Dividend - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 May 2023
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How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

company set up financial literacy workshops and tied dividends to ongoing financial performance. What makes an ownership mindset? But the payout seemed far off for many, and previous private equity promises had been cheap. Stavros and... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Aug 2012
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Face Fears with Courage

November 2007
Article

If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business

By: Robert C. Pozen

This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private equity deals (including... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Investment Return; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry

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On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but... View Details

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

that the two companies should at all times pay dividends of equivalent value in sterling and guilders. There were two head offices—in London and Rotterdam—and two chairmen. Until 1996 the "chief executive" role was performed by... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

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Measuring Sentiment & Expectations - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

equity share in new issues, the discount on closed end funds, stock market turnover, the number of ipos, and the premium on dividend paying stocks. Below we plot sentiment in its annual and monthly forms, as well as a version of sentiment... View Details

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Strategy - Faculty & Research

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery , Dante Roscini , Elena Corsi and Hugo Etchegoyhen October 2024 | Case | Faculty Research This case study examines the diversification and transformation of Edizione, the Benetton family's holding company originally established to reinvest... View Details

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Research - Global

Etchegoyhen This case study examines the diversification and transformation of Edizione, the Benetton family's holding company originally established to reinvest dividends from the Benetton clothing brand. Edizione expanded significantly... View Details

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

households’ stock holdings, the authors find that unrealized capital gains lead to a marginal propensity to consume of 23% for the bottom 50% of the wealth distribution and about 3% for the top 30% of the wealth distribution. Household consumption is significantly more... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Governing the Family-Run Business

dividends than do their relative owners who work in the business. Both viewpoints are typically legitimate and must be reconciled in a respectful way to set direction for the enterprise and preserve harmony in the family. To effectively... View Details

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Europe - Global

Montgomery , Dante Roscini , Elena Corsi and Hugo Etchegoyhen This case study examines the diversification and transformation of Edizione, the Benetton family's holding company originally established to reinvest dividends from the... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Economics in 1997, to John Lintner who co-created the Capital Asset Pricing Model and made significant contributions to dividend policy , and Gordon Donaldson whose work helped shape the field of corporate finance . We strive to... View Details

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

includes more firms, the researchers note. Strategy yields dividends for companies and new CEOs Choosing an external CEO seems to pay off for both the executive and the private equity firm itself, the research finds. The average PE fund... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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Output and asset price fluctuations

What are the sources of business cycles? How are these shocks propagated in the economy? Why are their effects so persistent? How can we explain asset price fluctuations? How are shocks transmitted internationally?To study these questions, I have developed a series... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Leadership

diversification and transformation of Edizione, the Benetton family's holding company originally established to reinvest dividends from the Benetton clothing brand. Edizione expanded significantly in the late 1990s and early 2000s,...... View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Edizione By: Cynthia A. Montgomery , Dante Roscini , Elena Corsi and Hugo Etchegoyhen October 2024 | Case | Faculty Research This case study examines the diversification and transformation of Edizione, the Benetton family's holding company originally established to... View Details

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Bloomberg: corporate actions calendar

What kind of information is included in Bloomberg's Corporate Action Calendar? In Bloomberg type CACT and hit GO to get to the Corporate Actions menu. You can search by: Date Corporate action type Country Company name, for details on: Class actions Corporate... View Details

07 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

likely to call on colleagues than were male and younger managers. Sharing the spotlight pays off The willingness to engage colleagues in the boardroom appears to also pay dividends in the stock market. Firms with CEOs who made a habit of... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

Shareholders Good boards balance their commitments to company and shareholder needs. For instance, the board should not necessarily authorize large dividends or help promote other shareholder goals like family employment or family... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

If the company is successful, that equity pays dividends. At C.H.I. Overhead Doors in rural Illinois, which offered equity grants shortly after KKR acquired the company in 2015, the first dividends were paid in May 2017. “I had colleagues... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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