shareholder value - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jul 2011
News

Brightening the Future

business that can help the poor while remaining economically viable is in keeping with Ayala’s career shift away from the for-profit focus on maximizing shareholder value. In his new venture, he told BusinessWorld, “We want to maximize... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

March 2013
Supplement

HOYA Corporation (A)

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Negotiation Tactics; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Japan

Citation

Purchase

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

both companies had to learn how to cope with the increasing interest in their business—not only by their traditional shareholders but also by new classes of share- and stakeholders. Total, for example, is followed closely by its... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

(such as going to a museum), an online intervention that led to greater liking after offline meetings (Study 3). How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture. 50th Anniversary Special Issue... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

numbers, industry trends, strategy considerations, shareholder interests, and several other financing options and come up with a plan to save his company. With Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos's recent acquisition of the Washington Post and sports... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

Web

Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

explains the absence of government schools motivated her to set up a network of private schools, based on the belief that all children are entitled to an equal education. Questions for Discussion What is the trade-off between creating View Details

Web

Transportation - Business & Environment

business leaders that recognize shareholder value is irrelevant if the planet cannot be sustained long enough to realize financial gains. Every day, I rely on HBS frameworks for analysis and disruption... View Details

25 Aug 2014
News

Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987

razor-sharp focus on the future. Although the products have changed over the years—from the glass bulbs for Thomas Edison’s electric light to the cover glass in Apple’s iPhones—Weeks sees a steady pattern of innovation paired with an old-fashioned commitment to values.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2013
News

Case Study: Citizen Buffett

trigger a crippling default on an amended loan agreement, Morton has to take a hard look at the numbers, industry trends, strategy considerations, shareholder interests, and several other financing options and come up with a plan to save... View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

25 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 25

reduction in monopoly price leads to the production of units that cost less than their value to consumers (standard channel); (ii) regulation calms down existing consumers because a reduction in the profits of an "unkind" firm... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

Mills shows how capitalism's financial value chain — comprising venture capitalists, bankers, and entrepreneurs and compelled by the lure of potential fortunes to be made — failed in its role to exercise caution in the formation and... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

11 May 2021
Blog Post

IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

syndicates, the study says. Public companies also typically require more infrastructure and legal support to handle shareholder and regulatory demands. “For a lot of entrepreneurs, it's just about the term sheet and how much equity... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

08 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 8

shareholder value in concentrated industries. By contrast, non-delay provisions have an unambiguously negative relation with value, and more so in concentrated industries. Overall, our analysis suggests that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1996
News

The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson

short-term results with adherence to a long-term strategy and direction. At Cummins, we are driven by the concept of maximizing shareholder value -- but the question is, value... View Details

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

not just maximize shareholder value but doing good by doing well—how to pursue business that has a social mission at its heart while also generating returns for its investors,” said Mbanusi. Casting a wide... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

"For several years, the cover of one conglomerate's annual report actually bore the legend '2+2=5' in large type under the company's name. They wanted you to believe that the firm's value was greater than the sum of its parts, that a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

that business schools weren’t doing their job in terms of graduating ethical business leaders? Stevenson: What I would say was there was a sense that ethics were forgotten as investor capitalism became the new business model, with View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

were to their investment opportunities," Farre-Mensa explains. Investment opportunities are usually measured by market-to-book ratio, the relationship between the market value of a company and the book View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

June 1995
Teaching Note

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream Inc.: Keeping the Mission(s) Alive TN

By: Richard E. Walton

Teaching Note for (9-392-025). View Details

Keywords: Value; Business Ventures; Creativity; Marketing; Business and Shareholder Relations; Policy; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Competency and Skills; Managerial Roles; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry