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Corporate Governance Research Initiative

The Corporate Governance Research Initiative provides research and insights on a broad range of issues facing corporations and boards of directors that includes executive compensation, board governance, CEO succession, and proxy voting.

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Stanford Closer Look Series

Short studies on topics, issues, and controversies in corporate governance.

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Core Concepts

A guide to understanding concepts of corporate governance.

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Quick Guides & Research Spotlights

Concise introductions to concepts, facts, and research on corporate governance.

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Surveys

Insight into current issues and practices of leading organizations.

SeeAll Research by Topic and Type

Through our research and efforts, we strive to engage academics and professionals to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and promote corporate governance as an independent area of teaching and scholarship in business schools worldwide.

Our research covers a broad range of issues facing corporations and boards of directors:

  • Principles of corporate governance
  • Board of directors
  • Leadership and succession planning
  • Compensation
  • Audit and risk
  • Shareholders and proxy advisory

Research Strategy

  • Formulate a reasoned and neutral assessment based on academic research and proven experience
  • Connect with an audience of influencers and practitioners who can apply our knowledge to classrooms and organizations around the world
  • Be receptive to and collaborate with academics and practitioners from the public and private sectors

Corporate Governance Insights by Stanford Business

January 26, 2018
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Learning From Uber’s Mistakes

What fast-growing startups — and their boards — must understand about building culture.
People gather to protest outside the Uber offices in Queens, New York. | Reuters/Brendan McDermid
January 6, 2017
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Do Corporate Boards Pick the Best CEOs?

Research shows what happens to succession winners and losers.
A businessman walks across the street, wheeling a bag. | Reuters/Yuya Shino
January 27, 2016
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Who Runs Silicon Valley Boards?

It’s an insular group, but with a couple surprises.
Twentysomething hipster standing while talking to a group of seated meeting participants | iStock/Yuri_Arcurs
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Faculty Director
David F. Larcker
David F. Larcker
James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting
The role of good governance in the leadership of private and public companies has moved from the shadows to the spotlight. Stanford GSB's David Larcker is bringing an academic's scrutiny to a field needing fact-based research.
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