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- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and other investors, holding 28 percent of the company's stock altogether, withheld their votes for the 30 percent of directors that they could vote on as a sign of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
group. While canvassers' visits increased turnout by 1.8 percentage points, candidates had no impact on participation. Candidates increased their own vote share in the precincts they canvassed, but only at the expense of their running... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
$60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans, an amount that rises in years when IBRD loans are in high demand, particularly for countries in the most influential seats. This effect is more likely driven by informal rules and norms in the boardroom than by the power of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
board accountability through greater transparency in decision making, more representative vote allocation, or better parliamentary scrutiny. In other words, although civil society efforts have led to some gains in accountability with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
agencies too disjointed to police abuses adequately. After analyzing the problems, Mills suggests possible solutions. While he advocates reorganization and reform of regulatory channels, he also proposes using market mechanisms to let investors View Details
- August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)
By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Amram Migdal and Susan Pinckney
Arla implemented a data-based price incentive system to measure, track, and influence climate friendly changes to reduce CO2 emissions across the world’s fourth largest dairy cooperative. View Details
Keywords: Dairy Industry; Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Environmental Accounting; Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Making; Decisions; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Pollution; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Financial Strategy; Price; Profit; Revenue; Food; Geopolitical Units; Global Strategy; Ownership Type; Cooperative Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Natural Environment; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; European Union; Germany; Denmark; Sweden; Luxembourg; Belgium
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
way. It was Primary Day. As was his habit on this occasion of civic duty, Joseph J. Lhota (MBA '80) had risen early at his Brooklyn Heights home in order to vote at his local polling place before departing for Lower Manhattan and his City... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
Katherine L. Milkman, Leslie John, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Many intend to stay fit but fail to exercise or eat healthfully; students intend to earn good grades but study too little; citizens intend to vote but fail to turnout. How... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
criticized its corporate governance. Laxey voted borrowed shares at the AGM. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208064 Evaluating M&A Deals—Equity Consideration Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
offer their thoughts on the Greek economic crisis. Their answers were written before last week's referendum vote by the Greek people, but their insights remain valuable. The Need For Sustainable Growth Calling for a referendum asking the... View Details
- March 2023
- Teaching Note
Sustainability Reporting at Dollar Tree, Inc.
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-044. The case discusses the ESG strategy of Dollar Tree Inc., a U.S. Fortune 500 company in the deep discount retail industry and the shareholder pressure faced by the company. In 2022, the company faced a shareholder resolution from... View Details
Keywords: ESG; Sustainability; Shareholder Activism; Dollar Tree; Sustainability Reporting; ESG Reporting; Board Of Directors; Shareholder Engagement; GHG; Environmental Accounting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Trends; Communication; Announcements; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Reports; Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Retail Industry; United States; Virginia
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
can name independent directors as defendants in lawsuits, and they can vote against their re-election to express displeasure over the directors' ineffectiveness at monitoring managers. In a sample of securities class-action lawsuits from... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
corporations is prevalent but rarely creates any wedge (a pyramid). The primary sources of the wedge are dual-class stock, disproportional board representation, and voting agreements. Each control-enhancing mechanism has a different... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)
By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal
The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The... View Details
Keywords: Dairy Industry; Business Earnings; Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Making; Decisions; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Pollution; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Financial Strategy; Price; Profit; Revenue; Food; Geopolitical Units; Global Strategy; Ownership Type; Cooperative Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Natural Environment; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; European Union; Germany; Denmark; Sweden; Luxembourg; Belgium
Parzen, Michael, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney, and Amram Migdal. "Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)." Harvard Business School Case 624-003, August 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
J.R. Klein Oxford University Press In the wake of the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump, globalization is increasingly under the microscope. The view that the reversal of globalization and a return to protectionism and... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
consumers to vote on suggested new flavors for Crest toothpaste. H.J. Heinz worked with Google to invite submissions of thirty-second video ads for Heinz ketchup; over 2,000 entries were received. Then-Senator Obama's website was an... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
to break down silos and provide a unified body of knowledge to inform public policy. Two proposed legislative agenda items from an earlier version of the group’s white paper were voted into state law last year: making the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
from the steps of Baker Library as some students railed against the invasion of Cambodia, others spoke with pride of their recent military service in Vietnam, and still others broke through the din with shouts of "Free Bobby Seale!" When all was said and done, the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
turnout among those who would have registered anyway. On the contrary, citizens registered due to the visits became more interested in the elections, and 93% voted at least once in 2012. Overall, these results suggest that easing... View Details