26 October, 2020
Legal CSR measures are ‘fraught with conceptual contradictions’
Does enshrining corporate social responsibility (CSR) in law work? A new study of examples from around the world reveals mixed results, with room for improvement in most jurisdictions. And it sugge...
23 October, 2020
Harvard experts slam EU report on long-term strategic thinking
Four Harvard professors have criticised a recent European Commission report that proposes reforms to encourage long-term strategic thinking. The commission’s
22 October, 2020
How hedge fund activists influence target firms
When the news broke in September 2016 that billionaire William A. Ackman had taken a 9.9% stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill, the stock of the burrito restaurant chain increased by nearly the same percen...
21 September, 2020
Pandemic or no, it’s business as usual for boards
The scale and pace of change unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic has no precedent in modern history. How well companies perform depends in part, at least, on their board of directors, the highest decis...
11 September, 2020
Women leaders are better at fighting the pandemic
On 8 June 2020, New Zealand was declared virus-free and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
4 September, 2020
Companies ‘need new mechanism’ to integrate stakeholder interests
Much has been written about how the pandemic compelled businesses to adopt more of a “stakeholder” approach to governance, thus elevating the interests of staff, customers and suppliers over those...
2 September, 2020
