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- 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
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
features of relational pluralism inside and across organizations. We conclude with a discussion of future directions for research. August 2013 Psychological Science A 'Present' for the Future: The Unexpected Value of Rediscovery By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
A share market skyrocketing. We discuss the cause and the consequence of investor sentiment on the cross-listing decision of firms and the responsibilities of corporate managers to maximize existing View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Relationships Using CRM By: Avery, Jill, and Susan Fournier Abstract—With incidences in the 20%-25% range, the practice of firing customers has become increasingly attractive as firms try to maximize the lifetime View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
even generate sufficient high quality capital-budget projects to use the available resources—and therefore go on merger-and-acquisition expeditions. The stock market is telling managers what the scarce strategic resource is. When it View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
must be nurtured and the transition to high growth must be managed. Once breakthrough innovations catch hold, growth must be funded and managed to exploit the full value of the opportunity. And finally, incremental innovations must ensure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
literacy stifle demand. A second view argues that demand is rationally low, because formal financial services are expensive and of relatively low value to the poor. This paper uses original surveys and a field experiment to distinguish... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
compensation at least since proponents of agency theory 25 years ago began advocating the use of stock options in compensation packages. Its use is a source of praise in the evaluation of governance by rating agencies that provide guidance to View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
about hedge fund managers and private equity managers raking in billions while decimating companies and destabilizing markets more than we worry about whether the CEO of Ford took home a few paltry millions while actually running a company that is open to View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
the amount of nicotine they inhale, gradually weaning themselves off their addiction if they choose. “The value proposition of e-cigarettes is clear” "The value proposition of e-cigarettes is... View Details
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
that such a manager has little hope of retaining this customer from year to year, there is little incentive to encourage consumption by billing in installments. Instead, he can minimize administrative hassles and maximize revenues by... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
during the class period. Named directors receive more negative recommendations from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a proxy advisory firm, and significantly more negative votes from shareholders... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
of the modern neo-liberal regime. No PDF is available for download at this time. Social Categories and Minimizing Joint Gains: An Ethical Dilemma? Authors:Stephen M. Garcia, Max H. Bazerman, and Dale T. Miller Abstract People prefer View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
analysis, all subjects were asked for their private assessment of the target company's fair value—as distinct from how they might portray that value in the bargaining process. Those assigned the role of seller gave median valuations more... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
Wall Street. Though many believe this happens because firms have a "fiduciary duty" to maximize shareholder returns, U.S. executives do not, as a matter of law, have any such obligation. Yet it's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
the company's bottom line, as well as the environmental or social impacts of one or more of its value chain partners. Theatre 3 encompasses programs targeted at fundamentally changing the business's ecosystem. This transformation is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- June 2025
- Case
Vail Resorts: Responding to Activist Pressure (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer
On January 27, 2025, the head of a relatively small hedge fund named Late Apex Partners sent a highly critical letter to the board of directors of Vail Resorts, the world’s largest ski resort operator. In his letter, and the 88-slide presentation that accompanied his... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance; Capital Budgeting; Corporate Governance; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Leading Change; Valuation; Investment Activism; Climate Change; Management Succession; Financial Management; Risk Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Travel Industry; United States; Australia; Canada
Esty, Benjamin C., and Edward A. Meyer. "Vail Resorts: Responding to Activist Pressure (A)." Harvard Business School Case 225-082, June 2025.
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
rights and efficient debt enforcement mitigate the effect of excess control rights on loan spreads. Taken together, our results suggest that potential tunneling and other moral hazard activities by large shareholders are facilitated by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
and the environment while still creating value for their shareholders. How to Become a Sustainable Company Authors: Robert G. Eccles, Kathleen Miller Perkins, and George Serafeim Publication: MIT Sloan Management Review 53, no. 4 (2012)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne