Early Reviews of Latham's Corporate Monitoring Ideas

James McRitchie, Editor of Corporate Governance web site www.corpgov.net:

"With this strategy (corporate monitoring resolutions) you have taken your proposal from the status of 'great in theory' to one which may very well revolutionize how corporations around the world are governed. For the first time in years of praxis in the field of corporate governance I feel confident that I will live to see the day when corporations are reponsible to their shareholders. An important secondary result will be less need for government intervention in order to assure their wealth generating capacity benefits the larger society. Brilliant!" [January 27, 1999]

Robert Monks, corporate governance thought leader (see Biography):

"It seems to me that you have proposed a solution to two core problems - free riding and genuinely independent nomination of directors - that are rarely addressed effectively.... In my view, what you are proposing is straightforward and constructive." [November 27, 1998]

Mark Rubinstein, Paul Stephens Professor of Applied Investment Analysis, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley:

"So far I can find nothing wrong in principle with Latham's ideas. I am worried that it may be difficult to get the ball rolling in practice. If Latham's ideas work out, the contribution to economic practice will be one of the most significant of this century." [June 11, 1997]