Theory

Law Series

04 Nov 2025

Real Entity Theory Without Metaphysics: How Organizations Shape Corporate Law A Response to Stephen Bainbridge and Susan Watson

Eva Micheler

Jenkin Chim

Company Law

Theory

Purpose
Corporate Governance

Law, Regulation and Theory: Second Edition

By
Martin Petrin, Marc Moore

Published By
Edward Elgar Publishing, 14 Nov 2025
Law Series

23 May 2025

Decentralized Organizations: The Theory of the Firm and Ostromian Perspectives

Daniela Gandorfer

Eva Micheler

Theory

Contracts
Law Series

18 Mar 2021

Viewing Artificial Persons in the AI Age Through the Lens of History

Susan Watson

Company Law

Innovation

Stakeholders

Theory
07 Jan 2021

Video

Corporate purpose and the theory of the firm

Bengt Holmström

Henri Tricks

Paul Polman

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Purpose

Theory
Finance Series

18 Mar 2020

A Theory of Financial Media

Eitan Goldman

Jordan Martel

Jan Schneemeier

Agency

Reporting

Theory
Law Series

27 May 2019

Examining the Wates Principles for Large Private Companies as a Social Contract for Business-Society Relations

Hse-Yu Iris Chiu

Roger Barker

Codes

Theory
Finance Series

01 Jul 2016

Defensive Tactics and Optimal Search: A Simulation Approach

Ronald Gilson

Alan Schwartz

M&A

Theory
Finance Series

01 May 2015

Executive Compensation: A Modern Primer

Alex Edmans

Xavier Gabaix

Remuneration

Theory
Finance Series

01 Dec 2014

The Informativeness Principle Without the First-Order Approach

Pierre Chaigneau

Alex Edmans

Daniel Gottlieb

Contracts

Theory
Finance Series

01 Sep 2014

Does Improved Information Improve Incentives?

Pierre Chaigneau

Alex Edmans

Daniel Gottlieb

Contracts

Theory
Finance Series

01 Sep 2014

How Should Performance Signals Affect Contracts?

Pierre Chaigneau

Alex Edmans

Daniel Gottlieb

Contracts

Theory
Law Series

01 Aug 2014

The Team Production Model as a Paradigm

Brian Cheffins

Management

Theory
Finance Series

01 Jan 2014

A Theory of Income Smoothing When Insiders Know More Than Outsiders

Viral Acharya

Bart Lambrecht

Dividends

Insider Trading

Theory
Finance Series

01 Sep 2013

Blood and Money: Kin altruism, governance, and inheritance inthe family firm

Thomas Noe

Family Firms

Theory
Finance Series

01 Jun 2013

Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Risk: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Rui Albuquerque

Chendi Zhang

Yrjö Koskinen

ESG

Risk

Theory

Value
Finance Series

01 Nov 2011

Contracting With Synergies

Alex Edmans

Itay Goldstein

John Zhu

Contracts

Theory
Law Series

01 Sep 2010

Taming or Protecting the Modern Corporation? Shareholder-Stakeholder Debatesin a Comparative Light

Martin Gelter

Codetermination

Shareholders

Stakeholders

Theory

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