Past Conferences:
2015-2020
Art Tour: Virtual Sustainability Tour
Art Tour: Virtual Sustainability Tour
Presentation Session III, 1- International Corporate Governance
Presentation Session IV, 4 - International Corporate Governance
Presentation Session V, 2- Identity, Roles, and Outcomes of Boards
Virtual 2020
The 6th Annual ICGS Conference:
Corporate Governance and Environmental Stability
November 14-15, 2020
Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, VA (Virtual)
Conference Co-Chairs:
William Judge & Krista Lewellyn
Awards 2020
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Michael Witt, Stav Fainshmidt, & Ruth Aguilera
Title:
Our Board, Our Rules: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Corporate Governance Deviance
Best Paper Runner-Up:
Authors:
Matheus de Sena Dall'Agnol & Luiz Ricardo Kabbach de Castro
Title:
Codes of Ethics Effectiveness: A Study of Legalistic versus Behavioral Codes
Essex 2019
The 5th Annual ICGS Conference:Corporate Governance in Changing Institutional Environments
October 12-13, 2019
Essex Business School,
University of Essex, UK
Primary Sponsor: Harold S. Geneen Institute of Corporate Governance
Conference Co-Chairs:
Claudia Giradone
Geoffrey Wood
Silvia Gaia
Awards 2019
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Eduardo Schiehll, Luiz Ricardo Kabbach de Castro, Henrique Castro Martins, & Paulo Rento Soares Terra
Title:
When is Protection Over-Protection? Symmetric Versus Asymmetric Property Rights
Best Paper
Runner-Up:
Authors:
Ruth Mateos de Cabo, Ricardo Gimeno, Pilar Grau, & Patricia Gabaldón
Title:
Being a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond. The effects of gender quota vs. corporate governance codes.
Shanghai 2018
The 4th Annual ICGS Conference:
Navigating Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets
October 13-14, 2018
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Conference Co-Chairs:
Anthea Zhang
Ming Zheng
Primary Sponsor: Harold S. Geneen Institute of Corporate Governance
Awards 2018
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Han Jiang, Brian Connelly, Jun Xia, & Shuji Bao
Title:
Cooking the Books or Sleeping Around? Executive Social Capital in the Wake of a Scandal
Best Paper Runner-Up:
Authors:
Ajay Bhaskarabhatla & Rajani Singh
Title:
Board Interlocks with Shell Companies and Firm Value: Evidence from Director Disqualifications in India
Rome 2017
The 3rd Annual ICGS Conference:
Balancing Value Creation with Stakeholder Accountability
September 2-3, 2017
Luiss University, Rome, Italy
Conference Chair:
Primary Sponsor: Harold S. Geneen Institute of Corporate Governance
Corporate Partners: Wiley Publications & World Bank
Awards 2017
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Aleksandra Gregoric & Thomas Poulsen
Title:
The Power of Non-Controlling Stake: Below Parity Representation of Employees on Corporate Boards
Best Paper
Runner-Up:
Authors:
Michael Carney, Saul Estrin, Zhixiang Liang, & Daniel Shapiro
Title:
National Institutional Systems, Foreign Ownership and Firm Performance: The Case of Understudied Countries
Boston 2016
The 2nd Annual ICGS Conference:
Taking Stock of Corporate Governance Research
October 1-2, 2016
Bentley University,
Boston, MA
Conference Chair:
Cynthia E. Clark
Primary Sponsor: Harold S. Geneen Institute of Corporate Governance
Awards 2016
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Razvan Lungenau & Edward J. Zajac
Title:
Ambidextrous board members and their outsized influence on firm strategy
Copenhagen 2015
The 1st Annual ICGS Conference:
Regaining Trust in Business through Effective Corporate Governance
September 18-19, 2015
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Conference Chair:
Steen Thomsen
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School
Awards 2015
Best Paper Award:
Authors:
Lori Verstegen Ryan & Ann K. Buchholtz
Title:
A Foundation of Trust: Comparing Corporate Governance Theories
Best Paper
Runner-Up:
Authors:
Natasha Burns, Anna Kapalczynski, & John K. Wald
Title:
Director Compensation: An International Comparison