Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business   

A new survey from Stanford University’s Rock Center for Corporate Governance on how investors use information from corporate proxy statements reveals deep dissatisfaction with corporate disclosure about executive compensation. The…

Idea posted: June 2015

Institutions: Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University   

Corporate board of directors are composed of executives (CEOs and CFOs) and non-executives. In the U.S. and the UK, the executives and non-executives are grouped on one board. In Europe,…

Idea posted: January 2015

Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    London Business School    Warwick University Business School   

When the most important asset of a company is human capital, attracting and retaining high-quality, motivated employees is the key to sustainable competitive advantage. High employee satisfaction makes the company…

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Neuroscientific research reveals that the brain reacts differently to negative vs. positive outcomes; recent research in finance shows that market participants (including investors and investment professionals) draw different lessons from…

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    University of Oregon Charles Lundquist College of Business    Tuck School of Business   

When overseas earnings by U.S. multinationals are brought back to the U.S., those earnings are taxed as income. However, multinational companies have the option of leaving those earnings abroad and…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Through crowdfunding, investors choose to participate in new projects by becoming ‘pre-buyers’. The term ‘pre-buyer’ is used because no money changes hands until the venture has enough funds to start…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business   

New research, focusing on accounting ethics and using a carefully controlled experiment, reveals the power of social influence on the ethical standards of managers. After seeing honest budget reporting from…

Idea posted: January 2014

Institutions: Toulouse School of Economics    Princeton University    HEC Paris   

Academics and practitioners have long known that without tight monitoring, CEOs of large public companies may take actions that are against the interests of their shareholders. The consensus has been…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Temple University Fox School of Business and Management    University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management    New York University Stern School of Business   

Crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular way to raise funding for a new venture or a new cause. Because it is relatively new, academic research on how crowdfunding works, and…