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  • 01 Sep 2003
  • What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

Summing Up "It is pretty clear to me to whom the board is accountable: the shareholders."—J. W. Penland "When the board deviates from long- and short-term shareholder interests as it has recently done in some instances, it... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • July 1987
  • Case

Investor Relations at AT&T

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Telecommunications Industry
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  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

interests of the corporation. Contrary to popular belief, this does not mean maximizing shareholder value without regard for the effect on employees, customers, suppliers, the environment, or the communities in which the corporation does... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • November 1991
  • Case

Investor Relations at Work: Situations in the Financial Marketplace

By: Stephen A. Greyser
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Communication
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  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Trouble in Mouse Land

In 1984, two board members of the Walt Disney Company (WDC) — Stanley Gold and Roy Disney — mounted a targeted campaign to convince major shareholders that Michael Eisner and Frank Wells were the right team to lead the faltering... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Over the Top

on shifting the balance of power in the boardroom away from management. Senator Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) Shareholder Bill of Rights Act, introduced May 19, casts shareholders as the antidote to runaway... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government
  • January 1982 (Revised June 1983)
  • Case

International Drilling Corp. (A)

Details the moral conflict experienced by Don Taylor, a new high-level executive in an oil drilling firm, when he discovered that the firm was deceiving its investors. What should he do and how should he go about it? Presents the emergence of Taylor's suspicions about... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mining Industry
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  • 17 Jul 2000
  • What Do You Think?

Where Is the Microsoft Board?

interests of shareholders alone or, those of all stakeholders, including employees and customers? Moris Simson (HBS ISMP 91) Mitel Corporation Those taking issue with these premises generally saw the company's leadership with the support... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 17 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

ago also provided investor-friendly provisions that protected shareholders from abuses by large shareholders, managers, and other corporate insiders—protections that were even better than what was offered in the country in the late 20th... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

    Duane L. Burnham

    During Burnham’s ten years as CEO, Abbott’s return to shareholders exceeded 20% per year. Burnham invested in research and development and maintained strict financial control over the company’s operations. View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare
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    First time investments in private equity and M&A.

    click on Add Criteria. Click on Investment Firm Type under Investment/Advisory Firms, select PE/VC then Add Criteria. Click on Features under M&A Details, select Majority Shareholder Increasing Ownership Stake, Minority... View Details
    • 02 Sep 2010
    • What Do You Think?

    How Transparent Should Boards Be?

    Gogula put it, "While protecting the short term interests of shareholders and avoiding a depression of stock prices may be a tempting recourse for a Board member to take, long-term shareholder interest... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
    • 08 Nov 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Managers' Cultural Background and Disclosure Attributes

    Keywords: by Francois Brochet, Gregory S. Miller, Patricia Naranjo, and Gwen Yu

      Stephen M. Case

      Case, the founder, has built America Online into the world’s largest online service provider with over 20 million members, and services which include commerce, e-mail, chat, and Internet access. In 1998, America Online’s revenues were $3.3 billion and total annualized... View Details
      Keywords: Communications
      • November 2018 (Revised January 2019)
      • Module Note

      Responsibilities to Investors (Abridged)

      By: Lena G. Goldberg and Joseph L. Badaracco
      This note focuses on managers’ responsibilities—economic, legal, and ethical—to investors. In capitalist and some socialist economies, these responsibilities traditionally have been grounded in fiduciary duties and are typically part of the common law or statutory law... View Details
      Keywords: Responsibilities To Investors; Investors; Responsibility; Business and Shareholder Relations; Management; Ethics
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      • 01 Sep 2010
      • News

      Reinventing the Annual Report

      and customer satisfaction, factors that contribute to revenue growth. So how can shareholders and other stakeholders know if a company’s commitment to a sustainable society is contributing to a sustainable strategy that will create value... View Details
      Keywords: Robert G. Eccles

        Anthony J. F. O'Reilly

        When he took the helm of Heinz in 1979, O’Reilly pursued an aggressive expansion plan including a reinvestment in core brands, a slashing of expenses, and an international acquisition program. The plan produced stellar financial returns for well over a decade –... View Details
        Keywords: Food & Tobacco
        • 18 Jul 2005
        • Research & Ideas

        Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

        could be welcome. Moreover, if shareholders are the recipients of all this value, then this would just be a transfer from tax authorities to shareholders. Unfortunately, the evidence is more mixed on the degree to which View Details
        Keywords: by Ann Cullen

          David W. Johnson

          Employing an aggressive streamlining strategy, Johnson is credited with creating Campbell Soup Company’s successful turnaround. Under his leadership, Campbell became one of the most profitable consumer products companies in the United States. His laser focus on... View Details
          Keywords: Food & Tobacco

            Ralph S. Larsen

            Larsen reorganized J&J and managed its costs in order to improve its efficiency and reduce operating expenses. Between 1994-1999, the annual operating costs were reduced by $2 billion, which enabled J&J to compete aggressively in the personal care market.... View Details
            Keywords: Healthcare