Governance

In spite of extensive privatization over the last two decades, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are still a mainstay in many developing economies. China, India, Russia and South Africa are just a…

The United Nations Environment Program's Finance Initiative launched last Friday the new report: “Show Me The Money: Linking Environmental, Social and Governance Issues to Company Value.”…

Are we moving beyond the multinational corporation towards the truly global corporation? Samuel Palmisano, chief executive of IBM, makes this case in an article in the latest edition of Foreign…

Empirical results show that governance plays a significant role in private investment decisions. This result is particularly true in the case of "administrative quality" in the form of…

More and more investors are recognizing the importance of "non-financial" disclosure. A group of pension fund managers - including BP, CalPERS, and Morley Fund Management - are asking…