CGRI research spans these topics: general principles, board of directors, leadership and succession planning, compensation, audit and risk, shareholders, and proxy advisory.
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…
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…
Recent years have witnessed a growing trend of stakeholder issues becoming prominent in discussions of corporate governance. One source of this…
The SEC adopted Rule 10b5-1 to provide an affirmative defense against allegations of insider trading to executives whose jobs regularly expose…
The Definitive Guide to High-Performance Corporate Governance
Fully updated for the latest research, trends, and regulations, Corporate…
Environmental costs are a legal obligation of companies and proper corporate governance requires that they be dealt with responsibly.…
Other organizational structures exist besides public corporations. Examples include family-controlled businesses, venture-backed companies,…
Scrutiny of CEO pay increases during times of economic stress, when it is not clear how much pay CEOs should receive when corporate profitability…
We analyze the trading of corporate insiders at leading financial institutions during the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis. We find strong evidence…
Our concept of risk continues to broaden and now includes instances in which representatives of a company make statements, actions, or decisions…
Investors rely on corporate disclosure to make informed decisions about the value of companies they invest in. The COVID-19 pandemic provides a…
This Research Spotlight provides a summary of the academic literature on board composition, quality, and turnover. It reviews the evidence of:…
There has been a broad push in recent years to increase diversity at the board and CEO levels of public corporations. Despite this effort,…
Little is known about the process by which pre-IPO companies select independent, outside board members — directors unaffiliated with the company…