Weinberg Center’s Charles Elson interviewed on Bloomberg regarding J.P. Morgan shareholder vote
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Professor Charles Elson on CNBC’s Power Lunch Segment to Discuss CEO Transition at JC Penney
Shareholders lost 51 percent during former JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson’s stewardship, reports CNBC’s Courtney Reagan. A look at what it cost Johnson himself. George Bradt, PrimeGenesis, and Charles Elson, University of Delaware professor, weigh in. Please click here to view the video. more
Weinberg Center’s Professor Charles Elson and Craig Ferrere co-author a Director Notes report for The Conference Board, “Peer Groups – Understanding CEO Compensation and a Proposal for a New Approach.”
Craig Ferrere and Charles Elson from the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance wrote a piece on peer groups for The Conference Board’s Director Notes, ”Peer Groups – Understanding CEO Compensation and a Proposal for a New Approach.” This report discusses the comparative peer benchmarking approach that most large companies rely on to design their executive compensation… more
UDaily: Governance Panel on “Deemphasizing Peer Groups: What’s Next?”
11:45 a.m., March 22, 2013–The John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware will host a panel titled “Deemphasizing Peer Groups: What’s Next?” from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Thursday, April 11, in Clayton Hall on UD’s Laird Campus. The program will review the utility of using peer group benchmarking in setting executive… more
“The single best discussion” on Executive Compensation and the Utility of Peer Groups
By James D.C. Barrall, Latham & Watkins. This post originally appeared on The Conference Board Governance Center Blog. It was my special privilege and pleasure to serve as the moderator of The Conference Board Governance Center-sponsored debate between Charles Elson and Craig Ferrere of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of… more
Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance Announces Advisory Board
The John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance Lerner College of Business & Economics University of Delaware Announces Advisory Board The John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the Lerner College of Business & Economics at the University of Delaware is pleased to announce a new Advisory Board for the Center. Charles Elson, Director… more
Weinberg Center and the Finance Department, Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware, hosted the 2012 Corporate Governance Symposium
The focus of the 2012 Corporate Governance Symposium, which was held on November 9, 2012, was “Governance Issues of Critical Importance to Institutional Investors.” The Symposium began with a panel of institutional investors comprised of large money managers, pension funds, private equity and hedge fund investors, and proxy advisory firms, during which each panelist shared… more