The CBR has carried out over 20 research projects on issues affecting the governance, management and regulation of companies, including board structure, executive pay, hostile takeovers, shareholder activism, socially responsible investment, corporate insolvency, inter-firm contracting, worker participation, employment protection, and labour standards regulation.
Associated research themes
Employee consultation and restructuring
Employment legislation institutions and practice
Financial institutions and governance
Takeovers, ownership and executive pay
Venture capital and hedge funds
Associated research projects
Addressing Gender Inequality through Corporate Governance
Analysis of Middle Market Firms
Assessing the Impact of the National Minimum Wage on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME Survey)
Bankruptcy Law and Entrepreneurship
Barriers to Innovation and Growth in High Technology SMEs: The Role of Absorptive Capacity
Business Failure and Macroeconomic Instability
The Capability Approach and the Implementation of EU Social Policy Directives
Capright: Resources, Rights and Capabilities in Europe
Competition, Takeovers and Investment
Competitiveness and Productivity of the UK Design Engineering Sector
The Competitiveness of the UK and its Multinational Companies
The Contribution of Services and Other Sectors to Australian Productivity Growth 1995-2005
Cooperation, Stakeholder Representation and Business Performance
Corporate Governance and Innovation
Corporate Governance and Investment: An International Research Network
Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets
Corporate Law and Economic Performance
Corporate Rescue: Impact of the Enterprise Act 2002
Corporate Responses to Macroeconomic Changes and Shocks
Ethics, Regulation and Globalisation
Evolution of Governance Arrangements in the Family Firm
Finance, Training and SME Performance: An Evaluation Study of the Small Business Initiative
FINNOV – Finance, Innovation and Growth: Changing Patterns and Policy Implications
From Employability to Capability: An Exploratory Approach on the Quality of Employment
The Future of Collectivism in the Regulation of Pay and Employment in Britain
The Future of Professional Work
The Globalising Behaviour of UK Firms in a Comparative Context
High Tech CEOs and Their Businesses
Impact of the Enterprise Act 2002
The Impact of the National Minimum Wage on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
The Implementation of the Working Time Directive in the UK
Institutional Investment and Corporate Accountability
International Financial Regulation
Job Insecurity, Polarisation, Social Exclusion and Flexibility
Labour Market Reform and Social Inclusion: The Case of New Zealand, Ireland and Denmark
Law and Finance in Emerging Markets
Law, Development and Finance in Rising Powers
Manufacturing Strategy and Competitiveness
The National Small and Medium Sized Business Surveys
New Product Development Performance in the UK and Japanese Automotive Industries
Northern Ireland SME Benchmarking Survey
The Organisation of Entrepreneurial Technology Firms in Several European Countries
Pension Fund Governance and Socially Responsible Investment
Reflexive Governance in the Public Interest
Reflexive Law and Democratic Governance
The Role of "Soft Companies" and Government R&D Contracts in Development of SMEs
The Role of Technology Policy in Incubating European New Technology-Based Firms
Social Dialogue, Employment and Territories: Towards a European Politics of Capabilities
"Soft Regulation": Conforming with the Principle of "Comply or Explain"
Startup Finance: A Study of Micro Finance amongst Soft and Hard Companies
Survey of National Health Service Reforms and the Working Lives of Midwives and Physiotherapists