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The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards: Theory, Evidence & Policy
By: Lucian Arye Bebchuk, John C. Coates IV and Guhan Subramanian
Bebchuk, Lucian Arye, John C. Coates IV, and Guhan Subramanian. "The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards: Theory, Evidence & Policy." Stanford Law Review 54, no. 5 (May 2002). (Selected by academics as one of the "top ten" articles in corporate/securities law for 2002, out of 350 articles published in that year.)
- 2003
- Conference Paper
Founder Power and Pay for Outcomes: Cash Compensation and the Entrepreneur
By: Noam Wasserman
Market Power in Mortgage Lending and the Transmission of Monetary Policy
We present evidence that high concentration in mortgage lending reduces the sensitivity of mortgage rates and refinancing activity to mortgage-backed security (MBS) yields. We isolate the direct effect of concentration and rule out alternative explanations in two ways.... View Details
- April 2004
- Article
Do CEOs in Mergers Trade Power for Premium? Evidence from 'Mergers of Equals'
By: Julie Wulf
I analyze chief executive officer (CEO) incentives to negotiate shared control in the postmerger governance of the surviving firm. In order to do this, I study abnormal returns in a sample of "mergers of equals" (MOEs) transactions in which the two firms are... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation; Governance Controls; Power and Influence; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Motivation and Incentives; Market Transactions
Wulf, Julie. "Do CEOs in Mergers Trade Power for Premium? Evidence from 'Mergers of Equals'." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 20, no. 1 (April 2004): 60–101.
- 2025
- Working Paper
Private Equity and Workers: Modeling and Measuring Monopsony, Implicit Contracts, and Efficient Reallocation
By: Kyle Herkenhoff, Josh Lerner, Gordon M. Phillips, Francisca Rebelo and Benjamin Sampson
We measure the real effects of private equity buyouts on worker outcomes by building a new
database that links transactions to matched employer-employee data in the United States. To
guide our empirical analysis, we derive testable implications from three theories in... View Details
Herkenhoff, Kyle, Josh Lerner, Gordon M. Phillips, Francisca Rebelo, and Benjamin Sampson. "Private Equity and Workers: Modeling and Measuring Monopsony, Implicit Contracts, and Efficient Reallocation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-046, March 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
- 01 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat
Keywords: by Paul Novosad & Eric Werker
- July 2020
- Case
Pivotal Ventures: Bending the Curve on Women’s Power and Influence
By: Lynda Applegate and Ankita Panda
Applegate, Lynda, and Ankita Panda. "Pivotal Ventures: Bending the Curve on Women’s Power and Influence." Harvard Business School Case 821-015, July 2020.
- July 2019 (Revised July 2020)
- Module Note
Disruptive Innovation: How Can We Beat Our Most Powerful Competitors?
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Christensen, Clayton M. "Disruptive Innovation: How Can We Beat Our Most Powerful Competitors?" Harvard Business School Module Note 420-014, July 2019. (Revised July 2020.)
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Designs by Kate: The Power of Direct Sales (Brief Case)
By: John A. Deighton and Sarah Abbott
Teaching Note to 4277. View Details
- Aug 2011 - 2011
- Conference Presentation
Innovation and Regulative Ambiguities in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector
By: Shon R. Hiatt
- 2010
- Working Paper
Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas
By: David Moss
It has been said that deregulation was an important source of the recent financial crisis. It may be more accurate, however, to say that a deregulatory mindset was an important source of the crisis—a mindset that, to a very significant extent, grew out of profound... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Failure; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; United States
Moss, David. "Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-080, October 2010.
- 2004
- Class Lecture
Strategic Alliances: The Power of Partnering Between Nonprofits and Businesses
By: James Austin
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Partners and Partnerships
Austin, James. "Strategic Alliances: The Power of Partnering Between Nonprofits and Businesses." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2004. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-830-4C.)
- June 1987 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
Carolina Power & Light Co.: Customer and Operating Services Group
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Cespedes, Frank V. "Carolina Power & Light Co.: Customer and Operating Services Group." Harvard Business School Case 587-179, June 1987. (Revised May 1992.)
- 13 Apr 2012
- News
Power Poses: Tweaking Your Body Language For Greater Sales Success
- 13 Apr 2012
- News
Power Poses: Tweaking Your Body Language For Greater Sales Success
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
The Power of a ‘Project Beard’ and Other Office Rituals
- 11 Dec 2023
- News
Corporate America Is Testing the Limits of Its Pricing Power
- 09 Mar 2017
- News
Why It’s Time to Break Up America’s Most Powerful Duopoly
- May 2016
- Article
Cooperation in Multicultural Negotiations: How the Cultures of People with Low and High Power Interact
By: Shirli Kopelman, Ashley E. Hardin, Christopher G. Myers and Leigh Plunkett Tost
This study examined whether the cultures of low- and high-power negotiators interact to influence cooperative behavior of low-power negotiators. Managers from four different cultural groups (Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, and the United States) negotiated face-to-face in... View Details
Keywords: Global Collaboration; Negotiations; Culture; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Hong Kong; Germany; Israel; United States
Kopelman, Shirli, Ashley E. Hardin, Christopher G. Myers, and Leigh Plunkett Tost. "Cooperation in Multicultural Negotiations: How the Cultures of People with Low and High Power Interact." Journal of Applied Psychology 101, no. 5 (May 2016): 721–730.