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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
2003 and 2004—the first case where the SEC has allowed an accounting matter to be subject to an advisory vote at an annual meeting. We find evidence suggesting that ESO expensing shareholder proposals... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
Nigerians. It could lay out its management plan as part of its election campaign, and voters would take that into account in making their decision. Why would locals vote for a foreigner? If they felt it was their only option to get out of... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
assess whether to hold or sell their shares in Eddie Bauer. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusiness.org/search/110008/ Eddie Bauer (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 110-009 In February 2007, shareholders of Eddie Bauer, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
oversight by the board of directors. The case explores the history of AFSCME's shareholder activism on this front and particularly its use of shareholder proposals voted on by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
compensation consultants who legitimize outrageous pay; accountants and attorneys who see no evil; legal vote buying; and rampant conflicts of interest. They discuss what happened, or failed to happen, in the boardrooms of Lehman... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Meanwhile, Allstate continued to lose market share to GEICO and Progressive as it struggled to build its direct sales business in the face of opposition from its tied-agent distribution system. During the May 2011 Annual General Meeting (AGM), 31% of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
relatively low concentration of ownership and control in large firms before 1910. Archival evidence such as company statutes and shareholder lists document that in many Brazilian corporations voting rights... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
firms would organize to fund the deal following a successful bid. The plaintiffs asked the court to delay the shareholder vote on the merger to solicit additional bidders. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
financial environment, and possibly for firms in industries with highly liquid assets as well. This result sheds light on the link between financial and economic development. Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- May 2009
- Teaching Note
Nextel Partners: Put Option (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for [207-128] View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-403 Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy By 2015, there had been an upsurge in activist shareholders arguing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
more than $10 billion in deal volume per year, on average, but they also play an important role in defining the relationship between inside and outside shareholders in every public company. Delaware courts and lawyers in transactional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
the social fiction, as you call it, that there are very few qualified CEO candidates available? A: There are two big factors that have influenced this. The first is the rise of the institutional investor. Before this, managers were fairly autonomous from View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
app targeted at millennial customers that would include a novel proxy voting feature that allowed clients to vote on shareholder resolutions with a simple swipe. With this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
its competition and into financial trouble. The case ends with a pivotal vote by shareholders on whether to sell this family company. Clarks (B) summarizes the results of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
exchanges. Shareholder protection strongly predicted exchange success, even in countries with high levels of venture capital activity, patenting, and financial market development. Second-tier exchanges in countries with better View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
Cong. Don Beyer, Anne Kelly (HKS 1996), Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006), Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), Prof. Michael Toffel, and Matt Sonnesyn (HKS 2002). Fifty years ago, the Clean Air Act passed the United States Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support; in the Senate,... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 11 May 2021
- Blog Post
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
syndicates, the study says. Public companies also typically require more infrastructure and legal support to handle shareholder and regulatory demands. “For a lot of entrepreneurs, it's just about the term sheet and how much equity... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
majority of shareholder votes by creating a separate class of equity with superior voting rights. Also, in owner-managed focused firms, the founders frequently avoided dilution... View Details