We aim to become a leading corporate governance research institute in the UK and globally.
Corporate governance has been on policymakers’ agendas since the late 1980s/early 1990s when the UK experienced a wave of corporate scandals, most of which were caused by powerful CEOs who faced little or no resistance from their fellow board members.
Overseas scandals such as Enron, Worldcom and Parmalat further fuelled the debate on how corporate governance should be designed and regulated. Finally, the 2008 financial crisis, which was brought about by weak corporate governance and perverse executive incentive schemes in the banking sector, highlighted the implications of corporate governance failures for the broader economy.
Aims
- Raise the visibility of Cardiff Business School as one of the leading centres for excellence in Europe for corporate governance research.
- Serve as a platform in Cardiff Business School that facilitates cross-disciplinary research across Sections and across University Schools in corporate governance.
- Pursue Cardiff Business School's Public Value Strategy by establishing links between the group’s members and outside stakeholders to disseminate the Group’s research on corporate governance, inform its research and pave the way for potential impact.
Research
Members of the group are studying a number of important issues and research questions in corporate governance.
These include:
- the design of executive compensation and incentive schemes
- the effect of board gender diversity on corporate decision making, innovation and firm value
- corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- the link between corporate control on the one side and dividend policy and insider trading on the other side
- corporate governance in initial public offerings and venture-capital backed companies
- the behavioural dynamics of boardrooms and corporate leadership
- corporate governance in banks
- the link between corporate governance and managers’ and investors’ decision making in the area of taxation
- the effect of anti-takeover provisions on corporate innovation
- corporate governance issues affecting family firms
- how women are framed in corporate discourse
- corporate governance in emerging markets, including China
- directors’ networks
Meet the team
Director
Academic staff
Postgraduate students
Events
International Corporate Governance Conference: CSR, the economy and financial markets - Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
Sponsored by Cardiff University and Global Finance Journal
Conference dates: 7-8 November 2024
Postgraduate Teaching Centre, Cardiff Business School, 3 Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
Conference information
The 2024 Conference on “CSR, the Economy and Financial Market” will be held, for the first time, in Cardiff, UK, following prior conferences in Chicago, Tokyo and Düsseldorf. This conference is co-organised by the Cardiff Corporate Governance Research Group from Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK, and the Global Finance Journal. The conference is designed to encourage and promote research and dialogue regarding the economic effects of corporate social responsibility, CSR.
Registration
Registration for the conference is now open and will close on 20 October.
Please note that places are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis.
Conference Delegate fee: £100.00
The Gala Dinner will be held in the Banqueting Hall, Cardiff Castle.
Keynote speakers
Professor Alex Edmans, London Business School
Title of the Keynote: Responsible Investing: Evidence From the Field
Professor Richard Barker, International Sustainability Standards Board
Title of the Keynote: Setting Global Standards for Sustainability Reporting
Conference Chairs: Svetlana Mira and Arman Eshraghi, Cardiff University
Past events
3rd International Corporate Governance Conference, 7 to 8 September 2023
Conference organised by Cardiff University, UK
Theme: “Challenges and Opportunities in Corporate Governance”
The aim of the Conference is to bring together leading academics, practitioners and policymakers from across the globe to share and debate the latest corporate governance research findings and best practices.
The implications of the climate change, Ukraine-Russia war and the recent pandemic continue to highlight the role of corporate governance in the broader economy. In addition, the recurrent corporate scandals have sparked a series of revisions to governance policies and initiating reforms on a global scale. In a fast-moving and globalised corporate environment, designing and regulating corporate governance is ever more challenging.
CCGRG is a multi-disciplinary group including academics from Business, Economics, Law and Politics. Our members investigate research questions in corporate governance which include boards of directors, international corporate governance, leadership, culture and organization, executive compensation, and governance in new ventures, among others.
Keynote speakers
Professor Marc Goergen is a Professor of Finance at IE Business School. He is also a Research Associate of the ECGI and an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management and the European Journal of Finance.
Professor Jens Hagendorff is a Professor of Finance at King’s College London. He acts as an advisor to banks and asset management firms on a wide range of finance, investment, and banking issues.
Doctoral student poster session
We invite doctoral students to participate in a poster presentation. This is a unique opportunity to present and collect valuable feedback on their work from distinguished academics and practitioners. Each student shall prepare one A1 size poster.
Conference programme co-chairs
Dr Svetlana Mira, Cardiff Business School and Dr Izidin El Kalak, Cardiff Business School
The 2nd International Corporate Governance Conference, Friday 17 September 2021
Virtual conference organised by Cardiff University
Theme: “Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Corporate Governance”
The implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic and recent global financial crisis continue to highlight the role of corporate governance in the broader economy. In a fast-moving and globalised corporate environment, designing and regulating corporate governance is ever more challenging. In particular, the recurrent corporate scandals of the last two decades have sparked a series of revisions to governance policies, initiating reforms on a global scale.
Following the success of the Inaugural International Corporate Governance held in 2018, the Cardiff Corporate Governance Research Group (CCGRG) organised a one-day virtual Conference on 17 September 2021. The aim of the Conference was to bring together leading researchers, practitioners and policymakers to discuss the grand challenges of a rapidly changing political, social and economic landscape.
The Conference Programme can be found in related downloads.
Keynote speakers
Mr Ken Skates MS is a member of Welsh Parliament (Senedd), and until recently, the Welsh Government’s Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales.
Professor Konstantinos Stathopoulos is Professor of Accounting and Finance at Alliance Manchester Business School. Professor Stathopoulos is the joint Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Governance: An International Review.
Professor Marc Goergen is Professor of Finance at IE Business School, Spain. Professor Goergen is also a Research Associate of the ECGI and an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Management.
Organising committee
Resources
Conference Programme - CCGRG 2023.pdf
3rd International Corporate Governance Conference, theme: “Challenges and Opportunities in Corporate Governance".
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