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  • 1988
  • Comment

Characteristics of Hostile and Friendly Takeover Targets

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Acquisition
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Jensen, Michael. Comment on "Characteristics of Hostile and Friendly Takeover Targets." Proceedings of Conference on Corporate Takeovers: Causes and Consequences, edited by Alan Auerbach. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
  • 1980
  • Chapter

Tests of Capital Market Theory and Implications of the Evidence

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Capital Markets; Mathematical Methods
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Jensen, Michael. "Tests of Capital Market Theory and Implications of the Evidence." In Handbook of Financial Economics, edited by J. L. Bicksler. North-Holland Publishing Company, 1980. (Originally published in Is Financial Analysis Useless? Proceedings of a Seminar on the Efficient Market and Random Walk Hypotheses (The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1975).)
  • 2000
  • Chapter

Value Maximization and the Corporate Objective Function

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Value Creation
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Jensen, Michael. "Value Maximization and the Corporate Objective Function." In Breaking the Code of Change, edited by Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000. (Forthcoming in Management Revolution: The Legacy of the Market for Corporate Control, Harvard University Press. Reprinted in Business Ethics Quarterly, v 12, No 1, 2001, & European Financial Management, v.7, no.3, September 2001.)
  • 1970
  • Chapter

The Time Series Behavior of Earnings: Discussion

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Business Earnings; Mathematical Methods
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Jensen, Michael. "The Time Series Behavior of Earnings: Discussion." In Empirical Research in Accounting: Selected Studies. University of Chicago, Institute of Professional Accounting, 1970.
  • 1971
  • Chapter

Risk, the Pricing of Capital Assets, and the Evaluation of Investment Portfolios

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Risk and Uncertainty; Capital; Asset Pricing; Performance Evaluation
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Jensen, Michael. "Risk, the Pricing of Capital Assets, and the Evaluation of Investment Portfolios." In Frontiers of Investment Analysis, edited by E. Bruce Fredrikson. International Textbook Company, 1971. (Previously published in Journal of Business, Vol. 42 (April, 1969))
  • 1986
  • Chapter

Takeovers: The Controversy and the Evidence

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Acquisition
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Jensen, Michael. "Takeovers: The Controversy and the Evidence." In Proceedings of the William G. Karnes Symposium on Mergers and Acquisitions, edited by Charles M. Linke. University of Illinois: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, 1986.
  • 1988
  • Chapter

The Takeover Controversy: Analysis and Evidence

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Acquisition
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Jensen, Michael. "The Takeover Controversy: Analysis and Evidence." In Knights, Raiders and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile Takeover, edited by John Coffee and Susan Rose-Ackerman. Oxford University Press, 1988. (Also in Midland Corporate Finance Journal, summer 1986; Stern, Stewart, & Chew, eds., Corporate Restructuring & Executive Compensation, Ballinger Pub, 1989; forthcoming in Jensen, Management Revolution, Harvard University Press.)
  • 2000
  • Book

Theory of the Firm: Governance, Residual Claims, and Organizational Forms

By: Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Theory; Business Ventures
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Jensen, Michael C. Theory of the Firm: Governance, Residual Claims, and Organizational Forms. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
  • summer 1994
  • Article

Self-interest, Altruism, Incentives, and Agency Theory

By: Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Theory
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Jensen, Michael C. "Self-interest, Altruism, Incentives, and Agency Theory." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 7, no. 2 (summer 1994): 40–45. (Reprinted in Michael C. Jensen, Foundations of Organizational Strategy, (Harvard University Press, 1998).)
  • November 1989 (Revised December 1996)
  • Supplement

Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners (B): LBO Associations and Corporate Governance

By: Michael C. Jensen
Describes the resolution of the default situation. Further examines the internal control mechanisms and distinct role of the board of directors of a typical LBO association. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Leveraged Buyouts; Rail Industry
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Jensen, Michael C. "Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners (B): LBO Associations and Corporate Governance." Harvard Business School Supplement 190-070, November 1989. (Revised December 1996.)
  • 09 Jun 2008
  • News

Now s Get Their Star Rankings, Too

  • 2011
  • Working Paper

The Three Foundations of a Great Life, Great Leadership, and a Great Organization

By: Michael C. Jensen
I argue here that the three factors my co-authors and I identify as constituting the foundation for being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership can also be seen as the foundations not only for great leadership, but also for a high quality personal life and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness; Work-Life Balance; Strategy; Value
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Jensen, Michael C. "The Three Foundations of a Great Life, Great Leadership, and a Great Organization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-122, May 2011.
  • December 1998
  • Supplement

General Bill Creech at Harvard Business School: October 6, 1995

By: Michael C. Jensen
General Bill Creech discusses motivation and change in the Tactical Air Command of the Air Force. View Details
Keywords: Change; National Security; Motivation and Incentives
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Jensen, Michael C. "General Bill Creech at Harvard Business School: October 6, 1995." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 899-504, December 1998.
  • October 1991 (Revised November 1996)
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Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group (A)

By: Michael C. Jensen
A Houston-based LBO firm makes two petrochemical acquisitions that benefit from improved industry conditions and improved organizational performance. The LBOs generate huge increases in value, creating problems for managers, who have large, undiversified equity... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Leveraged Buyouts; Chemical Industry; Houston
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Jensen, Michael C. "Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 492-021, October 1991. (Revised November 1996.)
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Blockbuster Deals

Michael Jensen, a finance expert, how what is happening today compares to what transpired in the 1980s. A decade ago, Jensen explains, M&As; were often associated with downsizing and what he describes as... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
  • 1998
  • Book

Foundations of Organizational Strategy

By: Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Organizations; Strategy
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Jensen, Michael C. Foundations of Organizational Strategy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998.
  • October 1991 (Revised November 1996)
  • Supplement

Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group (B)

By: Michael C. Jensen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
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Jensen, Michael C. "Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 492-022, October 1991. (Revised November 1996.)
  • 2000
  • Working Paper

Value Maximization and the Corporate Objective Function

By: Michael C. Jensen
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Jensen, Michael C. "Value Maximization and the Corporate Objective Function." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-058, March 2000.
  • 1991
  • Chapter

Eclipse of the Public Corporation

By: Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Public Ownership
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Jensen, Michael C. "Eclipse of the Public Corporation." In The Law of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Reorganizations, edited by D. A. Oesterle. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company, 1991. (Forthcoming in Management Revolution: The Legacy of the Market for Corporate Control, (Harvard University Press))
  • 1994
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Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences

By: Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Acquisition
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Jensen, Michael C. "Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences." In Readings in Mergers and Acquisitions, edited by P. A. Gaughan. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1994. (Also published in Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 2, No. 1 (winter 1988); an abridged version forthcoming in Management Revolution: The Legacy of the Market for Corporate Control, (Harvard University Press))
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