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- 2022
- Article
The Effects of Public and Private Equity Markets on Firm Behavior
By: Shai Bernstein
In this article, I review the theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of public and private equity markets on firm behavior, emphasizing the consequences that emerge from disclosure requirements, ownership concentration, and degree of firm standardization.... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance And Governance; Financing Policy; Commercialization; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Public Equity; Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Cost of Capital
Bernstein, Shai. "The Effects of Public and Private Equity Markets on Firm Behavior." Annual Review of Financial Economics 14 (2022): 295–318.
- Teaching Interest
Empirical Research in Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance
By: Suraj Srinivasan
This course is a survey of financial accounting research intended for doctoral students. The primary purpose of the course is to introduce fundamental research themes and methodologies used in empirical financial accounting research. Participants will become... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research
Business Administration and co-head of the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Consider that between the 1950s and 1980s, Uncle Sam’s spending on research and development... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- October 2013 (Revised April 2018)
- Technical Note
Non-Equity Financing for Entrepreneurial Ventures
By: Joan Farre-Mensa, Ramana Nanda and Piyush Jain
Young, and particularly high-growth ventures often need to raise significant external finance, since their internal cash flow is usually insufficient to support the investments needed to grow. Although raising equity from venture capital or angel investors is the... View Details
Farre-Mensa, Joan, Ramana Nanda, and Piyush Jain. "Non-Equity Financing for Entrepreneurial Ventures." Harvard Business School Technical Note 814-005, October 2013. (Revised April 2018.)
- January 2017
- Background Note
Elements of Japanese Corporate Governance
By: Lena Goldberg and Joseph Badaracco
Goldberg, Lena, and Joseph Badaracco. "Elements of Japanese Corporate Governance." Harvard Business School Background Note 317-093, January 2017.
- 05 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction
Activist corporate governance reformers are spending too much time—and capturing too much of the media's attention—on fringe issues. One current initiative, for example, focuses on promoting "majority... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
- 1997
- Working Paper
Junk Bonds, Bank Debt, and Financing Corporate Growth
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jerold Warner
- 17 Aug 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1910
Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio
- 30 Oct 2013
- Conference Presentation
Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis in Italy
By: Dante Roscini
- 2000
- Chapter
Emerging Market Business Groups, Foreign Investors, and Corporate Governance
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Foreign Direct Investment; Corporate Governance; Globalized Economies and Regions
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Emerging Market Business Groups, Foreign Investors, and Corporate Governance." In Concentrated Corporate Ownership, edited by Randall Morck, 265–294. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
- 2013
- White Paper
Building and Governing a Democratic Federation: The ActionAid International Story
By: Sherine Jayawickrama and Alnoor Ebrahim
This report examines the governance model and reform process of an international nongovernmental organization (INGO), ActionAid International (AAI). It describes the evolution of AAI's governance model and draws key lessons for peer INGOs. The paper is based on a... View Details
Keywords: Governance; NGO; Accountability; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Non-Governmental Organizations
Jayawickrama, Sherine, and Alnoor Ebrahim. "Building and Governing a Democratic Federation: The ActionAid International Story." White Paper Series, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, June 2013.
- 2024
- Article
Political Polarization and Finance
By: Elisabeth Kempf and Margarita Tsoutsoura
We review an empirical literature that studies how political polarization affects financial decisions. We first discuss the degree of partisan segregation in finance and corporate America, the mechanisms through which partisanship may influence financial decisions, and... View Details
Kempf, Elisabeth, and Margarita Tsoutsoura. "Political Polarization and Finance." Annual Review of Financial Economics 16 (2024): 413–434.
- July 2010
- Teaching Note
China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A) and (B)
By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan
Teaching Note for 308027 and 308091. View Details
- 1998
- Working Paper
Emerging Market Business Groups, Foreign Investors, and Corporate Governance
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
- January 2024 (Revised November 2024)
- Technical Note
Legal Analysis: Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors
By: Louis Caldera
Caldera, Louis. "Legal Analysis: Corporate Governance and the Board of Directors." Harvard Business School Technical Note 324-068, January 2024. (Revised November 2024.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors
By: Feng Li and Suraj Srinivasan
We examine CEO compensation, CEO retention policies, and M&A decisions in firms where founders serve as a director with a non-founder CEO (founder-director firms). We find that founder-director firms offer a different mix of incentives to their CEOs than other firms.... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Retention; Managerial Roles; United States
Li, Feng, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Corporate Governance When Founders Are Directors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-018, August 2010.
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Improving Corporate Governance with the Balanced Scorecard
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Michael E. Nagel
- 1994
- Other Unpublished Work
Losing Interest: Interest Allocation Rules and the Cost of Debt Finance
By: K. A. Froot and J. Hines
- Article
Corporate Culture and Analyst Catering
By: Joseph Pacelli
This study examines the relation between financial institutions’ corporate culture and the quality of analysts’ research services. Using data collected from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, I measure the weakness of financial institutions’ corporate culture... View Details
Keywords: Analysts; Corporate Culture; Global Settlement; Financial Institutions; Organizational Culture; Conflict of Interests; Performance; Quality
Pacelli, Joseph. "Corporate Culture and Analyst Catering." Journal of Accounting & Economics 67, no. 1 (February 2019): 120–143.
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (TN)
By: Anthony J. Mayo and Johnathan Cromwell
Teaching Note for 406029. View Details