Did Harvard Violate Federal Securities Law? The Campaign Against Classified Boards of Directors

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Gallagher ◽  
Joseph Grundfest
Keyword(s):  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Securities Law ◽  
Classified Boards

Boards of directors in Russian publicly traded companies: the gender aspect

2018 ◽  
pp. 142-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Garanina ◽  
A. A. Muravyev
Keyword(s):  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
Publicly Traded ◽  
Publicly Traded Companies ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Female Directors ◽  
Female Director ◽  
Gender Aspect ◽  
Longitudinal Dataset

This article studies the gender composition of corporate boards of Russian companies, including its relation to company performance. The analysis is based on a unique longitudinal dataset of virtually all Russian companies whose shares were traded on the stock market in 1998-2014. It shows a relatively small representation of women, just 12% of all the seats, while about 40% of the companies did not have any female director. At the same time, both the share of companies that appoint female directors and the share of female directors on boards show a clear upward trend. The econometric analysis suggests a positive link between the presence of female directors on boards and company performance, especially when firms appoint several, rather than one, female directors.

The World Economic Forum Principles on "Climate Governance on Corporate Boards": can soft law help to face climate change around the world?

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Sabrina Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Soft Law ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Financial Factor ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic

Climate change is a financial factor that carries with it risks and opportunities for companies. To support boards of directors of companies belonging to all jurisdictions, the World Economic Forum issued in January 2019 eight Principlescontaining both theoretical and practical provisions on: climate accountability, competence, governance, management, disclosure and dialogue. The paper analyses each Principle to understand scope and managerial consequences for boards and to evaluate whether the legal distinctions, among the various jurisdictions, may undermine the application of the Principles or, by contrast, despite the differences the Principles may be a useful and effective guidance to drive boards' of directors' conduct around the world in handling climate change challenges. Five jurisdictions are taken into consideration for this comparative analysis: Europe (and UK), US, Australia, South Africa and Canada. The conclusion is that the WEF Principles, as soft law, is the best possible instrument to address boards of directors of worldwide companies, harmonise their conduct and effectively help facing such global emergency.

THE EFFECT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE CULTURE ON FIRM MARKET VALUE TO IMPROVE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 930-940
Author(s):  
Fathiyah Fathiyah ◽  
Mufidah Mufidah
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Financial Company

The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of corporate governance and corporate culture  on firm market value to improve financial performance. Corporate governance  is measured by audit  committee,boards of directors, board meeting and nomination . Corporate culture is measured by Corporate culture promotion While financial  company performance is measured by return on assets.  This research was conducted on companies listed on the Indonesia Stock exchange on indexed LQ 45 for period of 2016-2018. The sample was selected for 25 companies. The method of analysis uses associate descriptive analysis with  path analysis. Based on the results of the study found that corporate governance and culture promotion indirectly effect on financial performance with firm market value as intervening variable.

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