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  • 12 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Accounting Information as Political Currency

the firm in the future (the politicians and firms have a good history together), one can argue that the earnings management is "well spent." It is ambiguous, however, whether earnings management or other forms of political contributions actually... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

effectively to voters? A: While around a fifth of U.S. adults are political partisans, about half don't participate. If citizens think their vote will not matter, see no important differences among the candidates, encounter barriers to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

disbursements are relatively more staggered. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14074 Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper presents a goal-oriented model... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

most affected by proxy access, as measured by institutional ownership, lost value on that day. The value drop was 55 basis points for a 10 percentage point change in activist institution ownership. These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

defendants. The likelihood of being named is greater for audit committee members and directors who sell stock during the class period. Named directors receive more negative recommendations from Institutional View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

Inc.’s third largest shareholder in 2013 when Dell announced a management-led buyout, or MBO, structured as a merger. In considering whether to vote for or oppose the transaction, Brian C. Rogers, chairman... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

in the capital structure of bankrupt firms according to their institutional type and track them from the initial filing until the vote on the plan of reorganization. We document several novel facts about the... View Details
Keywords: 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
  • 04 Apr 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

Brian Kenny: Here's a hypothetical for you. Imagine you're sitting at your favorite coffee shop when a teenager pulls up a chair and asks you to share a bunch of personal information. He wants to know your birthday, what kind of food you like, where you go on vacation,... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

the airline to work with the court to restructure and unload a significant amount of its debt, giving an iconic company "a second bite of the apple," says Gilson. An unabashed advocate of Chapter 11 and debt restructuring, Gilson is an expert in the legal... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

Authors:Mihir Desai and Li Jin Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper employs heterogeneity in institutional shareholder tax characteristics to identify the relation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

institutional theory, managers, and policymakers. What Good Are Shareholders? Authors:Justin Fox and Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2012) Abstract The article looks at the role outside View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007

Tatiana Sandino Abstract In this paper we examine the economic consequences of over 150 shareholder proposals to expense employee stock options (ESO) submitted during the proxy seasons of 2003 and 2004—the first case where the SEC has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt V.G. Narayanan and Lisa BremHarvard Business School Case 112-003 When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

relative lack of success in fundamentally altering the political institutions of the countries in question...this is the real problem—not the 'hegemonic pretensions' of the United States, but its chronic lack of imperial stamina."... 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
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Voting; Price; Public Ownership; Valuation; Financial Liquidity; Stock Options; Management Practices and Processes; Telecommunications Industry
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  • 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
  • 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

across medicine. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52286 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long-Run Survival By: Gao, Cheng, Tiona Zuzul,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 May 2009
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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
  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607075 UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action? Harvard Business School Case 707-511 Marco Suter, Executive Vice-Chairman, UBS Board of Directors, carefully studied the chart on his desk. It... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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