Public discussion of corporate governance and the role of independent directors in recent
years has begun to polarize over the extent to which government should interject itself.'Do …

This paper discusses the value of shareholder corporate governance activism as a means
to enhance long-term portfolio investment return. It indicates that such activism should be …

Peter C. Clapman retired as senior vice president and chief counsel for TIAA-CREF in 2005 …
In 2007 he authored “The Clapman Report,” a set of best practice principles for managing …

The international evaluation of the Centre for Metrology and Accreditation (MIKES) is part of
the process in which all relevant industrial and technology policy measures and …

The value that many superpaid CEO superstars supposedly created has largely disappeared,
and the likelihood that it will be recovered anytime soon seems remote. On top of that, a …

The SEC's Market 2000 Report, issued in January, 1994, provides an excellent inalysis of
the current market structure and its various components. In weighing the balance between …

In the summer of 2008, the Corporate Governance Committee of the ABA Section of Business
Law established a Task Force on Delineation of Governance Roles and Responsibilities to …

In the past 10 years, TIAA-CREF, the largest private pension system in the United States,
has stepped up its corporate governance activities, adding resources to its corporate …

What's wrong with executive compensation, and what can we do about it? To explore these
questions, HBR and the University of Delaware's Center for Corporate Governance …