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      • April 2001
      • Article

      Earnouts: The Effects of Adverse Selection and Agency Costs on Acquisition Techniques

      By: Srikant M. Datar, Richard Frankel and Mark Wolfson
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost
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      Datar, Srikant M., Richard Frankel, and Mark Wolfson. "Earnouts: The Effects of Adverse Selection and Agency Costs on Acquisition Techniques." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 17, no. 1 (April 2001): 201–238.
      • 1999
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      Executive Ownership and Control in Newly Public Firms: The Role of Venture Capitalists

      By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
      We study the implications of CEO equity ownership for incentives and control in a sample of 1,011 newly public firms. Before an initial public offering, equity investments by venture capitalists reduce CEO ownership by about half, from an average of 35 percent to 19... View Details
      Keywords: Equity; Ownership; Motivation and Incentives; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Venture Capital; Managerial Roles; Cost Management; Governance Controls; Executive Compensation
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      Baker, Malcolm, and Paul Gompers. "Executive Ownership and Control in Newly Public Firms: The Role of Venture Capitalists." November 1999. (First draft in 1998.)
      • September 1999 (Revised July 2022)
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      The Goldman Sachs IPO

      By: Ashish Nanda, Malcolm S. Salter, Boris Groysberg and Sarah Matthews
      Addresses the proposed IPO and raises questions regarding how agency costs may rise or fall as Goldman converts from a private partnership to a public limited corporation. View Details
      Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Going Public; Corporate Governance; Agency Theory; Transformation; Financial Services Industry
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      Nanda, Ashish, Malcolm S. Salter, Boris Groysberg, and Sarah Matthews. "The Goldman Sachs IPO." Harvard Business School Case 800-016, September 1999. (Revised July 2022.)
      • March 1995 (Revised April 1995)
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      Scope of the Corporation, The

      By: David J. Collis
      Describes analyses that determine the appropriate limit to the scope of the firm. Examines both the production cost justification for firm diversification--economies of scope and shared resources, and the governance cost justification for including transactions inside... View Details
      Keywords: Cost; Agency Theory; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion
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      Collis, David J. "Scope of the Corporation, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 795-139, March 1995. (Revised April 1995.)
      • November 1988 (Revised September 1991)
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      Simmons Japan Ltd.

      By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
      Concerns the first leveraged buyout to occur in Japan. Analytic tasks include a valuation of the company and an assessment of its debt capacity. Also provides opportunities to discuss agency costs associated with alternative capital and equity ownership structures,... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Cost; Equity; Production; Valuation; Japan; United States
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      Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Simmons Japan Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 289-001, November 1988. (Revised September 1991.)
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      Finance II (MBA Required Curriculum)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty

      This course builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions:

      • How to evaluate complex investments.
      • How to set and execute financial policies within a firm.
      • How to integrate... View Details
      Keywords: Finance
      • Forthcoming
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      From Bupkis to Sechel in Health Care

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard Boxer
      Fifty years ago, famed economist Milton Friedman declared that “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.” This free market manifesto was adopted by the healthcare industry as well. But transactional has evolved into transformational with the... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Customer Focus and Relationships; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Industry
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Richard Boxer. "From Bupkis to Sechel in Health Care." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association (forthcoming).
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      Organization and Management Theory

      By: Michael L. Tushman

      This doctoral seminar explores fundamental aspects of organizations and organization theory. This seminar will cover various approaches to organizations and the institutional contexts within which they operate. We will pay particular attention to innovation and... View Details

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      By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

      Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

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