The Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University is proud to support the 6th Annual Greater Boston Corporate Governance Workshop as part of its Nardone Family Conference Series.
Organized by CEM Faculty Fellows Ruth Aguilera and Kevin Chuah, the workshop offers the opportunity for researchers and professors from institutions across New England and beyond to present on their recent Corporate Governance research and receive peer feedback.
Attendance for this event is by invitation only.
Workshop Agenda
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:30am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 8:40am | Welcome Ravi Ramamurti, Director, Center for Emerging Markets, Northeastern University |
| Session 1 | Chair: Ruth Aguilera, Northeastern University |
| 8:40 – 9:15am | Keynote Presentation: Superbosses: How Great Leaders Create Winning Organizations by Producing the World's Best Talent Sydney Finkelstein, Dartmouth College First Respondent: Ruth Aguilera, Northeastern University |
| 9:15 – 9:50am | The Comparative Advantage of Headquarters versus Subsidiaries in Managing R&D After Changes in Communication Costs Luis Ballesteros, Boston University First Respondent: Jordan Siegel, University of Michigan |
| 9:50 – 10:10am | Coffee break |
| Session 2 | Chair: Kevin Chuah, Northeastern University |
| 10:10 – 10:45am | Does the Private Sector Add Value to Public-Private Partnerships? A Quasi-Experimental Study of Manufacturing Extension Programs in the United States Andrew Schrank, Brown University First Respondent: Aldo Musacchio, Brandeis University |
| 10:45 – 11:20am | Bottoms Up: Local Action to Assault State-Level Regulatory Constraints Eppa Rixey, MIT First Respondent: Sheila Puffer, Northeastern University |
| 11:20 – 11:40am | Coffee break |
| Session 3 | Chair: Jordan Siegel, University of Michigan |
| 11:40 – 12:15pm | Custom Proxy Voting Device Nadya Malenko, Boston College First Respondent: Weiling Liu, Northeastern University |
| 12:15 – 12:50pm | Corporate Scenarios Madison Condon, Boston University First Respondent: Anna Toniolo, Harvard Law School |
| 12:50 – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| Session 4 | Chair: Shuyang Wang, Northeastern University |
| 1:30 – 2:05pm | Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Implications of Corporate Purpose on Performance Kunyuan Qiao, Northeastern University First Respondent: Trang Nguyen, Harvard University |
| 2:05 – 2:40pm | Relay versus Watchdog Repertoires: Boards' Influence on Legacy-zation Silvia Dorado, UMass Boston First Respondent: Gaston de los Reyes, Northeastern University |
| 2:40 – 3:00pm | Coffee break |
| Session 5 | Chair: Patrick Hurley, Northeastern University |
| 3:00 – 3:35pm | Accountability of Corporate Emissions Reductions Targets Shirley Lu, Harvard University First Respondent: Ana Albuquerque, Boston University |
| 3:35 – 4:10pm | Political Consumerism: Ideology or Signaling Young Hou, University of Virginia First Respondent: Jill Brown, Bentley University |
| Concluding Remarks | |
| 4:10 – 5:00pm | Conclusion and Discussion |
