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  • July 2010
  • Article

Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions

By: Toby E. Stuart and Soojin Yim
In this paper, we examine the propensity for U.S. public companies to become targets for private equity-backed, take-private transactions. We consider the characteristics of 483 private equity-backed deals in the 2000-2007 period relative to public companies, and find... View Details
Keywords: Board Interlocks; Board Networks; Social Networks; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Public Ownership; Market Transactions; Governing and Advisory Boards; United States
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  • 2006
  • Chapter

Interlocking Directorates

By: Mark Mizruchi and Christopher Marquis
Keywords: Business Organization; Organizational Structure; Governing and Advisory Boards
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  • May 2009
  • Article

Synchronicity and Firm Interlocks in an Emerging Market

By: Tarun Khanna and Catherine Thomas
Stock price synchronicity has been attributed to poor corporate governance and a lack of firm-level transparency. This paper investigates the association between different kinds of firm interlocks, control groups, and synchronicity in Chile. A unique data set... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Price; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Resource Allocation; Emerging Markets; Ownership Stake; Chile
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  • 1998
  • Conference Presentation

The Dark Side of Embeddedness: An Examination of the Influence of Direct and Indirect Board Interlocks and CEO/Board Relationships on Interfirm Alliances

By: Ranjay Gulati
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts

By: Susanna Gallani
Effective design of executive compensation contracts involves choosing and weighting performance measures, as well as defining the mix between fixed and incentive-based pay components, with a view to fostering talent retention and goal congruence. The variability in... View Details
Keywords: Compensation Design; Board Interlocks; Compensation Consultants; Network Centrality; Homophily; Quadratic Assignment Procedure; Blockholders; Executive Compensation
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  • 18 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?

options), and in terms of how CEO performance is measured. THE NETWORK EFFECT Gallani hypothesized two possible culprits for the isomorphism. The first was the issue of interlocking directorates. Many directors belong to the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consulting
  • 17 Aug 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1910

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil During Early Industrialization

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio & Ian Read; Banking
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

is subject to isomorphic pressures, which cannot be completely explained by industry affiliation or peer group membership. Inter-firm professional network connections, such as board interlocks and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

financial markets change the interaction between banks and corporations? This paper compares the importance of interlocking boards of directors between corporations and banks in Brazil, Mexico, and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

at the networks of interlocking boards of directors of major joint stock companies in Brazil and Mexico in 1909. We test whether in Mexico businessmen relied more on networks and other informal arrangements... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

increase and is greater for "creative" industries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-007.pdf Board Interlocks and the Propensity to be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

http://intranet.hbs.edu/dept/drfd/new_publications/papers/Porter-Ketels/clusters.pdf Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions Authors:Toby E. Stuart and Soojin Yim... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

has proven to be unexpectedly fragile in a way that I think nobody I know really understood," Light said. To illustrate his point about the interlocking nature of housing and the U.S. financial system, Light said that for decades... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services