(SAGE Journals, 2018-10) Goergen, Marc; Merendino, Alessandro; Centre for Business in Society; Faculty of Business and Law; Coventry University; United Kigdom; https://ror.org/02jjdwm75
This article adopts a policy-maker perspective on corporate governance, while exploring the role of academia in influencing corporate governance principles, the reasons for the boilerplate approach to governance rules typically adopted by most companies, and the reasons for a possible disconnect between research and corporate governance policies. The article ends with some key lessons about corporate governance and the future research agenda.