Corporate Governance in High-Tech Companies

1. The instructions about this research paper are attached to the order. Please read it carefully and follow every requirement stated there.
2. This research paper is for the Ownership and Corporate Control course. My main idea of this paper is that: Nowadays, there is a large proportion of the TOP companies are high-tech companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Alibaba, Tencent...Compared with the banking industry that has a long history and relatively mature and complete governance, those high-tech companies are relatively young. Companies like Microsoft, Alibaba has transformed into a very well-structured stage; however, there are many more companies that are still in a kind of primary phase that pretty rely on the founder. Different high-tech companies have different demand and choice in the structure of their governance setting, and this might be associated with their development: whether they are still focused on primary business, or they have started to develop in several areas, or they have formed a business chain like Microsoft and Alibaba. In addition, regarding this young industry, are there any rules that have been set that are important and significant to the industry, considering the unimaginable potence and the role of technology nowadays. On the other hand, can we see any weakness or insufficiency on the corporate governance in the high-tech industry that people in the future can still work on? I think it will be interesting to investigate the relation between the company model and its corporate governance, as well as the relationship between the high-tech industry and the corporate governance of the company inside. You can develop these points by varying the situation between two countries: U.S. and China, to see how these two biggest economy works in this area: how corporate governance is in the high-tech industry in these two countries, regarding the company and the industry perspectives I described above.
3. I have also attached the slides of the lectures in this order, to give you a more straightforward sight about this course. PLEASE make sure the paper is RELATED to what we have learnt in this course. Don't be too freestyle. Make some connections. Thanks
4. Other stuff like format, length, and the use of size and chart are stated in the instruction document. Please follow EXACTLY what the professor has required.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PAPER. MUCH THANKS !!

RESEARCH PAPER GUIDELINES

PURPOSE OF THE PAPER

The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate the students' ability to apply the principles learned in class to a corporate governance topic or current governance issue.

THE TOPIC (IGNORE the example of topic he gives, I have already chosen the topic as “The corporate Governance in the High-Tech Industry”)

The topic will be selected by the student. Reading the textbooks, listening to the lectures, or following current events should provide fertile ground for topics. For example, possible topics could include some of the following:

 * A case study of corporate governance failure

 * Protection for small stockholders

 * A comparison of the governance structure of two publicly traded companies

 * The relationship between corporate governance rules and foreign direct investment

*  Board dependence on the CEO

 * The growth of institutional stock ownership and its effect on corporate governance

 * Corporate governance in a less developed country

 * Stock option compensation for senior executives

 * The effect on the internet on corporate governance

 * Executive compensation and company economic performance

 * Corporate governance in the banking industry

 * Rules for CEO succession

 * Political corruption and corporate governance

 * The corporate governance of public utilities.

If you have difficulty selecting a topic, the instructor will help you select one, but you are strongly urged to select your own topic. In choosing a topic, please remember the following points:

 * Upon selecting your topic, please inform me so that I can approve it.

 * Once you select your topic, you shall have exclusive rights over it: A student who thinks of the same topic later than you will not be allowed to proceed and must select an alternative topic.

 * You should change your topic only for serious reasons. You must avoid frequent changes because this will set back your progress.

PAPER OUTLINE AND CONTENT

The paper must have an introduction, a main body, and a conclusion, beginning with an executive summary that will go on a separate page. You should be precise and to the point when discussing the various aspects of the topic. For example, depending on your topic, you must look at the positive and negative effects of a corporate governance issue.

PAPER LENGTH

The content and quality of your writing are more important than length.  Keep in mind the following points:

 * Avoid trying to produce the minimum number of pages.

 * Do not fill in your pages with the usual trick of very large margins.

 * One or two measly lines on top of a page is not a separate page.

 * Any graphs or tables are simply attachments and not part of the main body of your paper.

 * The main body of the paper should be between 8 to 12 pages: Please try to adhere to these limits as much as possible, but remember that they are not numbers cast in stone; it is quality that counts.

STYLISTIC ISSUES

Please avoid turning in a sloppy piece of work, because it will affect your grade. In writing your paper for presentation, please remember the following guidelines:

 * The paper must be typed and double spaced.

 * Please number your pages.

 * Footnotes must go to the bottom of each page, not to the end of the paper.

 * Please number your tables and charts (Table 1, Chart 1, etc.) and put titles on such tables, if of course you are presenting charts and tables.

 * Please do not forget your bibliography.

PARTNERSHIPS

 * Students may work with a partner(s) if they so wish. However, both partners must work equally hard and must be able to discuss the progress of the paper with the instructor at a moment's notice.  Each student in the partnership has the right to break it at any moment if the partner is showing lack of effort.