The authors view board structures as an adaptive institution that responds to the key challenges faced by public …
Sustainability
Private Equity: Accomplishments and Challenges
The authors provide an overview of the main accomplishments of private equity since the emergence of leveraged buyouts …
Private Equity and Portfolio Companies: Lessons from the Global Financial...
Critics of private equity have warned that the high leverage often used in PE-backed companies could contribute to …
Disclosure Topics, Financial Relevance, and the Financial Intensity of ESG...
At the end of 2018, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) released its corporate reporting standards for material …
“Non-Financial” Is a Misnomer, but Doesn’t Have to Be a...
With enterprise values now representing increasing multiples of companies’ net book assets, investors are clearly looking beyond financial …
Using the Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI) Framework to Value...
A major barrier to companies’ more effective integration of sustainability into their corporate strategies is finding ways to …
Embedding Sustainability Performance and Long-Term Strategy in the Earnings Call
The practice of disclosing corporate Environmental, Social and Governance performance information continues to evolve, and the frequency of …
Attracting Long-Term Shareholders
Corporate CEOs often say they don’t hear enough from shareholders about strategic issues related to long-term value creation. …
Morgan Stanley Roundtable on Capital Structure and Payout Policy
A group of distinguished finance academics and practitioners discuss a number of topical issues in corporate financial management: …
How One Company Drives Ownership Behavior to Innovate and Create...
For the past 70 years, Varian Medical Systems has helped lead the fight against cancer by developing new …