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- December 8, 2010
- Blog Post
Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders
By: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles CY Wang
Bebchuk, Lucian A., Alma Cohen, and Charles CY Wang. "Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (December 8, 2010). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2010/12/08/golden-parachutes-and-the-wealth-of-shareholders/.
- July 12, 2016
- Editorial
The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability
By: George Serafeim
Serafeim, George. "The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 12, 2016).
- summer 1992
- Article
Shareholder Trading Practices and Corporate Investment Horizons
By: Kenneth A. Froot, André Perold and J. Stein
Keywords:
Institutional Investing;
Market Efficiency;
Behavioral Finance;
Equities;
Stock Market;
Indexing;
Financial Markets;
Asset Pricing
Froot, Kenneth A., André Perold, and J. Stein. "Shareholder Trading Practices and Corporate Investment Horizons." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 42–58.
- November 2011 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
SecondMarket—Providing Liquidity for Shareholders of Privately Held iContact
By: William A. Sahlman, Ramana Nanda and James McQuade
In 2011, SecondMarket was an online platform that facilitated secondary transactions of illiquid assets, including private company stock. This case explores reasons for the decline in small-cap IPOs in the United States from the 1990s to the 2000s and how the emergence...
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Keywords:
Business and Shareholder Relations
Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, and James McQuade. "SecondMarket—Providing Liquidity for Shareholders of Privately Held iContact." Harvard Business School Case 812-072, November 2011. (Revised May 2012.)
- December 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel W. Fisher
At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States—its growth and profit margins far exceeded both peer retailers in the home goods market as well as many other discount retailers. But in 2014, its stock price peaked,...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation;
Diversification;
Corporate Governance;
Leading Change;
Performance Evaluation;
Valuation;
Investment Activism;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel W. Fisher. "Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value." Harvard Business School Case 722-408, December 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- 19 Sep 2024
- Panel Discussion
Shareholder Primacy vs. Stakeholderism: 5 Years Later
By: Lynn S. Paine
"Shareholder Primacy vs. Stakeholderism: 5 Years Later." Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society and Boston University Questrom School of Business, September 19, 2024.
- May 2015
- Case
Shareholder Issues over Ten Generations at De Kuyper
By: John A. Davis and Courtney Collette
Keywords:
Family Business
Davis, John A., and Courtney Collette. "Shareholder Issues over Ten Generations at De Kuyper." Harvard Business School Case 815-069, May 2015.
- 1992
- Working Paper
Consequences of Leveraged Shareholders Payouts: Defensive Voluntary Recapitalization
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Karen H. Wruck
- 1997
- Other Unpublished Work
Maximizing Corporate Shareholder Value Using Risk Profile Dynamics
By: Marc L Bertoneche and Samir Asaf
- 30 Nov 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU
Keywords:
by Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang
- 2009
- Article
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Priority of Shareholders
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Hsieh, Nien-he. "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Priority of Shareholders." Journal of Business Ethics 88, no. 4 (2009): 553–560.
- February 2013
- Article
Does Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge
By: Bo Becker, Guhan Subramanian and Daniel B. Bergstresser
We use the Business Roundtable's challenge to the SEC's 2010 proxy access rule as a natural experiment to measure the value of shareholder proxy access. We find that firms that would have been most vulnerable to proxy access, as measured by institutional ownership and...
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Becker, Bo, Guhan Subramanian, and Daniel B. Bergstresser. "Does Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge." Journal of Law & Economics 56, no. 1 (February 2013): 127–160.
- October 27, 2020
- Blog Post
Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU
By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang
Fried, Jesse M., and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (October 27, 2020). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2020/10/27/short-termism-shareholder-payouts-and-investment-in-the-eu/.
- February 2006
- Article
Creating Organizational Success for Your CEO and Your Shareholders
By: Blythe J. McGarvie and Eleanor Bloxham
McGarvie, Blythe J., and Eleanor Bloxham. "Creating Organizational Success for Your CEO and Your Shareholders." Directors Monthly (February 2006).
- 2008
- Working Paper
Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890–1950
By: Aldo Musacchio
The early development of large multidivisional corporations in Latin America required much more than capable managers, new technologies, and large markets. Behind such corporations was a market for capital in which entrepreneurs had to attract investors to buy either...
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Keywords:
Voting;
Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Governance Controls;
Contracts;
Laws and Statutes;
Ownership Stake;
Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo. "Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890–1950." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-053, January 2008.
- April 1995
- Teaching Note
EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (Case Series) TN
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-294-070) and (9-294-071).
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- 16 May 2019
- Panel Discussion
Under Pressure: Directors in an Era of Shareholder Primacy
By: Lynn S. Paine
- January 12, 2017
- Blog Post
Short-Termism and Shareholder Payouts: Getting Corporate Capital Flows Right
By: Jesse Fried and Charles CY Wang
Fried, Jesse, and Charles CY Wang. "Short-Termism and Shareholder Payouts: Getting Corporate Capital Flows Right." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (January 12, 2017). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/01/12/short-termism-and-shareholder-payouts-getting-corporate-capital-flows-right/.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Government Shareholdings in Brokerage Firms and Analyst Research Quality
By: Sheng Cao, Xianjie He, Charles C.Y. Wang and Huifang Yin
During times when the Chinese government wished to prop up the market, sell-side analysts from brokerages with significant government ownership issued relatively less pessimistic (or more optimistic) earnings forecasts, earnings-forecast revisions, and stock...
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Keywords:
Sell-side Analysts;
Forecast Optimism;
Forecast Accuracy;
Government Incentives;
Stocks;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Business and Government Relations;
Emerging Markets
Cao, Sheng, Xianjie He, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Huifang Yin. "Government Shareholdings in Brokerage Firms and Analyst Research Quality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-095, March 2018. (Revised June 2021.)