RESEARCH PROJECTS
The research projects of the Geneva Center for Corporate Governance relate to strategic management for boards of directors and owners, ownership types and structures, the role, structure, and composition of boards of directors, board leadership structures, and more generally innovations in corporate governance.
Current research projects include:
- The Executive Chair: Studies of an Unexplored Strategic Leadership Position
This research project focuses on the executive board chair, a hybrid corporate governance structure that has become increasingly prevalent. The project is funded by a three-year Swiss NSF grant: Swiss NSF 185173. - Outsider Board Chairs
When do firms benefit from appointing a board chair from outside of the firm? - Collaboration between CEO and Board Chair
How do CEOs and Board Chairs effectively collaborate?
Selected Publications
Langan, R., & Menz, M. (2022)
Does Your Company Need a Chief ESG Officer?
Harvard Business Review.
Langan, R., Krause, R., & Menz, M. (2022)
Executive Board Chairs: Examining the Performance Consequences of a Corporate Governance Hybrid.
Journal of Management.
https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063221102394
Hoerl, R. W., Kuonen, D., & Redman, T. C. (2020)
To Succeed With Data Science, First Build the ‘Bridge’.
MIT Sloan Management Review.
Klarner, P., Probst, G., & Kircher M. (2020)
Corporate Governance 4.0. The forward-looking board of directors.
Deloitte and Swiss Board Institute (available in English and French)
Klarner, P., Probst, G., & Useem, M. (2020)
Opening the black box: Unpacking board involvement in innovation.
Strategic Organization, 18(4), 487–519.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127019839321
Kunisch, S., Menz, M., & Langan, R. (2020)
Chief digital officers: An exploratory analysis of their emergence, nature, and determinants.
Long Range Planning.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2020.101999
Schmitt, G., Probst, G., & Tushman, M. (2020)
The Role of the Board Chair During a Crisis.
MIT Sloan Management Review.
Kunisch, S., Menz, M., & Cannella Jr., A. A. (2019)
The CEO as a key microfoundation of global strategy: Task demands, CEO origin, and the CEO's international background.
Global Strategy Journal, 9(1), 19–41.
https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1184
