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Would UK-Style “Red-Top” Corporate Governance Alerts” Work in Japan?
“Red-Top”Corporate Governance Alerts for Japan? (Thoughts After the “Director Boot Camp)
Codes of Corporate Governance: A Review (presented at Yale Governance Forum; good guidance for Japan?)
By Nolan Haskovec June 2012
2011 Board Practices Report, and Its Results Regarding Training
This report by Deloitte and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals suggests that the vast majority of U.S boards conduct training and orientation sessions for their directors, or reimburse them for outside programs. See pages 53 and 54.
Paper: “Hedge Fund Activism: A Review”
Abstract. This article reviews shareholder activism by hedge funds. We first describe the nature and characteristics of hedge fund activism, including the objectives, tactics, and choices of target companies. We then analyze possible value creation brought about by activist hedge funds, both for shareholders in the target companies and for investors in the hedge funds. […]
Training of Audit Committee Members in the U.S.
From Deloitte's 5/2012 Audit Committee Brief –
Stanford Rock Center Series on Shareholder Activism – How it Began and How It’s Reshaping Today’s Investment Landscape (Videos)
This is an excellent three-part series of videos of presentations made at the Stanford Rock Center on Corporate Governance, on the topic of shareholder activisn and how it has changed a lot in the last 15 years. The series provided a very up-to-date overview of proxy fights, PR wars and activist defense.
Two-Thirds of the Way Through the 2012 Proxy Season — Lessons Learned (Skadden Alert)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, publishedthe following client alert on June 21, 2012:
As we reach the peak of the 2012 proxy filing season, we are continuing to monitor the following developments:
What are the overall vote results?
Of the first 1,656 companies to report the results of say-on-pay proposals, approximately:
European Board Diversity Analysis 2010 ‒ Is it getting easier to find women on European boards? (Egon Zehnder)
With mounting pressure for a better gender balance on boards and senior executive teams, the number of women directors in many European countries is increasing steadily, but slowly. These are the results of recent research into female directors at a total of 340 companies across 17 European countries conducted by Egon Zehnder International.
Varieties of Capitalism + Investments in Human Capital
This paper explores the relationship between national institutional archetypes and investments in training and development. A recent trend within the literature on comparative capitalism has been to explore the nature and extent of heterogeneity within the coordinated market economies (CMEs) of Europe. Based on a review of the existing comparative literature on training and development, […]