survive?
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 10 Nov 2009
Last Revised: 08 Jan 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Leeds - School of Law
Downloads
3,206
47.
Crowdfunding: Some Empirical Findings and Microeconomic Underpinnings
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 16 May 2014
Last Revised: 30 Aug 2014
Working Paper Series
CORE/LIDAM, UCLouvain (Université Catholique de Louvain) and Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Downloads
3,187
48.
Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter 2010, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 10-090
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 05 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 18 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
The Monitor Company and Harvard Business School
Downloads
3,179
49.
Business Strategy and the Environment: Tesco PLC’s Declining Financial Performance and Underlying Issues
Review of Business & Finance Studies, v. 6 (3) p. 91-103
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Middlesex University and Middlesex University
Downloads
3,154
50.
Enterprise Risk Management: Review, Critique, and Research Directions
Forthcoming, Long Range Planning
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 09 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Working Paper Series
University of California, Irvine, Old Dominion University, Old Dominion University - Strome College of Business and Bryant University
Downloads
3,084
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