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ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The system of formal and informal rules by which a company is governed. Corporate governance shapes more than just a given’s company value – it dictates who controls the capital in the economy and so how this capital is being put the use. Corporate governance therefore affects and is affected by the degree of cronyism and rent-seeking in society.

ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

“The Ability of Companies to Subvert the Operating Rules for the Market is a Deep, Systematic, Durable Force”

ProMarket writers
In this installment of ProMarket’s new interview series, we ask Harvard Business School professor Herman "Dutch" Leonard about the involvement of corporations in politics...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

“Under President Trump and the Republican Congress, Banks Will Have Even More Ability to Write Regulations That Favor Them”

ProMarket writers
In this installment of ProMarket’s new interview series on the economic theory of the firm, we ask University of Connecticut law professor and blogger James Kwak if...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Bengt Holmstrom: "I'm More Concerned About the Economic Power of the Most Valuable Companies Than Their Political Power"

ProMarket writers
In this installment of ProMarket’s new interview series, Nobel laureate Bengt Holmstrom says “this may be the right time to look at political engagement...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

“Political Engagement by Corporations Would Be Far Down the List of Forces Responsible for Popular Discontent”

ProMarket writers
The third installment in ProMarket’s new interview series on the economic theory of the firm. In this installment, we ask Chicago Booth’s Steven Kaplan...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Theory of the Firm Interview Series: John Van Reenen

ProMarket writers
The second installment in ProMarket’s new interview series: Should the economic theory of the firm be modified? If so, how? In this installment, we...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Interview Series: How Incomplete is the Theory of the Firm? Q&A with Daniel Carpenter

ProMarket writers
Should the economic theory of the firm be modified? If so, how? In March, the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Stigler Center Event: David Yermack on Blockchains and the Future of Finance

ProMarket writers
Yermack, the Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York University Stern School of Business, will teach a mini-course of three...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Incomplete Contracts and the U.S. Economy: Q&A with Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart

Guy Rolnik
Oliver Hart, the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics, sits down for a special interview with ProMarket in which he discusses his...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Why Have Soda Companies Funded Nearly 100 Health Organizations in the Last Five Years? Q&A With Michael Siegel

Asher Schechter
According to a new study, the world’s largest soda companies have sponsored 96 national health organizations during the last five years.  Last June, Philadelphia became...
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

The Non-Performing Assets of Wells Fargo

Luigi Zingales
The entire board of Wells Fargo, not just the CEO, needs to be replaced. In 1992, shareholder activist Bob Monks purchased a full-page ad in...
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