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Research

Copenhagen Business School has a large and active group of corporate governance researchers with close links to research groups at other Danish business schools and universities as well as to the international research community.

Foto Tao Lytzen 2004



Our research in corporate governance is concerned with questions such as:
  • Ownership – e.g. defining the “best owner”, exercising ownership to create value
  • Ownership structure: Dual class shares, family ownership, institutional investors, privatization (economics, finance)
  • Board structure, the roles and responsibility of company directors, independence (law, management, economics)
  • Takeovers (finance, accounting, strategic management)
  • Incentive pay for managers (finance, economics)
  • Transparency and disclosure (accounting)
  • Information and control systems (accounting, management)
  • International differences – e.g. governance in Germany, the USA and Scandinavia and the prospects for convergence (international business)
  • Corporate social responsibility and value creation (management, political science, economics).
The Center is a forum for discussion and coordination of this research effort across departments and functions. The Center aims to combine academic and applied views of corporate governance. While maintaining a clear research focus we hope to make our research useful through a continuing dialogue with the business community via our advisory board, open seminars, teaching and other business contacts.
Current research topics include:
  • Corporate ownership structure and performance
  • Corporate governance of closely held firms
  • Family business
  • Convergence in international corporate governance
  • Incentive programs and corporate governance
  • Corporate governance and social responsibility.

Last updated by Søren Madsen 23/04/2010