CGRI research spans these topics: general principles, board of directors, leadership and succession planning, compensation, audit and risk, shareholders, and proxy advisory.
ESG ratings firms provide information to investors, analysts, and corporate managers about the relation between corporations and non-investor…
Abstract: Between 2010 and 2017, Chinese investors used an investor interactive platform (IIP) to ask public…
In this Closer Look, we use the example of VICI Properties — a publicly traded REIT that emerged from the bankruptcy of Caesar’s Entertainment —…
This Quick Guide provides data and statistics on the attributes of the CEOs and CEO succession events at publicly traded companies in the United…
We explain when and how staggered difference-in-differences regression estimators, commonly applied to assess the impact of policy changes, are…
This Research Spotlight provides a summary of the academic literature on outside (non-executive) directors and directors who are independent…
This Research Spotlight provides a summary of the academic literature on whether companies with an independent chairman of the board exhibit…
We examine CEO turnover and succession planning using a unique and highly comprehensive data set from the company exechange. Exechange applies a…
The trend to incorporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) matters into corporate boardrooms and capital markets is pervasive.…
The role that a CEO’s personality plays in corporate outcomes is a topic of considerable interest, particularly the relation between narcissistic…
In this Closer Look, we examine the General Counsel perspective of Environmental, Social, and Governance matters. General Counsel offer an…
In this Closer Look, we examine a new industry that has arisen in recent years to facilitate the financing of stock-option exercises for employees…
In 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission revised human capital disclosure rules to improve shareholder understanding of how human capital…
A roadmap to understanding the fundamental concepts of corporate governance based on theory, empirical research, and data. This guide will take an…
A roadmap to understanding the fundamental concepts of corporate governance based on theory, empirical research, and data. This guide takes an in-…
A roadmap to understanding the fundamental concepts of corporate governance based on theory, empirical research, and data. This guide takes an in-…
A roadmap to understanding the fundamental concepts of corporate governance based on theory, empirical research, and data. This guide will take an…
We study the role of financial flexibility on COVID-19 employment actions. Using daily data from March through May 2020 for 354 of the largest U.S…
A roadmap to understanding the fundamental concepts of corporate governance based on theory, empirical research, and data. This guide takes an in-…
Recent years have witnessed a growing trend of stakeholder issues becoming prominent in discussions of corporate governance. One source of this…