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Announcing New Corporate Governance Network
We are pleased to announce the creation of the Corporate Governance Network (CGN). It will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas of corporate governance, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN.
CGN will be merging with the Social & Environmental Impact Network (SEIN), and will adopt all of Subject Matter eJournals and Research Paper Series, as noted below.
We expect CGN to become a comprehensive online resource for research in corporate governance, providing scholars with access to current work in their field and facilitating research and scholarship.
CGN is sponsored by the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute, whose mission is to provide thought leadership at the intersection of corporate responsibility and the informational needs of investors. While the Institute is a relatively new non-profit organization, formed with the proceeds of the sale of the Investor Responsibility Research Center in 2006, it continues the tradition and standards of objective research for which IRRC has been known since 1972. For more information, please see http://www.irrcinstitute.org.
CGN's founding director is Lucian A. Bebchuk, William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).
Initially, CGN will begin with the following 21 subject matter eJournals, and subscriptions will be free during the start-up phase through October 2009. CGN will also begin with two Research Paper Series -- Rock Center for Corporate Governance and Oxford Internet Institute -- as noted below.
CGN is creating an online community interested in the expanding area of corporate governance research. Since corporate governance is a growing, interdisciplinary subject, submissions should be limited to no more than two CGN journals.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTING
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with all aspects of governance related to accounting. The journal welcomes research with a focus on how corporate governance affects accounting or on using tools and methods from accounting to study corporate governance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the effects of corporate governance on financial statements and accounting choices, the use of accounting data for assessing governance arrangements, and accounting rules and regulations.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & ECONOMICS
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with all aspects of governance related to economics. The journal welcomes research with a focus on how corporate governance affects economic performance or on using tools and methods from economics to study corporate governance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the effects of corporate governance on the economic performance and decisions of firms, the effects of corporate governance on the development and success of economies, and the use of economic data and modeling for assessing governance arrangements and problems.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with all aspects of governance related to finance. The journal welcomes research with a focus on how corporate governance affects finance or on using tools and methods from finance to study corporate governance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the effects of corporate governance on shareholder returns and financial performance, the use of financial data for assessing governance arrangements, financial regulation, and agency conflicts within the firm.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & LAW
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with all aspects of governance related to law. The journal welcomes research with a focus on laws that shape and affect corporate governance and on policy analysis of the causes and consequences of such laws. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, rules, regulations, and case law affecting corporate governance in the areas of corporate law, securities law, and insolvency law.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with all aspects of governance related to the field of management, broadly defined and including general management, negotiations, and entrepreneurship. The journal welcomes research with a focus on how management affects and is affected by corporate governance and on using tools and methods from the field of management to study corporate governance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, how corporate governance affects leadership, management, and entrepreneurship within firms, how corporate governance shapes and is shaped by internal firm processes, and case studies of corporate governance.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & SOCIOLOGY OR PSYCHOLOGY
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with all aspects of governance related to sociology and psychology. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from the fields of sociology and psychology to study corporate governance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, how corporate governance arrangements are shaped by or shape social norms, psychological inclinations, and cognitive perceptions.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE EDUCATOR: COURSES, CASES, & TEACHING
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Editor: Judith Samuelson, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Description: Corporate Governance Educator: Courses, Cases, & Teaching is devoted to advancing the teaching and learning of social, environmental, and ethical issues in business. In addition to teaching-related research, this journal will publish course syllabi, teaching notes, sample exams, and homework assignments - anything that would make it easier for a fellow educator to teach these issues. Topics are typically organized by academic discipline (marketing, finance, operations management).
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICE SERIES
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with all aspects of corporate and organizational practice, broadly defined. The journal welcomes research with a focus on practice in the field of corporate governance as well as on how practice is influenced by corporate governance arrangements and considerations. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, legal practice, compensation practice, financial and investment practice, management and strategy practice, risk management practice, and personnel/human resources practice.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: ACQUISITIONS, MERGERS, CONTESTS FOR CONTROL, & ACTIVISM
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with acquisitions, mergers, contests for control, and shareholder activism. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study such transactions and activities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, M&A transactions, proxy fights and corporate elections, going private and freezeout transactions, and hedge fund activism.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: ACTORS & PLAYERS
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with the different types of actors and players in the field of corporate governance. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study how different types of actors and players affect or are affected by corporate governance arrangements and practitioners. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, studies related to CEOs and other executives, controlling shareholders, boards and directors, shareholders, creditors, employees, and gatekeepers (including lawyers, auditors, financial advisors, rating agencies, shareholder advisers, and the media).
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: ARRANGEMENTS & LAWS
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with various arrangements and laws in the field of corporate governance. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study the causes and consequences of such arrangements and laws. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, arrangements and laws in the areas of corporate law, insolvency and reorganization law, and securities regulation, arrangements and laws produced by legislation, agency regulation, case law, exchanges and other self-regulating organizations, or privately adopted charter provisions, bylaws, and corporate policies and guidelines, political economy/public choice analysis of governance arrangements and laws, regulatory competition in corporate governance, and enforcement and litigation.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: BANKRUPTCY, FINANCIAL DISTRESS, & REORGANIZATION
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with bankruptcy, financial distress, and reorganization. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study processes and activities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, dissolutions and bankruptcy reorganizations, and financial distress and workouts outside insolvency.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: CAPITAL RAISING, INVESTMENTS, DISTRIBUTIONS, & MARKET TRADING
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with raising of capital, investments, distributions, and market trading. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study such activities and events. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, dividends, share repurchases and spin-outs, equity issuance at the IPO and in mid-stream, corporate borrowing, capital structure choices, leasing, capital investment, investment in R&D and innovation, and trading by outside investors in the firm's securities.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: COMPARATIVE
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with comparing governance arrangements across two or more different countries. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study how governance arrangements compare across countries and what are the causes and consequences of these differences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, comparisons of two or a small number of countries, comparisons of a large number of countries, and the methodology of conducting a comparative analysis in the field of corporate governance.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE & DIRECTORS
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with compensation of executives and directors. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study such compensation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, compensation of top executives, compensation of mid-level executives, and director compensation.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: DISCLOSURE, INTERNAL CONTROL, & RISK-MANAGEMENT
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with disclosure, internal control, and risk-management. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study such activities and decisions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, disclosure and accounting decisions, internal control systems, and risk management including hedging and derivatives.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, & METHODOLOGY
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with the economic consequences of corporate governance, as well as with the history, development, and methodology of the field of corporate governance. The journal welcomes research with a focus on corporate governance as a whole or parts of it. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the effects of corporate governance on performance of economies and firms, its effects on development, growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship, intellectual history of corporate governance work, studies of governance in earlier areas, studies of governance methodologies, surveys of corporate governance, and analyses and studies of the corporate governance field.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: GOVERNANCE OF SPECIAL TYPES OF FIRMS
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with the governance of special types of firms. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study how specific types of firms are governed. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, conglomerates and business groups, firms separating cash flow and voting rights, closely held companies, family firms, firms with a controlling shareholder, firms with dispersed ownership, partnerships, business trusts, non-profit firms, employee-owned firms, banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, and governmental and semi-governmental firms.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: INTERNAL GOVERNANCE, ORGANIZATION, & PROCESSES
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with internal governance, organization, and processes. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study the internal governance, internal organization, and internal processes of firms. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, board decision-making, trading by insiders and related party transactions, firm scope and buy-or-make decisions, internal firm organization, political contributions and lobbying by firms, choices of internal governance arrangements, including charters, bylaws, and policies, and choices of external regulatory regime, including incorporation and listing decisions.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: INTERNATIONAL/NON-US
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Editor: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with corporate governance outside the US. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study international/non-US governance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, corporate governance in particular countries other than the US, corporate governance in particular sets of such countries, and corporate governance in developing economics or emerging economies in general.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & SOCIAL IMPACT
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Editors: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Marc Epstein, Distinguished Research Professor, Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management; Geoffrey M. Heal, Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Columbia Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); John Roberts, Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Description: This journal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts that deal with corporate social responsibility and social impact. The journal welcomes research with a focus on using tools and methods from accounting, economics, finance, law, management, sociology, and psychology to study the subject. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, corporate citizenship, business practices and ethics, and the effects of corporate governance and corporate actions on the environment, employees and labor, the distribution of wealth, equity and diversity, consumers, health and safety, and politics and the political process.
ARCHIVED SEIN eJOURNALS
The following SEIN eJournals have been archived within CGN:
SEIN Corporate Governance & Accountability, Archives of Vols. 1-3, 2007-2009
SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business, Archives of Vols. 1-3, 2007-2009
SEIN Ethical Business Practices, Archives of Vols. 1-3, 2007-2009
SEIN Social Impacts of Business, Archives of Vols. 1-3, 2007-2009
All subscribers to SEIN Environmental Impacts of Business, SEIN Ethical Business Practices, and SEIN Social Impacts of Business will automatically be subscribed to the Social Responsibility & Social Impact eJournal.
All subscribers of SEIN Corporate Governance & Accountability, Archives of Vols. 1-3, 2007-2009 will automatically be subscribed to the following CGN eJournals:
The Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper Series is a source of working papers authored by faculty on the empirical study of corporate governance. Advances in the understanding and practice of corporate governance are most likely to occur in a cross-disciplinary environment where economists, lawyers, financial experts, political scientists, engineers, and practitioners can meet and work together. The Rock Center's goal is to tap this wealth of expertise at Stanford University to advance the practice and study of corporate governance and become an important voice in the debate over governance, both domestically and internationally.
The Oxford Internet Institute Research Paper Series focuses on multidisciplinary scholarship from faculty members, students, associates, and visiting scholars on the societal implications of the Internet and other information and communication technologies.
Posted 5/11/09