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- 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 affected accounting and compensation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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 shareholders vote described in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
countries serving on the board are rewarded with an average $60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans. This is more likely driven by soft forces like boardroom culture rather than by the power of the vote itself. We find no significant... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
Commission sought to prevent investment companies from extending their control through investment pyramids, as was done frequently in the 1920s. Consequently, one section of the Act stated that an investment company could not own more than 3 percent of another... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
the United States and use this list to analyze the relationship between insider ownership and firm value. Our data have two useful features. First, since dual-class stock separates cash-flow rights from voting rights, we can separately... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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 shareholders View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
innovation theme, even questions from the audience were handled in a creative process. Rather than raising a hand or grabbing a microphone, audience members submitted questions in writing via an online audience engagement platform called Glisser. Attendees View Details
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
conduct business. In fact, consumers vote with their checkbooks if they feel that transnational companies aren't acting as stewards of public health, worker rights, and the environment. As infamous cases have filled the airwaves—Nestlé's... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
two very different alternatives as to which direction to take Bausch & Lomb. Essentially, she can either stay the course or terminate the management team she originally selected to run Bausch & Lomb only two years beforehand. At the end of the (A) case,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
voting voice to determine which pieces by new, independent designers will be offered for sale on the site. Those who vote for the winning item of the day receive credits and rewards. The business launched... View Details
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and other investors, holding 28 percent of the company's stock altogether, withheld their votes for the 30 percent of directors that they could vote on as a sign of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
right, it could have profound implications for the role of leadership in organizations. And it should provide some comfort to all who, like Americans this month, vote to elect their leaders. In addition to being reasonably informed and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
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
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
board accountability through greater transparency in decision making, more representative vote allocation, or better parliamentary scrutiny. In other words, although civil society efforts have led to some gains in accountability with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
been ever upward. There was some hope that the concept of "say-on-pay," where shareholders vote on the CEO's compensation, might have some impact by making compensation committees more cautious, but we clearly still have a long... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
In 1962, the Harvard Business School faculty voted for women to be directly admitted to the two-year MBA Program for the first time. In September 1963, eight female students enrolled in the Class of 1965, alongside 676 men. The School has... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
group. While canvassers' visits increased turnout by 1.8 percentage points, candidates had no impact on participation. Candidates increased their own vote share in the precincts they canvassed, but only at the expense of their running... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2008
- What Do You Think?
Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
be to investors, but the long-term effect, it is assumed, would be to reverse the "doom loop" described above. For better or worse, it would be much more straightforward than the proposal on which more than one vote will be taken by the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
offer their thoughts on the Greek economic crisis. Their answers were written before last week's referendum vote by the Greek people, but their insights remain valuable. The Need For Sustainable Growth Calling for a referendum asking the... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
corporations is prevalent but rarely creates any wedge (a pyramid). The primary sources of the wedge are dual-class stock, disproportional board representation, and voting agreements. Each control-enhancing mechanism has a different... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace