This document discusses corporate governance and its relationship to company performance. It begins by defining corporate governance and listing some key issues related to it, such as asymmetry of power and information between shareholders and management. It then notes that current status of corporate governance involves an overemphasis on structure over substance and regulatory overreach. A comparison is made between board structures of Indian and US companies. The document argues that good governance leads to better long-term performance by improving transparency, decision-making and risk management. However, governance alone does not ensure performance and there may be a time lag between implementing better governance and seeing performance improvements. It concludes by stating that companies should invest in governance to boost returns.