The three John L. Weinberg/IRRCi research paper competition winners were announced at the 2024 Corporate Governance Symposium on March 15, 2024. The other eight finalist papers were also presented.
Congratulations to the winning papers:
Do board connections between product market peers impede competition? Authors: Radhakrishnan Gopalan (Washington University in St. Louis, deceased), Renping Li (Washington University in St. Louis), Alminas Zaldoka (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Read the Paper
The Social Cost of Liquidity Disclosure: Evidence from Hospitals Authors: Thomas Bourveau (Columbia University), Xavier Giroud (Columbia University, Yifan Ji (University of South Carolina), Xuelin Li (Columbia University) Read the Paper
Specialist Directors Authors: Yaron Nili (University of Wisconsin Law School) and Roy Shapira (Reichman University) Read the Paper
The two John L. Weinberg/IRRCi research paper competition winners were announced at the 2023 Corporate Governance Symposium on March 17, 2023. The other eight finalist papers were also presented.
Congratulations to the winning papers:
• “Female Equity Analysts and Corporate Environmental and Social Performance” Authors: Kai Li (University of British Columbia), Feng Mai (Stevens Institute of Technology), Gabriel Wong (Cardiff University), Chelsea Yang (University of British Columbia), and Tengfei Zhang (Rutgers University)
• “Conflicting Fiduciary Duties and Fire Sales of VC-backed Start-ups” Bo Bian (University of British Columbia), Yingxiang Li (University of British Columbia), and Casimiro A. Nigro (Goethe University)
Work or family. Today or tomorrow. Service to self or others. Intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation. These seemingly everyday challenges women business leaders face are often presented and perceived as “either/or” scenarios.
In their newly released book, “Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems”, co-authors Marianne Lewis and Wendy Smith offer a solution to those very challenges: a reframing of those “either/or” scenarios as something completely different — and, potentially, transformative.
Join us in a webinar as Marianne Lewis, dean and professor of management in the University of Cincinnati’s Carl H. Lindner College of Business and Wendy Smith, Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management in the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics talk with 4 successful female leaders about how they navigate both/and solutions to enable more female leadership and diversity in governance.
Susan Alexander – Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow, Former CHRO at Sotheby’s Liza Bartle – Senior Council for Board of Manufacturers; Delaware Manufacturing Association Ashlee Carlisle –Data and Platforms Account Executive, Google Veta Richardson – President, CEO, Association of Corporate Counsel
“Both/And Thinking” has received attention from national media outlets such as Newsweek, MarketWatch and Fast Company. It has been named to The Next Big Idea Club’s list of “most promising, must-read nonfiction titles” released in August 2022. Adam Grant, a New York Times bestselling author and host of the TED podcast “WorkLife,” put “Both/And Thinking” on his list of “The 10 New Books to Enrich Your Thinking.”
Co-Sponsored by University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business and Economics Women’s Leadership Initiative, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance and the University of Cincinnati Lindner School of Business
A discussion of current trends in a fast-changing SPAC market and recent developments impacting SPACs and their targets, including the SEC’s proposed new rules regarding SPAC transactions and litigation involving SPACs and companies that have gone public through SPAC transactions. The panel discussed issues and risks that management teams, boards of directors, advisors, and investors should consider in connection with evaluating and pursuing transactions involving SPACs. The panelists are:
The Honorable Lori Will, Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
Tammy Mercer, Chair, Corporate Litigation and Counseling Group and Partner, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Lori Zyskowski, Partner and Co-Chair of the Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Evan D’Amico, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Moderator)
John L. Weinberg Distinguished Speaker Series – The Chancellors: Past and Present
On March 23, 2022, the Weinberg Center hosted “The Chancellors: Past and Present,” which was part of its John L. Weinberg Distinguished Speaker series, and “Delaware Law Update.”
The Center was honored to host “The Chancellors: Past and Present,” which featured the current and three former Chancellors from the Delaware Court of Chancery, and was moderated by Greg Williams form Richards, Layton & Finger. For more information, view the video.
“Delaware Law Update” consisted of two roundtables that focused on recent developments and emerging issues in Delaware law: “Board Oversight Liability Three Years After Marchand –What Has Changed? What Still May Change?” and“Recent Delaware Perspectives on Special Committees and SPACs.”For more information, view the video.
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The Weinberg Center wants to congratulate the two winners of the 2022 John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Paper Award Competition:
Is History Repeating Itself? The (Un)predictable Past of ESG Ratings Florian Berg (MIT), Kornelia Fabisik (Frankfurt), and Zacharias Sautner (Frankfurt)
Bargaining with Private Equity: Implications for Hospital Prices and Patient Welfare Tong Liu (Wharton) Read the paper
These papers were presented, along with the papers of the six other finalists, at the virtual academic portion of the Weinberg Center’s 2022 Corporate Governance Symposium that was held on Friday, March 11, 2022.
Please join us in congratulating the winners and the semi-finalists.
