Publications

January 2019
Supplement

Tesla's Bid for SolarCity (B)

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Athena Zhang

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

December 2017 (Revised June 2021)
Case

In October 2016, Tesla asked its shareholders to ratify their $2.4 billion bid for SolarCity. Tesla had announced a series of large projects in the preceding months including the unveiling of the Model 3, the new Solar Roof, and pushing forward the opening of the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business and Shareholder Relations; Project Finance

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

characterizes the financial world. They also overlook the role of natural selection. To be sure, natural selection in the financial world is not exactly analogous to the processes first described by Darwin and elaborated on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2024
Supplement

Boba Fete Tea Shop – Student Worksheet

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Miles Mrowiec

October 2024
Case

Boba Fete Tea Shop

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Miles Mrowiec

January 2022
Background Note

Residual Income Valuation Model

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Albert Shin

This note explains the residual income valuation model (RIM), how it relates to "traditional" valuation models, the intuition behind its use, and empirical research related to its value relevance. RIM is theoretically equivalent to the dividend discount model and the... View Details

Keywords: Residual Income Valuation; Valuation; Research; Theory; Measurement and Metrics; Performance; Financial Management; Business Strategy

July 2021 (Revised February 2024)
Teaching Note

Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star

By: Jonas Heese and Charles C.Y. Wang

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 121-058. View Details

2015
Working Paper

Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value: A Reply to Amihud and Stoyanov

By: Alma Cohen and Charles C.Y. Wang

In a paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics in 2013, we provided evidence that market participants perceive staggered boards to be on average value-reducing. In a recent response paper, Amihud and Stoyanov (2015) “contest” our results. They... View Details

Keywords: Staggered Boards; Takeover Defense; Antitakeover Provision; Firm Value; Agency Costs; Delaware; Chancery Court; Airgas; Governing and Advisory Boards; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Delaware

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03 Nov 2015
First Look

November 3, 2015

queues. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50023 Evaluating Firm-Level Expected-Return Proxies By: Lee, Charles M.C., Eric C. So, and Charles View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2024
Supplement

Boba Fete Tea Shop – Instructor Worksheet

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Miles Mrowiec

February 2022 (Revised February 2024)
Supplement

ISS EVA Student Template

By: Jonas Heese and Charles C.Y. Wang

February 2022
Teaching Note

Introducing EVA at ISS: A Better Way to Evaluate CEO Performance and Compensation?

By: Jonas Heese and Charles C.Y. Wang

June 2021
Teaching Note

Growth Investing at Totem Point

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Charles C.Y. Wang

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 119-091. View Details

2016
Working Paper

The Search for Peer Firms: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom?

By: Charles M.C. Lee, Paul Ma and Charles C.Y. Wang

In knowledge-based economies, many business enterprises defy traditional industry boundaries. In this study, we evaluate six "big data" approaches to peer firm identifications and show that some, but not all, "wisdom-of-crowd" techniques perform exceptionally well. We... View Details

Keywords: Peer Firm; EDGAR Co-search; Analyst Co-coverage; Wisdom Of Crowds; Performance Benchmarking; Crowd Of Crowds; Internet and the Web; Accounting

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May 9, 2024
Editorial

Public Companies Are Alive and Well: They’re Fewer in Number but Bigger and More Profitable than Ever Before.

By: Mark J. Roe and Charles C.Y. Wang

Keywords: Public Ownership; Economy; United States

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August 10, 2022
Article

The Virtues of Stock Buybacks

By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang

Keywords: Stock Buybacks

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2017
Working Paper

Economic Uncertainty and Earnings Management

By: Luke C.D. Stein and Charles C.Y. Wang

In the presence of managerial short-termism and asymmetric information about skill and effort provision, firms may opportunistically shift earnings from uncertain to more certain times. We document empirically that when financial markets are less certain about a firm's... View Details

Keywords: Discretionary Accruals; Uncertainty; Implied Volatility; Earnings Response Coefficient; Risk and Uncertainty; Earnings Management; Financial Markets