Martin J. Conyon

TL;DR: The role of corporate governance in precipitating or exacerbating the financial crisis of 2008-09 was discussed in a special issue of the Journal of Corporate Governance as discussed by the authors, where 87 papers were presented, including five articles by governance researchers and three articles by prominent governance participant-observers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between the compensation committee, CEO compensation, and CEO incentives and found that firms with higher paid compensation committee members are associated with higher CEO compensation and lower incentives.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the complexity of UK option contracts for CEOs and showed how the portfolio of options varies with firm wealth; describe the structure of the contract (in terms of vesting criteria related to performance targets); and illustrate whether the option performance criteria is historically 'demanding'.

TL;DR: In this paper, the proportion of executive and non-executive directors who are women and the degree to which women are deployed to key boardroom committees are examined. But the authors focus on the lack of equality for women in the economic arena and focus on women are systematically disadvantaged in many ways in terms of pay for the same job, promotion prospects and access to the most important top jobs.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the use and consequences of shared compensation plans (profit sharing, profit related pay, SAYE schemes and company stock option plans) in a sample of UK workplaces and firms in the 1990s.