Announcing New Corporate Governance Network

I receive a forwarded email announcing the formation of the New Corporate Governance Network. All ARI members and in particular the CGRC members, please take note of this development:

"We are pleased to announce the creation of the Corporate Governance Network (CGN) . It will provide a worldwide, online community for research in all areas of corporate governance, following the model of other subject matter networks within SSRN.

CGN will be merging with the Social & Environmental Impact Network (SEIN), and will adopt all of Subject Matter eJournals and Research Paper Series, as noted below.

We expect CGN to become a comprehensive online resource for research in corporate governance, providing scholars with access to current work in their field and facilitating research and scholarship.

CGN is sponsored by the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute , whose mission is to provide thought leadership at the intersection of corporate responsibility and the informational needs of investors. While the Institute is a relatively new non-profit organization, formed with the proceeds of the sale of the Investor Responsibility Research Center in 2006, it continues the tradition and standards of objective research for which IRRC has been known since 1972. For more information, please see http://www.irrcinstitute.org .

CGN's founding director is Lucian A. Bebchuk , William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director, Corporate Governance Program, Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).

Initially, CGN will begin with the following 21 subject matter eJournals, and subscriptions will be free during the start-up phase through October 2009. CGN will also begin with two Research Paper Series -- Rock Center for Corporate Governance and Oxford Internet Institute -- as noted below.

CGN is creating an online community interested in the expanding area of corporate governance research. Since corporate governance is a growing, interdisciplinary subject, submissions should be limited to no more than two CGN journals."

For details, please browse through CGN@ssrn.com