Publications

16 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 16, 2015

itself, requires continual experimentation and adaptation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49244 Working Papers Accounting Data, Market Values, and the Cross Section of Expected Returns Worldwide By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew R.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Article

Short-Termism and Capital Flows

By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang

During 2007–2016, S&P 500 firms distributed to shareholders $7 trillion via buybacks and dividends, over 96% of their aggregate net income, prompting claims that "short-termism" is impairing firms' ability to invest and innovate. We show that, when taking into account... View Details

Keywords: Short-termism; Quarterly Capitalism; Share Buybacks; Open Market Repurchases; Dividends; Equity Issuances; Seasoned Equity Offerings; Equity Compensastion; Acquisitions; Payout Policy; Capital Flows; Capital Distribution; Working Capital; Business and Shareholder Relations; Acquisition

11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

connectivity-have unleashed a new era of competition. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/11/how-smart-connected-products-are-transforming-competition/ar/1 Working Papers The Search for Benchmarks: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom? By: Lee, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2019 (Revised April 2019)
Case

Measuring Impact at JUST Capital

By: Ethan C. Rouen and Charles C.Y. Wang

JUST Capital is a nonprofit organization that seeks to make public companies more "just" by measuring and ranking their overall impact on society, based on the priorities most important to the average American. This case examines JUST’s strategy for influencing... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Performance Evaluation

Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

leader about successful product development. The Stock Buyback Controversy: Facts, Fiction, and Policies Professor Charles Wang + More Info – Less Info Stock buybacks have been a perennial subject of... View Details

February 2022
Case

Business Roundtable 2019 Statement: A New Paradigm or Business as Usual?

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Amram Migdal

This note focuses on the antecedents of, reactions to, and clarifications about The Business Roundtable’s August 19, 2019, “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” The note includes background information on corporate governance as practiced in the United States in... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Business History; Mission and Purpose; Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States

05 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

decisions to them. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53665 Expected Stock Returns Worldwide: A Log-Linear Present-Value Approach By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew R. Lyle, and Charles View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 25

Provide Wisdom? By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We compare the performance of a comprehensive set of alternative... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

March 2019 (Revised May 2019)
Case

Growth Investing at Totem Point

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Charles C.Y. Wang and Jonah Goldberg

The case describes the investment of hedge fund, Totem Point Management in Analog Semiconductors (ADI) as a way to discuss forecasting and valuation in growth companies. In June 2016, hedge fund Totem Point invested in ADI at around $55 a share. In general, Totem Point... View Details

Keywords: Growth Investing; Investment; Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Valuation

08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Applying a "co-search" algorithm to Internet traffic at the SEC's EDGAR... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

focuses on a board director of a diversified holding company. The CEO is raising the idea of joining with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to spin off part of the business as a separate company. The board director must consider how to respond.” Misaki... View Details

25 Jan 2024
News

Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest

time, we hope to engage the committee by providing recommendations and feedback where necessary.” He adds that the event was extensively covered in Nigeria’s national press, including the two leading TV stations. “It was a timely... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

27 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We argue, from an extensive literature review, that in the vast majority of research settings, biases in alternative expected-return proxies... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2018
News

The Real Problem With Stock Buybacks

Forthcoming
Article

Variable Leases Under ASC 842: Evidence on Properties and Consequences

By: Jonas Heese, Albert Shin and Charles C.Y. Wang

The new lease standard (ASC 842) allows firms to keep variable leases off-balance-sheet, in part based on the assumption that future expenses are difficult to estimate reliably. We show that variable-lease expenses are both prevalent and substantial, exhibiting... View Details

Keywords: Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis; Accounting; Leasing; Financial Strategy

SSRN

2021
Working Paper

Governance Transparency and Firm Value: Evidence from Korean Chaebols

By: Akash Chattopadhyay, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin and Charles C.Y. Wang

We examine Korean business groups' transition from circular-shareholding structures to (relatively simple) pyramidal-shareholding structures between 2011 and 2018. When firms were removed from ownership loops, chaebol families' control or incentive conflicts in them... View Details

Keywords: Business Groups; Cross Shareholding; Circular Shareholding; Pyramidal Ownership; Governance Transparency; Ownership Transparency; Earnings Response Coefficient; Business Conglomerates; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Business Earnings

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Winter 2021
Article

Can Staggered Boards Improve Value? Causal Evidence from Massachusetts

By: Robert Daines, Shelley Xin Li and Charles C.Y. Wang

We study the effect of staggered boards (SBs) using a quasi-experiment: a 1990 law that imposed an SB on all Massachusetts-incorporated firms. The law led to an increase in Tobin's Q, investment in CAPEX and R&D, patents, higher-quality patented innovations, and... View Details

Keywords: Staggered Board; Entrenchment; Life-cycle; Tobin's Q; Innovation; Profitability; Investor Composition; Governing and Advisory Boards; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Institutional Investing; Value