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  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

Contested by Firm Management By: Soltes, Eugene F., Suraj Srinivasan, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan Abstract—Shareholder proposals provide investors an opportunity to exercise their decision rights within a firm. However, not all proposals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

exclude it from the annual proxy statement. The SEC, however, reserves the right to deny the request—in which case the proposal is included in the statement and put forth for a vote after all. Source: What Else Do Shareholders Want?... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, eco-tourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The pioneering efforts to build certification schemes and environmental reporting are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 20, 2008

taken a position in a Mexico-based closed-end fund. Following a hard-fought proxy contest in which he advocated for management to eliminate the fund's substantial discount, Goldstein earns a seat on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

ability to benefit from private information. Consistent with these expectations, we find that abnormal returns to insider purchases-used to proxy for private information-are reduced following IFRS adoption. Similar results are derived... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53371 What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management By: Soltes, Eugene F., Suraj Srinivasan, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 25, 2016

directors manage reputation through disclosure choices in biographies in proxy statements filed with the SEC. Directors are more likely to withhold information about directorships at firms that experienced adverse events. Withholding such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

a proxy contest and a special shareholder meeting to vote on replacing Allergan's directors with a slate more favorable to the Valeant merger. The proposed Salix acquisition would give Allergan a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

the technology bubble to examine the hypothesis that inexperienced investors play a role in the formation of asset price bubbles. Using age as a proxy for managers' investment experience, we find that around the peak of the technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace