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Corporate Governance Research Program

The Corporate Governance Research Program is part of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University. The program was established in 2006 and is a leader in developing knowledge and education about domestic and international corporate governance.

Corporate governance refers to a broad collection of mechanisms used to guide the behavior of managers so that the interests of shareholders and stakeholders are protected. Despite the widespread attention that corporate governance receives from the press, equity investors, and government agencies, there is little empirical evidence that clearly demonstrates how, or whether, corporate governance practices (e.g. board independence, structure, etc.) affect outcomes important to investors. More basically, there is little understanding of which practices are the most important.

The program leverages the research scholarship of the Graduate School of Business faculty to generate new insights into the fundamental "big issues" surrounding corporate governance.

Changing the Debate About Corporate Governance

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The Rock Center was created with the vision that advances in the understanding and practice of corporate governance are most likely to occur in a cross–disciplinary environment where academics, economists, lawyers, financial experts, political scientists, engineers and practitioners can meet and work together.