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- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
shareholders into a more active participative role, CEO compensation along with other governance challenges such as agency issues will continue to plague companies." Julie Dotson-Shaffer put it most succinctly: "Every contract... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
ambitious goal of creating a showcase high-tech city from scratch. The collaboration brought together software entrepreneurs, real estate developers, city government officials, architects, builders, and technology corporations. Taking a close look at the work, norms,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders
Further, Serafeim shows that because investors have such a keen interest in tracking ESG performance, up to 60 percent of a company’s value may stem from nonfinancial data. Classroom discussions often energize associate professors and... View Details
- February 2011 (Revised April 2012)
- Teaching Note
Braddock Industries, Inc. (TN)
Teaching Note for 211061. View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
Transatomic Power in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a company that aims to revolutionize the nuclear energy industry. In addition, participants discuss alternative governance styles and shareholder value... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Subramanian Abstract We measure the value of shareholder proxy access by using a recent development in the ability of shareholders to nominate candidates for board seats. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
and governance dimensions. Critics of the One Report concept maintain that it destroys shareholder value by diverting attention from short-term profit maximization. But Eccles and two colleagues found just... View Details
- May 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Supplement
'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (B)
By: Jonas Heese and David Lane
Supplement to the (A) case that offers an assessment of the August 2019 Markopolos report on General Electric. View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Communication; Energy; Financial Condition; Insurance; Performance; Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Value; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry
Heese, Jonas, and David Lane. "'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 121-033, May 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
has enough leverage to practice it. Boards of directors play an important role in championing the cause of stakeholders of all kinds. DF in AZ put it this way: “If a company promises a fundamental shift towards shareholder capitalism but... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- July 1995 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Nutra Foods
By: David F. Hawkins
An investor reviews his equity investment and asks for help in understanding how the stock splits and dividends impact his investment and the company's stockholders' equity portion of the balance sheet. View Details
Keywords: History; Financial Management; Private Equity; Capital Structure; Valuation; Investment Return; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Nutra Foods." Harvard Business School Case 196-038, July 1995. (Revised May 1997.)
- November 2006 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
HCA, Inc. (A)
Focuses on the buyout of HCA by three private equity firms: Bain Capital, KKR, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. It provides an opportunity to discuss a variety of issues related to leveraged buyouts including the process, the role of private equity, the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity; Investment; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Valuation
Ruback, Richard S. "HCA, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 207-076, November 2006. (Revised December 2011.)
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The MBA Turns 100
degree’s relevance, asserting that programs have drifted too far into theory that has relatively little use in practice. And they fault business schools for turning out graduates fixated on shareholder value... View Details
- 24 Mar 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing
owners opted for an IPO in March 2000. Valued at 400 million Rand on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, its shareholders included about 1,000 of the company's security guards. From Ipo To Acquisition "An... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
value to their products. At the time, Keshavjee was the head of the Aga Khan Foundation in East Africa, a major development agency, and believed that the best way to sustain health and education initiatives was through income generation... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
concerned about what I should do with my life. I knew I wanted a career in business, but it wasn't until I was at HBS that I grasped that business could be a force for good in society. We were constantly reminded of the importance of moral View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer
about how the current business scene is heavily skewed toward the shareholder. "Certainly the shareholder is important," he notes. "However, the shareholder role has gotten out of balance with the other... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
Since when do the taxman and the shareholder agree? IRS Commissioner Mark Everson and SEC Chairman Christopher Cox (MBA 1976) have advanced a simple, but controversial proposal. Companies would be required to disclose how much they pay in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
it happen in practice. That’s on the private market side. On the public side, the question is how you can influence the behavior of a company to reflect your values, or protect the long-term value of your investment—or both—while only... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- Web
Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog
mtolsdorf@hbs.edu Career Focus This course is designed for students who are pursuing a career in businesses that are family owned - i.e. the majority shareholders are family, investment roles in family offices, or students that might... View Details
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
little guidance. Executives may be tempted to take refuge in the idea that they have fiduciary obligations to maximize shareholder returns, but this is simply a myth—corporate leaders have many responsibilities, but there is no... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda