Program on Corporate Governance

The Program on Corporate Governance, operating within the John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, seeks to facilitate research and scholarship about corporate governance.

This web site includes information about:

Working Papers on corporate Governance, which can be downloaded in the Working Papers section.
Mailing List for working papers which you can join.
Faculty with research interests in corporate governance.
Olin Fellows (current and past) with research in the corporate area.
Speakers and Events.
News about the program and its faculty.
Media mentions. Links to news and media references of corporate governance faculty.
Prizes in corporate governance.
2009 Roundtable on Proxy Access.
2006 Conference on Dealmaking.
2005 Conference on Director Liability.
2003 Symposium on Corporate Elections.
2002 Conference on Management and Control of the Modern Corporation.
Courses in the corporate area.
Links to other sites on corporate governance.

The Program's director is Professor Lucian Bebchuk, and other Harvard Law School faculty members contributing to its activities are Robert Clark, John Coates, Allen Ferrell, Jesse Fried, Howell Jackson, Reinier Kraakman, Mark Ramseyer, Mark Roe, Hal Scott, and Guhan Subramanian. Also contributing to the Program’s activities are two senior fellows of the Program, Ben Heineman, Jr. and Leo Strine, Jr.. The Program’s co-executive directors are Scott Hirst ( ) and Holger Spamann, the program’s coordinator is Emily Lewis ( ) and its webmaster is Matthew McCabe ( ).

The Program’s advisory board consists of Peter Atkins, Joseph Bachelder, Isaac Corré, Jay Eisenhofer, John Finley, Byron S. Georgiou, Robert Mendelsohn, Theodore Mirvis, James Morphy, Toby Myerson, Eileen Nugent, Paul Rowe, and Rodman Ward.

The Program on Corporate Governance seeks to provide a framework for research and discussion by individuals holding a wide range of views on corporate governance issues. The Program does not take any positions on such issues; all views expressed in connection with the Program's activities should be attributed only to the individuals expressing them.

A detailed account of the program's activities can be found in its annual reports:
2008/2009 Annual Report
2007/2008 Annual Report
2006/2007 Annual Report
2005/2006 Annual Report

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