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Professor Colin Mayer's research on corporate governance has had a profound impact on regulation, practice and policy regarding the governance of corporations around the world, and the measurement of corporate and national economic performance in the UK. Through policy engagement with the OECD, research carried out by Mayer over the past two decades has had a clear impact on the formulation of governance rules and codes at the international level, including recent discussions to modify the principles since 2012. Mayer's research has had further influence, since 2012, through his membership of the UK Government's Natural Capital Committee. His research on corporate valuation, performance and the role of business in society has also, and continues to change significantly the ways in which both national and corporate accounts incorporate natural capital.
Research on employee share plans and employee ownership has made an impact in the media and on government policy. Pendleton's research has influenced and increased media discussions of participation in share plans, financial knowledge, and plan outcomes in the specialist reward and financial press. Additionally, the research impacted upon government policy in two ways: one in informing a government decision not to remove the tax benefits connected with share ownership plans; and two, in contributing to an enquiry which has subsequently had a significant influence on the views of the main political parties towards employee ownership.