Idea posted: March 2021

Institutions: University of Northern Iowa College of Business Administration    University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business   

In 2019, 181 CEOs signed a Business Roundtable Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation. The statement reflected a growing sentiment in corporate governance attitudes that the purpose of a…

Idea posted: April 2020

Institutions: Goethe University Frankfurt    University of Adelaide Business School    Hanken School of Economics    Maastricht University   

Shareholders can submit complaints to publicly-traded companies on a broad range of topics, including poor financial performance, poor governance, dissatisfaction with the firm strategy, or a controversial change in leadership,…

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: IESE Business School    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

With good governance recognized as a key factor in a company’s success, the recruitment of new members to a board is a highly important and consequential task. New research focuses…

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: University of Illinois College of Business    Texas A&M University Mays School of Business    Ramon Llull University    ESADE   

When a corporate scandal erupts, the same questions emerge: What was the board of directors doing? How could it let this happen? Why were directors not doing a better job…

Idea posted: May 2016

Institutions: Texas Christian University Neeley School of Business    Cass Business School, City University London   

The ‘legitimacy’ of a company is based on whether outsiders consider that a company takes appropriate actions — and has the governance structures in place to ensure that it continues…

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: Tuck School of Business    Norwegian School of Economics   

In December of 2005, Norway passed a quota law requiring that women make up a minimum of 40% of corporate boards. Corporations had 2 years to comply with the law.…

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: University of Dundee    Pennsylvania State University    Tilburg University    University of Cambridge Judge Business School   

Corporate governance systems are the systems through which a company is controlled and directed. Public corporations will have boards of directors responsible for ensuring that management is acting in the…

Idea posted: February 2016

Institutions: University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business    HEC Paris    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Does a Chief Marketing Officer help a company, or is this position a ‘C’ that doesn’t earn its place in the C-suite? In 2008, an influential research study by Pravin…

Idea posted: January 2016

Institutions: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Lubar School of Business   

The relation of appearance to success is no longer questioned. Various studies have shown that taller (for men) and more attractive (for both men and women) people reach higher levels…