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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

firms and SEC regulations soon emerged. In 1972, Textron submitted a merger proposal, and ARD accepted. Two years later Doriot stepped down from active management of ARD but remained a member of its board of... View Details
  • 21 Dec 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

the largest investors in bonds—banks, insurance companies, and mutual funds—aren't willing to pay because they think they do a much better job than the rating agencies. What I propose is a neutral third-party approach to ratings. The SEC... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

M.I.A. Boards

company; evaluate the performance of senior managers; set executive compensation; approve key strategic and financial decisions; nominate candidates for shareholders to elect as directors; and ensure the company’s integrity, sustainability, and compliance with laws and... View Details
Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance
  • 10 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 10

crowdfunded real estate faces resistance from industry leaders, especially in regards to the concern of fraud, and SEC regulations on crowdfunding remain undetermined at the time of the case. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

sensitive and important issue in practice, as evidenced by corporate pushback to recent proposals for additional mandatory disclosures. For example, the SEC has proposed mandatory disclosure of certain compensation information; however,... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 21 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 21

Moreover, there is something resembling "intelligent design" in finance, whereby regulators and legislators act in a quasidivine capacity, putting dinosaurs on life support. The danger is that such interventions in the natural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

managers’ contest, but the SEC does not allow exclusion, 21% go on to win shareholder or firm support suggesting that managers often seek to exclude legitimate shareholder interests from their proxy statements. Our analysis illuminates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 18

wage comparisons affect firm policies on executive pay? This paper explores that question using a 1992 SEC proxy disclosure rule that mandated increased disclosure of executive pay. We argue that this rule differentially increased wage... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

commit to providing EV reports. Moreover, I document that EV reporting is more widespread in countries with more hostile takeovers, managers that do not avoid volatile income measures, regulators that are less likely to intervene in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

their increased tendency to behave fairly. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/shaw et al.pdf Robust Enforcement Should Complement Voluntary Regulation Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Georgetown... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 25, 2016

Abstract—Emissions regulation today is non-uniform, with some regions imposing carbon costs within their borders while many others do not. This gives rise to concerns over carbon leakage—offshoring and foreign entry in response to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

to demand it. In fact, I believe the SEC should make it a requirement. As we all try to come up with solutions to the problems of the planet, integrated reporting is one way to make sure that companies are part of the process. 2. Rebecca... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

that diverse views are well represented, and if politicians and regulators cannot be easily captured, then this shareholder-return view of political engagement is unlikely to reduce social welfare in the aggregate and thus damage the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

on how it is implemented—what regulations the SEC develops and how it actually is done—we easily could see a law implemented in a way that will exclude small companies from the public capital markets.... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

loans in their portfolio. Specifically, we look at the abnormal returns on stock trades following loan renegotiations. By collecting SEC filings of loan amendments, we are able to identify institutional investors that had access to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace