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CEO Duality: For Better and for Worse

Separating the roles of the CEO and the chair of the board of directors is considered best practice by many regulators, but should this be? Professor Marc Goergen draws from his research to discuss how combining the two roles can affect a firm’s leadership and shareholder value. Please read more here . 

Gender Diversity of Boards. IE Researchers: Gender Focus.

 Please click the link below to watch my discussion with my colleague, Professor Patricia Gabaldon , on gender diversity on boards, from 18 March 2021. We discussed the benefits that gender diversity can bring to boards and companies, and the barriers that women encounter when trying to get to top leadership positions. https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:6778344373999468544/

Corporate Governance. A Global Perspective

Philosophy of the Book Existing textbooks on corporate governance tend to have a strong focus on UK and/or US corporate governance. This focus is somewhat surprising as the UK and US corporate governance systems have features which clearly set them apart from pretty much the rest of the world. Indeed, the typical British and American stock-market listed firm is widely held (held by many shareholders) and control therefore lies with the management rather than the shareholders. In contrast, most stock-exchange listed firms from the rest of the world have a large shareholder whose control is substantial enough to have a significant influence over the firm’s affairs. Given these marked differences in ownership and control, corporate governance issues emerging in non-UK and non-US firms tend to be very different from those that may affect British and American companies. Hence, it is important for a textbook to bear in mind the diversity of ownership and control a