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  • November 2018 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

Tesla, Inc. in 2018

By: Siko Sikochi, Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
On August 7, 2018 Elon Musk, Chairman and CEO of Tesla tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla private and had secured funding. Weeks went by without details about a deal and speculation grew that Musk had misled investors. He soon abandoned the idea, but the... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure Regulation; Board Independence; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards
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  • 29 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

to question, debate, and even oppose initiatives with which they disagree—and often do so. Corporate CEOs also tend to deal with their shareholders periodically and at a distance. True, they have to talk with analysts at least quarterly,... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
  • 28 Dec 2016
  • News

In Memoriam: Bill Bowes (MBA 1952)

Legendary venture capitalist and philanthropist Bill Bowes (MBA 1952) passed away on December 28. Bowes founded San Francisco’s US Venture Partners in 1981 and helped shape some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies, including Sun Microsystems and Amgen, where he was... View Details
  • October 2024
  • Teaching Note

BWX Technologies

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Yuan Zou
Keywords: Transformation; Communication Intention and Meaning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Diversification; United States; Canada
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  • January 2024
  • Case

BWX Technologies

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Yuan Zou and Aldo Sesia
Rex Geveden and Robb LeMasters, CEO and CFO of BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT), were concerned that investors and analysts did not fully appreciate the company's transformation from a nuclear reactor provider to the US Navy and Canadian utilities to a multi-product line... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Communication Intention and Meaning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Diversification; United States; Canada
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  • October 20, 2023
  • Article

How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts

By: Michael W. Toffel
Nearly half of CEOs view climate change as affecting their companies now or within the coming decade, but there is also a wide gap between what CEOs say is progress on tackling climate change and what many of their investors believe are effective actions. Companies... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform

governance. According to Grace Hinchman, senior vice president for public affairs at Financial Executives International, chief financial officers need to become more responsive to a smarter audit committee, and shareholders have a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Speculation and Credit - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

speculation in the stock market and lottery is a recurring theme in the following prints. "Before and after" depictions of shareholders were a particular favorite—admonishing the viewer that fortunes made from speculation can be lost... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Enron’s Legacy

If Enron had been owned and controlled by a small group of private-equity investors, could the monitoring and control practices of a professionally run buyout shop have protected Enron’s shareholders and employees from the problems that... View Details
Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance
  • Portrait Project

Sharon Liszanckie

Twist what HBS taught about aspirational marketing, NOT to sell luxury goods, but to illustrate "goods" aren't important, what you do for others is. Demonstrate that increasing shareholder return is not wholly synonymous with... View Details
  • 09 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

advocates is to find a way to enact humanitarian sentiments in a world where shareholder wealth reigns.—Margolis & Walsh Closer to home, the picture may be more vivid and compelling. For twenty years, Americans have lived through a... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
  • 08 Oct 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

further thought: "Does increasing transparency and visibility of the ratios help increase the ability for shareholders and boards to make better choices?" He commented, "One of the best agents to advocate for the right... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • Web

Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog

E-mail: mtolsdorf@hbs.edu Career Focus This course is designed for students who are pursuing a career in businesses that are family owned - i.e. the majority shareholders are family, investment roles in family offices, or students that... View Details
  • 11 Dec 2014
  • News

Revolutionizing digital medical records

biggest opportunity I’ve ever seen to do enormous good and simultaneously create enormous shareholder value,” said Bushkin. “There are too few opportunities to do something this important.” (Published December 2014) View Details
  • January 1999 (Revised October 2010)
  • Background Note

Accumulated Earnings Tax and Personal Holding Company Tax

By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard
Identifies Congress's concerns and objectives in adopting the Accumulated Earnings Tax and the Personal Holding Company Tax. Also describes the provisions' mechanics and some of their practical implications. View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Public Administration Industry; United States
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  • April 2011
  • Article

Local Dividend Clienteles

We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on corporate payout policy. Retail investors tend to hold local stocks, and older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Demographics; Investment; Geographic Location; Policy; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 21 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

Finding My North Star at the Crossroads of Profit and Purpose

and career choices. Graduating from IIT Kharagpur, I decided to join Schlumberger – the world’s largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger, founded in 1926, in many ways reminded me of Tata Steel, a company that cares for its people while returning value to its... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer

about how the current business scene is heavily skewed toward the shareholder. "Certainly the shareholder is important," he notes. "However, the shareholder role has gotten out of balance with the other... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Strange Bedfellows

Since when do the taxman and the shareholder agree? IRS Commissioner Mark Everson and SEC Chairman Christopher Cox (MBA 1976) have advanced a simple, but controversial proposal. Companies would be required to disclose how much they pay in... View Details
Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Government
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53371 What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management By: Soltes, Eugene F., Suraj Srinivasan, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne