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  • 1986
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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.)
  • 1972
  • Chapter

Optimal Utilization of Market Forecasts and the Evaluation of Portfolio Performance

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Financial Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance Evaluation
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Jensen, Michael. "Optimal Utilization of Market Forecasts and the Evaluation of Portfolio Performance." In Mathematical Methods in Finance, edited by G. P. Szego and Karl Shell. North-Holland Publishing Company, 1972.
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

departing executives soon become common practice. 1990 To better align executive pay with shareholder returns, academics — led by HBS professor Michael Jensen — and activists urge greater use of stock... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 1984
  • Comment

Capital Structure Change and Decreases in Stockholders' Wealth

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Capital Structure; Wealth; Loss
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Jensen, Michael. Comment on "Capital Structure Change and Decreases in Stockholders' Wealth." National Bureau of Economic Research Proceedings of Conference on Corporate Capital Structures in the United States. University of Chicago Press, 1984.
  • 1992
  • Chapter

Arbitrage, Information Theft, and Insider Trading

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Financial Markets; Information; Ethics
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Jensen, Michael. "Arbitrage, Information Theft, and Insider Trading." In New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance, edited by Peter Newman, Murray Milgate, and John Eatwell. London: Macmillan Press, 1992. (Earlier version, Arbitrage, Information Theft, and the Mistaken Attack On Insider Trading, published in "Chief Financial Officer U.S.A.", John Thackray, ed. (Sterling Publications, London: 1988), pp. 114-115.)
  • 1972
  • Chapter

The Performance of Mutual Funds in the Period 1945-1964

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Investment Funds; Performance; Financial Services Industry
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Jensen, Michael. "The Performance of Mutual Funds in the Period 1945-1964." In Investment Management: Some Readings, edited by J. Lorie and R. Brealey. Praeger, 1972. (Previously published in Journal of Finance (May, 1968))
  • 1998
  • Chapter

Divisional Performance Measurement

By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity
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Jensen, Michael. "Divisional Performance Measurement." In Foundations of Organizational Strategy, by Michael C. Jensen, 345–361. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998.
  • 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))
  • 1972
  • Chapter

The Foundation and Current State of Capital Market Theory

By: Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Capital Markets; Theory
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Jensen, Michael C. "The Foundation and Current State of Capital Market Theory." In Studies in the Theory of Capital Markets, edited by M. C. Jensen. New York: Praeger, 1972.
  • 1979
  • Chapter

Toward a Theory of the Press

By: Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Media; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Journalism and News Industry
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Jensen, Michael C. "Toward a Theory of the Press." In Economics and Social Institutions, edited by Karl Brunner. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1979.
  • 1977
  • Chapter

The Debasement of Contracts and the Decline of Capital Markets

By: Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Contracts; Capital Markets; Value; Financial Services Industry
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Jensen, Michael C. "The Debasement of Contracts and the Decline of Capital Markets." In The World Capital Shortage, edited by Alan Heslop. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1977.
  • 1989
  • Chapter

LBOs and the Reemergence of Institutional Monitoring of Managers

By: Michael C. Jensen
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Management
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Jensen, Michael C. "LBOs and the Reemergence of Institutional Monitoring of Managers." In Leveraged Management Buyouts: Causes and Consequences, edited by Yakov Amihud, pp. 263–268. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1989.
  • 2004
  • Working Paper

Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity

By: Michael C. Jensen
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Jensen, Michael C. "Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity." ECGI Working Paper Series in Finance, No. 39-2004, May 2004. (This paper is drawn from The Agency Cost of Overvalued Equity and the Current State of Corporate Finance (Keynote Lecture, European Financial Management Association), London, June 2002. It is also included in the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets Research Paper Series, Harvard NOM Research Paper No. 04-26.)
  • 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.
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