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  • 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19

case focuses on the lead-up to Disney's 2012 annual meeting where Disney would face a vote on the compensation package of its CEO, Robert Iger. Leading proxy advisory firms were recommending that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

plans are more likely to hire a consultant. Lastly, say-on-pay voting patterns suggest shareholders view positively the advice consultants provide but only when consultants do not provide other services. We... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

ways. In the light of these wide-ranging effects, much scholarship has been devoted to specifying the responsibilities of managers of for-profit business enterprises. Much of this scholarship is framed in relation to “shareholder primacy”—the view that managers should... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 27

$60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans, an amount that rises in years when IBRD loans are in high demand, particularly for countries in the most influential seats. This effect is more likely driven by informal rules and norms in the boardroom than by the power of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

U.N. aid by 8 percent when it rotates onto the council. This effect increases during years in which key diplomatic events take place (when members' votes should be especially valuable) and the timing of the effect closely tracks a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016

that UGC on platforms ranging from Yelp to Facebook has a large causal impact on economic and social outcomes ranging from restaurant decisions to voting behavior. These findings often leverage unique data sets and methods ranging from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807144 The New York Times Co. Harvard Business School Case 207-113 The Sulzberger family owns 20 percent of the New York Times Co. (NYT) but controls 70 percent of the board through a dual-class share... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

about it because it resulted in a number of layoffs. Even so, I remember someone pointing at me in a bar, and we hustled out of there. It certainly left a taste in my mouth of the power of strategy and thought, but I felt really bad about it." The tension between... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

campaign urging shareholders to vote against the merger. However, the National Pension Service (NPS)—a major shareholder of Samsung C&T—votes in favor of the deal. The case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 4

anyway. On the contrary, citizens registered due to the visits became more interested in and knowledgeable about the elections as a result of being able to participate in them, and 93% voted at least once in 2012. The results suggest that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

Case 319-046 The Weir Group: Reforming Executive Pay (A) In February 2018, the Remuneration Committee together with the full Board of Directors of the Scotland-based engineering company The Weir Group had to decide whether to seek a View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

211-044 Magna International, Inc., a Canadian-based automotive parts manufacturer, is considering whether and how to unwind its dual-class ownership structure. A family trust controlled by the founder owns a 0.65% economic interest in the company but has 66% of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

likely to hire compensation consultants the following year. Finally, we show that shareholders “Say-on-Pay” votes are more favorable for companies using compensation consultants, but this association is also... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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companies millions in lost revenues, spur dramatic declines in investor confidence and shareholder value, upend customer reliance, and unnerve employees. Yet the notion of trust is surprisingly hard to define in a business context. More... View Details