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  • February 2009 (Revised June 2010)
  • Background Note

Note on Measuring Controlling Shareholder's Ownership, Voting, and Control Rights

Founders and their families can raise equity without relinquishing control of their companies through the use of mechanisms such as dual-class stock, pyramidal ownership, voting agreements, and disproportionate board representation. The use of these mechanisms in... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Measurement and Metrics; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation
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Villalonga, Belen. "Note on Measuring Controlling Shareholder's Ownership, Voting, and Control Rights." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-109, February 2009. (Revised June 2010.)

    George Serafeim

    George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He co-leads a Lab, within Harvard's Digital, Data, Design Institute, and serves on the faculty steering commitee of Harvard University's Salata Institute. He... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; insurance industry; automobiles; industrial goods; fashion; food; green technology
    • May 2009
    • Article

    Synchronicity and Firm Interlocks in an Emerging Market

    By: Tarun Khanna and Catherine Thomas
    Stock price synchronicity has been attributed to poor corporate governance and a lack of firm-level transparency. This paper investigates the association between different kinds of firm interlocks, control groups, and synchronicity in Chile. A unique data set... View Details
    Keywords: Stocks; Price; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Resource Allocation; Emerging Markets; Ownership Stake; Chile
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    Khanna, Tarun, and Catherine Thomas. "Synchronicity and Firm Interlocks in an Emerging Market." Journal of Financial Economics 92, no. 2 (May 2009).
    • October 2000 (Revised November 2000)
    • Case

    New Economy Ethics: YouKnowIt.com

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Kim Slack
    Entrepreneur Janice Schwartz is hoping to grow her start-up company by creating a technical advisory board and compensating members with discounted company stock. Schwartz is considering six candidates that can help her online education company in a variety of ways: as... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Crime and Corruption; Customers; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Media; Networks; Internet
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    Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Kim Slack. "New Economy Ethics: YouKnowIt.com." Harvard Business School Case 301-050, October 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    CEO and CFO Career Penalties to Missing Quarterly Analysts Forecasts

    By: Rick Mergenthaler, Shiva Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan
    We find that missing the quarterly analyst consensus earnings forecast is associated with career penalties in the form of a reduced bonus, smaller equity grants, and a greater chance of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results... View Details
    Keywords: Earnings Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Managerial Roles; Personal Development and Career
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    Mergenthaler, Rick, Shiva Rajgopal, and Suraj Srinivasan. "CEO and CFO Career Penalties to Missing Quarterly Analysts Forecasts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-014, August 2008. (Revised June 2009.)
    • February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
    • Case

    UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?

    By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Forest L. Reinhardt and Elizabeth Raabe
    Marco Suter, Executive Vice-Chairman, UBS Board of Directors, carefully studied the chart on his desk. It showed the public commitment of major financial institutions to help mitigate global warming. Evidently, UBS lagged behind its competitors. The graph was part of a... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Change; Energy Conservation; Cost vs Benefits; Law; Financial Institutions; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Accountability; Financial Services Industry
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    Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Forest L. Reinhardt, and Elizabeth Raabe. "UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?" Harvard Business School Case 707-511, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
    • January 2018
    • Supplement

    In the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm: South Korea's Lotte Group, China and the U.S. THAAD Missile Defense System (B)

    By: Andy Zelleke and Brian Tilley
    This case explores Lotte Group’s challenge of how to respond to Chinese government pressure in 2017, following the Group’s February decision to transfer land to the South Korean government, on which Seoul intended to deploy the U.S.-built THAAD missile defense system.... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Corporation; Corporate Governance; Leadership; International Relations; Decision Making; South Korea; China; Japan; United States
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    Zelleke, Andy, and Brian Tilley. "In the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm: South Korea's Lotte Group, China and the U.S. THAAD Missile Defense System (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-023, January 2018.
    • 01 May 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

    Point’s market opportunity and growth rate but can be seen as a change in their growth strategy. The founder needs to decide his strategy for his next board meeting. Should he focus on past performance? Or... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • October 2017 (Revised October 2022)
    • Case

    JetBlue: Relevant Sustainability Leadership

    By: George Serafeim
    In 2017, JetBlue, the airline founded on the mission to “bring humanity back to air travel,” was considering becoming one of the first companies to report its sustainability performance according to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards. SASB... View Details
    Keywords: Sustainability; Metrics; Leadership And Change Management; Airlines; Innovation; Purpose; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Sustainability Reporting; Change Management; Leadership; Financial Reporting; Environmental Sustainability; Mission and Purpose; Reports; Competitive Strategy; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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    Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "JetBlue: Relevant Sustainability Leadership (A)." Harvard Business School Case 118-030, October 2017. (Revised October 2022.)
    • 21 May 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    rTSR: When Do Relative Performance Metrics Capture Relative Performance?

    Keywords: by Paul Ma, Jee-Eun Shin, and Charles C. Y. Wang; Financial Services
    • 01 Oct 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect

    Keywords: by Amir E. Khandani, Andrew W. Lo & Robert C. Merton; Construction; Real Estate
    • 01 Nov 2012
    • News

    First and Goal

    rejected. As a result, he resigned from the board of the organization he had founded to promote the sport that he loved. Today, Swearengin, an attorney who for 14 years has represented companies facing class action litigation View Details
    Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
    • December 2017
    • Article

    Is There a Doctor in the House? Expert Product Users, Organizational Roles, and Innovation

    By: Riitta Katila, Sruthi Thatchenkery, Michael Christensen and Stefanos A. Zenios
    We explore the impact on innovation that professional end-users of a product have as inventors, executives, and board members in a young firm. In contrast to prior literature, which has emphasized technology roles, we put the spotlight on the executive and governance... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; User Innovation; Healthcare; Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    Katila, Riitta, Sruthi Thatchenkery, Michael Christensen, and Stefanos A. Zenios. "Is There a Doctor in the House? Expert Product Users, Organizational Roles, and Innovation." Academy of Management Journal 60, no. 6 (December 2017): 2415–2437.
    • 2024
    • Report

    Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond

    By: James K. Sebenius
    As of early January 2024, discussion of the Gaza war heavily focuses on its humanitarian costs, cease fire possibilities, hostage prospects, and “day after” options. Yet what longer-term strategy guides actions on these vital issues while offering a more positive... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; War; International Relations; Israel; Middle East
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    Sebenius, James K. "Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond." Report, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, January 2024.
    • December 2017
    • Supplement

    CEO Succession at Cisco: Video Supplement

    By: Boris Groysberg and J. Yo-Jud Cheng
    Excerpts of videotaped class visits and an interview with former Cisco CEO John Chambers about Cisco’s CEO succession planning process. Topics include Chambers’ reflections on the process; the roles of the incumbent CEO, board of directors, executive search, and the... View Details
    Keywords: CEO Succession; CEO Turnover; Top Management Teams; Board Of Directors; Organizational Change; Strategic Human Resource Management; Strategy; High Technology; Management Succession; Managerial Roles; Corporate Governance; Organizational Culture; Change
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    Groysberg, Boris, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng. "CEO Succession at Cisco: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-705, December 2017.
    • 06 Jun 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

    management and governance turned out to be another non-obvious differentiator. “Financial management is a skill that all of our HBS alumni should feel confident in applying,” Kraus says. “Yet among the... View Details
    Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
    • 01 Dec 2022
    • News

    December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

    Publishing Corporate governance regulates not only interactions between shareholders, management, and oversight bodies such as boards of directors, but also ensures appropriate... View Details
    • July 2010 (Revised February 2011)
    • Supplement

    Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (B)

    By: Heidi K. Gardner and Erin McFee
    To weather the 2009 financial crisis, Eden McCallum's cofounders must renegotiate partners' compensation, attract independent consultants to meet different client demands, and reassure their Advisory Board that their network-based consulting model remains sound. The... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Partners and Partnerships; Consulting Industry
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    Gardner, Heidi K., and Erin McFee. "Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-027, July 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
    • November 2010 (Revised November 2017)
    • Case

    Washout: The Founders' Tale and the Investors' Tale

    By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad M. Carr
    The competing narratives of the founders of Alantec, Inc. and the venture capitalists who funded the company are explored in the context of Kalashian v. Advent VI Ltd. a California Superior Court case. The founders of the company, which produced switches for computer... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawsuits and Litigation; Managerial Roles; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Technology Industry
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    Goldberg, Lena G., and Chad M. Carr. "Washout: The Founders' Tale and the Investors' Tale." Harvard Business School Case 311-078, November 2010. (Revised November 2017.)
    • 01 Dec 2015
    • News

    Leading Boston and Beyond

    who have stayed in Boston–in government and private institutions—who still keep our relationship to the City government and public agendas in... View Details
    Keywords: Jen Myers; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
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