election - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

timely and valid Section 83(b) elections if the founders adopt vesting as part of the equity split. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809110 Orange: Read&Go Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

This speaks to a very large leaky pipe, into which the government is pouring more resources in the futile hope that the pipe repairs itself. The fear is that this is an election sop, before next year's national elections, in order to... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

well-being of society. But those people are not corporate executives. They are elected leaders who are competent and trustworthy.” Is Milton Friedman’s philosophy an invitation, ironicaslly, to more active public governance? Is... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

2004, Facebook has built a phenomenally successful business at global scale to become the fifth most valuable public company in the world. The revelation of Cambridge Analytica events in March 2018, where 78 million users' information was leaked in a 2016 U.S. View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Feb 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

build a scholarly community that reflects what is happening in the broader world while creating new learning materials for students and practitioners." Iansiti and Lakhani's MBA elective course Digital Innovation and Transformation... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology

17 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Decoding the Artful Sidestep

Question the Right Way," is available for download [PDF]. Todd Rogers, now Executive Director of the Analyst Institute, explained more. Martha Lagace: What observations or experiences got you interested in studying conversational blindness? Was it inspired by the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jul 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence

and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard Business School and an expert in technology strategy. So when Yoffie began a three-year effort to update an HBS elective course on strategy development in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer; Education

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

latest e-commerce enterprise. And in a new MBA elective course he has developed, Large-Scale Investment, Esty examines how private firms structure, value, and finance large, first-of-a-kind (or greenfield) projects. "Although the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

have their director candidates' names included on the ballots sent out by the company (dissident shareholders now must send out their own ballots); puts an end to staggered boards at all companies (boards traditionally elect one-third of... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

06 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 6

to leave sued firms. Overall, shareholders use litigation along with director elections and director retention to hold some independent directors more accountable than others when firms experience financial fraud. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

14 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

incorporates a focus on gender issues. His studies include a comprehensive global survey of board members, as well as a series of case studies that approach the issue of women on boards from an individual, an organizational, and a country level. This year, Groysberg... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance

Last spring HBS became the first top-ranked U.S. business school to offer a course in consumer finance. Jointly taught by HBS professor Peter Tufano and Harvard Law School professor Howell Jackson (HBS MBA '80), the elective course... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Education

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

MBA course in negotiation as well as advanced dealmaking electives and Executive Education programs), has developed a model with former HBS faculty member David A. Lax called "three-dimensional negotiation." In a course note... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

readers, tell us what you think were the most significant trends, ideas, or management lessons from 2015. Then look ahead to next year. How do you think the 2016 presidential election will change the American economy? Will there be... View Details

05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, essentially argues that the most important things are not predictable anyway, so why obsess about predictions. Silver's predictions of specific outcomes in the 2008 and 2012 US elections were... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

owners and actively engage with boards. To start, in the nomination and election process, shareholders could signal their support (endorsement, neutrality, or nonendorsement) for candidates the board puts forth and vote accordingly. If... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable

including Thomas Jefferson and Jack Welch. More on them later.) Under most circumstances, a leader is elected or appointed. And it makes no difference who ends up in power so long as the person is experienced and is hired through the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

09 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?

percent. Results were even starker during a congressional election year, in which a heightened political environment presumably casts more scrutiny on agency decisions. In those cases, farmers associations' influence increased the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Biotechnology; Agriculture & Agribusiness

26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

likely to experience SEC enforcement actions. Next, I examine whether variations in politicians’ sensitivity to employment levels result in variations in enforcement against large employers. I find that large employers are less likely to face enforcement actions during... View Details