Publications

13 Jan 2014
News

How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

Keywords: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

04 Oct 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Corruption, Government Subsidies, and Innovation: Evidence from China

Keywords: by Lily Fang, Josh Lerner, Chaopeng Wu, and Qi Zhang

24 Nov 2020
Keynote Speech

Corporate Governance Amidst the Pandemic

By: Lynn S. Paine

January 2017
Background Note

Elements of Japanese Corporate Governance

By: Lena Goldberg and Joseph Badaracco

2008
Case

Managing Governance at Reliance Hospital

By: Jonathan R. Clark and Nancy Morgan Kane

October 2011
Article

Government Advertising and Media Coverage of Corruption Scandals

By: Rafael Di Tella and Ignacio Franceschelli

We construct measures of the extent to which the four main newspapers in Argentina report government corruption in their front page during the period 1998-2007 and correlate them with government advertising. The correlation is negative. The size is considerable: a one... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Advertising; Government and Politics; Newspapers; Media; Argentina

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January 2022 (Revised April 2025)
Case

Steem Versus Hive: Testing Blockchain Governance

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

This case examines a pivotal governance conflict that occurred in 2020 when Justin Sun, founder of the TRON blockchain, acquired Steemit Inc., the company behind a popular social media platform operating on the Steem blockchain. Steem, launched in 2016 by Daniel... View Details

Keywords: Blockchain; Mergers and Acquisitions; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Governance; Organizational Culture; Social and Collaborative Networks; Technology Industry

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu are engaged in an ongoing project focused on understanding the convergence (or lack thereof) of corporate governance practices worldwide. That is, rules-on-books regarding corporate View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

Fiscal Risk and the Portfolio of Government Programs

This paper proposes a new approach to social cost-benefit analysis using a model in which a benevolent government chooses risky projects in the presence of market failures and tax distortions. The government internalizes market failures and therefore perceives project... View Details

2006
Chapter

Governance Information in Knowledge-Based Companies

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Knowledge Management; Information Management; Information Industry

January – February 1977
Article

Negotiating with Third World Governments

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Negotiation; Global Range; Government and Politics

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Awards

Geewax, Terker & Company Prize in Investment Research

By: Paul A. Gompers

Winner of the 2002 Geewax, Terker & Company Prize in Investment Research offered by the Rodney L. White Center at Wharton for "Corporate Governance and Equity Prices" (with Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick, Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 2003). View Details

07 Nov 2023
Cold Call Podcast

How Should Meta Be Governed for the Good of Society?

Keywords: Re: Jesse M. Shapiro; Technology; Communications

Article

Government Preferences and SEC Enforcement.

By: Jonas Heese

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2005
Working Paper

Governance in the Information Economy

By: Richard L. Nolan and F. Warren McFarlan

Video

Abed - Business and Government

March 2005 (Revised June 2005)
Background Note

Arbitration between Foreign Investors and Host Governments

By: Louis T. Wells Jr. and Regina Garcia-Cuellar

Explains the emergence of international arbitration as an option for foreign investors with disputes with governments of emerging markets. Presents issues about whether arbitration will remain acceptable to countries and governments. View Details

Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalized Markets and Industries; Emerging Markets; Government and Politics