corporate governance

British  

noun

1. the balance of control between the stakeholders, managers, and directors of an organization

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Example Sentences

“There have been all of these starts and stops with succession,” David F. Larcker, director of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Corporate Governance Research Initiative, said.

From Los Angeles Times

If the revised tender offer by the real-estate arm succeeds, it would represent a setback for Japan’s corporate governance reforms, the activist investor said.

From The Wall Street Journal

A number of Japanese companies have in recent years taken full control of listed units and affiliates or sold them, as the Japanese government has pressed businesses to improve capital efficiency and corporate governance.

From The Wall Street Journal

Regulators lifted restrictions on Wells Fargo’s growth in June, after the bank addressed various operational problems and addressed regulators’ concerns about risk management and corporate governance.

From MarketWatch

A $5 million cap on executive pay is “unrelated to sensible economics” and is a “bad idea,” David Larcker, senior faculty of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University, said in an email.

From Barron's