According to new research from Morningstar, “Small-cap companies are just reaching the level of board gender diversity that the S&P 500 was at a decade ago.” Large-cap board diversity, particularly the boards of S&P 500 companies, continues to increase. Not only are smallcaps’ boards less diverse but the disparity in board gender diversity appears to be increasing through time. The
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A little more than two years ago, a group of prominent CEOs and Institutional Investors published the Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance. That work represented a collaborative effort – a search for common ground – by representatives of some of America’s largest corporations and institutional investors. The authors said then, and it is no less true today, that the long-term
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On August 1st, Board Governance Research LLC released a study on “Microcap Board Governance.” The Study examined the governance practices at 160 microcap companies, representing approximately ten percent of all companies with less than $300 million in market capitalization traded on a major U.S. stock exchange. The Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi) & Board Governance Research recently conducted a live webinar
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A new study, “Microcap Board Governance,” conducted by Board Governance Research LLC and commissioned by the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi), examines the governance practices at 160 microcap companies, representing approximately ten percent of all companies with less than $300 million in market capitalization traded on a major U.S. stock exchange. Among the study’s key findings were: Microcaps typically
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In a recent post on MicroCapCompany.COM, Nick Coriano shared two ways microcap public companies can use stock to build a profitable business. Coriano says; “Many of these companies have gone public too early or were forced to go public for one reason or another. Many of these CEOs thought that going public was the Magic Bullet. They figured being a public company
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