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A study at Drexel LeBow shows that the U.S. managerial labor market takes into account corporate social performance when assessing the quality of CEOs.

businesspeople holding pieces of pie chart

A Drexel LeBow study shows how family funds that hold both corporate bonds and equity in a given company tend to vote at shareholder meetings.

Businesspeople competitively pushing objects

An study measures the level of competition in U.S. nonprofit sectors and shows that a small number of organizations can establish competition in donor markets.

Weight scale with different amounts of money

A study showed that two years after a rise in the state personal income tax rate, CEOs receive higher compensation to offset most increased tax liability.

Business environmental agreement handshake

A researcher from the University of Pennsylvania showed that lenders play a role in promoting better environmental practices.

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Researchers presented an original methodology, which quantifies the regulatory costs associated with being a publicly traded company.

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A study showed that U.S. public firms whose CEO works remotely have weaker operating performance, lower firm valuation and lower approval rate of CEO policies.

Racial discrimination in the workplace by VectorJuice

Isaac Hacamo from Indiana University demonstrated what happens when a job-search website reports one incident of racial prejudice in a firm.

Business investors meeting graphic with charts

A Drexel LeBow study shows that greater availability of capital funding in the U.S. economy increases the number of small bidders in the market for M&A.

Business people climbing the corporate ladder

A researcher at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business finds a novel link between the organizational design of regulators and their enforcement actions.

Businesswomen in a hot air balloon shaped like brain

Research at Drexel’s LeBow College of Business dispels the view that executive pay rewards CEOs for good luck but does not penalize them for bad luck.

businesspeople exchanging money for contract

A Drexel LeBow study shows that investor research on the governance of companies in their portfolios puts the pressure on to make value-increasing changes.

Group of businesspeople on puzzle

Research at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business points out that professional networks are powerful channels to achieve diverse Boards of Directors.

Glenn Booraem, Industry Chair of the Gupta Governance Institute

Glenn Booraem brings two decades of investment stewardship experience from one of the world’s leading investment management companies to LeBow.

Paolo Volpin, PhD, academic director of the Gupta Governance Institute

Volpin comes to LeBow from the Bayes Business School – City, University of London, where he served in several leadership roles.