Research Updates
ACLF Papers
Published & Forthcoming Papers
Royhan Akbar, Nathaniel Mangunsong, and Dan W. Puchniak, “The Abolition of Independent Directors in Indonesia: Rationally Autochthonous or Foolishly Idiosyncratic?” Forthcoming in the American Journal of Comparative Law.
- Chun Zhou, Wei Zhang and Dan W. Puchniak, “The Overlooked Reality of Shareholder Activism in China: Defying Western Expectations” Forthcoming in the Harvard Business Law Review 15(3).
- Gen Goto, “ESG, Externalities, and the Limits of the Business Judgment Rule: ‘TEPCO’ Derivative Suit on Fukushima Nuclear Accident and the Expansion of ‘Caremark’” The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 12, 2024, 18.
- Akshaya Kamalnath, “Finfluencers and Other Tech Disruptions to Corporate Law—Insights from South Korea and India” Forthcoming in The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 13, 2025.
- Surbhi Kapur, “The Social Dynamics of Corporate Insolvency Law and Workers and Employees of Distressed Companies: Comparing Select Asian Jurisdictions” Forthcoming in The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 13, 2025.
- Dan W. Puchniak and Umakanth Varottil, “Climate-Related Shareholder Activism as Corporate Democracy: A Call to Reform ‘Acting in Concert’ Rules” The Journal of Corporation Law, vol. 50, no. 3, 2025, 617.
- Roza Nurgozhayeva and Dan W. Puchniak. “Corporate Purpose beyond Borders: A Key to Saving Our Planet or Colonialism Repackaged?” Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 57, no. 5, 2024, 1339.
- Sang Yop Kang, “The Inefficiency of Hostile Takeovers as a Disciplinary Mechanism: A Theoretical Analysis” Forthcoming in The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 13, 2025.
Working Papers
Virginia Harper Ho, Corporate Climate Governance (1 August 2024). European Corporate Governance Institute—Law Working Paper No. 804/2024.
Hokuto Dazai, Takuji Saito, and Zenichi Shishido, and Noriyuki Yanagawa, Comparative Corporate Governance from the Perspective of Japanese Listed Family Firms (27 January 2024).
Bruce Aronson & Manabu Matsunaka, Designing a New Framework to Regulate Hostile Takeovers in a Changing Japan (June 01, 2024). European Corporate Governance Institute—Law Working Paper No. 782/2024.
Blog Posts
- Steve Kourabas and Cheng-Yun Tsang, Rethinking Board Oversight: The Puzzle of AI Use in Corporate Governance and the Law (ECGI Blog, 10 November 2025).
- Christopher Chen, When Finance Becomes a Regulator (ECGI Blog, 10 November 2025).
- Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez, How Legal Innovations from the Global South can Improve Insolvency Systems in the Global North (ECGI Blog, 10 November 2025).
- Takuma Kumashiro, Guardians of Truth: Rethinking How We Police ESG Disclosure Accuracy (ECGI Blog, 3 November 2025).
- Pangyue Cheng, How China’s Company Law Revision is Reshaping Veil-Piercing Doctrine (ECGI Blog, 3 November 2025).
- Hidefusa Iida, Beyond Anglo-American Models: Japan’s Unique Approach to M&A (ECGI Blog, 3 November 2025).
- Arjya B. Majumdar, Stakeholder Inclusion in India: Promise, Pitfalls, and the Reality of Section 166(2) (ECGI Blog, 3 November 2025).
- Akshaya Kamalnath and Lin Lin, Corporate Governance, Technology, and the Law - Perspectives from China and India (ECGI Blog, 3 November 2025).
- Royhan Akbar, Nathaniel Mangunsong and Dan W. Puchniak, The Abolition of Independent Directors in Indonesia: Rationally Autochthonous or Foolishly Idiosyncratic? (Oxford Business Law Blog, 11 October 2024).
- Surbhi Kapur, The Human(e) Side of Corporate Insolvency: Protecting Workers and Employees in Asian Economies (ECGI Blog, 1 October 2024).
- Roza Nurgozhayeva and Dan Puchniak, Corporate Purpose Beyond Borders: A Key to Saving Our Planet or Colonialism Repackaged? (ECGI Blog, 1 October 2024).
- Gen Goto, ESG, Externalities, and the Limits of the Business Judgement Rule – TEPCO Derivative Suit on Fukushima Nuclear Accident and the Expansion of Caremark (ECGI Blog, 1 October 2024).
- Akshaya Kamalnath, The Impact of Finfluencers and Social Media on Corporate Law – Notes from South Korea and India (ECGI Blog, 1 October 2024).
- Dan Puchniak and Umakanth Varottil, Corporate Governance and Climate – Related Shareholder Activism: A Call for Reform (ECGI Blog, 24 September 2024).
- Zhou Chun, Zhang Wei and Dan Puchniak, The Overlooked Reality of Shareholder Activism in China: Defying Western Expectations (ECGI Blog, 23 September 2024).
- Sang Yop Kang, Diverse Dynamics of Korea’s Market for Corporate Control (ECGI Blog, 23 September 2024).
- Royhan Akbar, Nathaniel Mangunsong and Dan Puchniak, The Abolition of Independent Directors in Indonesia: Rationally Autochthonous or Foolishly Idiosyncratic? (ECGI Blog, 23 September 2024).
- Hokuto Dazai, Takuji Saito, Zenichi Shishido and Noriyuki Yanagawa, Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Insights from Japanese Listed Family Firms (ECGI Blog, 23 September 2024).
- Bruce Aronson and Manabu Matsunaka, Designing a New Framework to Regulate Hostile Takeovers in a Changing Japan (ECGI Blog, 23 September 2024).
- Roza Nurgozhayeva and Dan W. Puchniak, Corporate Purpose beyond Borders: A Key to Saving Our Planet or Colonialism Repackaged? (Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 29 January 2024).
Dan W. Puchniak and Umakanth Varottil, Rethinking Acting in Concert: Activist ESG Stewardship is Shareholder Democracy (Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 19 October 2023).