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  • June 29, 2016
  • Editorial

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

By: Dante Roscini
The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the EU. What are the consequences? View Details
Keywords: European Union; United Kingdom
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Roscini, Dante. "What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?" Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (June 29, 2016).
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Does Banks' Corporate Control Benefit Firms?

In this paper we examine the importance of banks' corporate control by investigating the loan policy pricing effect of banks' voting stakes on their borrowers. A sample of loans taken out over the 2000-2003 time period shows that banks charge lower rates on... View Details
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Values as Luxury Goods and Political Polarization

By: Benjamin Enke, Mattias Polborn and Alex A Wu
Motivated by novel survey evidence, this paper develops a theory of political behavior in which values are a luxury good: the relative weight voters place on values rather than material considerations increases in income. The model predicts (i) voters who are... View Details
Keywords: Political Polarization; Government and Politics; Moral Sensibility; Luxury; Values and Beliefs; Voting
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Enke, Benjamin, Mattias Polborn, and Alex A Wu. "Values as Luxury Goods and Political Polarization." Working Paper, April 2022. (Revised April 2023.)
  • 2012
  • Other Unpublished Work

The Efficacy of Shareholder Voting: Evidence from Equity Compensation Plans

By: Ian D. Gow, Christopher S. Armstrong and David F. Larcker
This study examines the effects of shareholder support for equity compensation plans on subsequent chief executive officer (CEO) compensation. Using cross-sectional regression, instrumental variable, and regression discontinuity research designs, we find little... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Equity; Executive Compensation; Rights; Performance Effectiveness; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Motivation and Incentives
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Gow, Ian D., Christopher S. Armstrong, and David F. Larcker. "The Efficacy of Shareholder Voting: Evidence from Equity Compensation Plans." 2012.
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

votes cast in order to be elected. Contrast that, these activists warn, with the prevailing procedure that puts a candidate on a board with just a plurality of votes. They claim that under these conditions, directors can be elected with... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
  • March 2012 (Revised September 2014)
  • Supplement

Clarks at a Crossroads (B)

By: John A. Davis and Suzanne Stroh
Clarks (B) summarizes the results of the shareholders vote described in the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Davis, John A., and Suzanne Stroh. "Clarks at a Crossroads (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-114, March 2012. (Revised September 2014.)
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Will a Five-Minute Discussion Change Your Mind? A Countrywide Experiment on Voter Choice in France

By: Vincent Pons
This paper provides the first estimate of the effect of door-to-door canvassing on actual electoral outcomes, via a countrywide experiment embedded in François Hollande's campaign in the 2012 French presidential election. While existing experiments randomized... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Political Elections; France
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Pons, Vincent. "Will a Five-Minute Discussion Change Your Mind? A Countrywide Experiment on Voter Choice in France." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-079, January 2016. (American Economic Review (forthcoming).)
  • 24 Jun 2016
  • Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

The consequences of yesterday's vote by the British people to leave the European Union will be far-reaching, but there is no reason for global markets to panic.  Brexit is a vote against the European Union.... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
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An Australian Ballot for California?

By: David Moss, Marc Campasano and Dean Grodzins
In early 1891, California lawmakers were considering a plan to reform the state's elections through the introduction of an “Australian” ballot. Under this new system, candidates from all qualifying parties would appear on official ballots, which would be printed by... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Ethics; Political Elections; Laws and Statutes; Change; California
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Moss, David, Marc Campasano, and Dean Grodzins. "An Australian Ballot for California?" Harvard Business School Case 716-054, February 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
  • 2013
  • Other Unpublished Work

How ISS Dictates Equity Plan Design

By: David F. Larcker, Ian D. Gow, Allan McCall and Brian Tayan
Proxy advisory firms have long been known to influence the voting decisions of institutional investors. Now, a growing body of evidence suggests that they also influence company decisions in equity plan design. Should shareholders and the SEC be concerned? View Details
Keywords: Voting; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance
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Larcker, David F., Ian D. Gow, Allan McCall, and Brian Tayan. "How ISS Dictates Equity Plan Design." Stanford Closer Look Series, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2013.
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Voter Mobilization and Trust in Electoral Institutions: Evidence from Kenya

By: Benjamin Marx, Vincent Pons and Tavneet Suri
Voter mobilization campaigns face trade-offs in young democracies. In a large-scale experiment implemented in 2013 with the Kenyan Electoral Commission (IEBC), text messages intended to mobilize voters boosted participation but also decreased trust in electoral... View Details
Keywords: Political Participation; Electoral Institutions; Field Experiment; Voting; Political Elections; Behavior; Trust; Kenya
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Marx, Benjamin, Vincent Pons, and Tavneet Suri. "Voter Mobilization and Trust in Electoral Institutions: Evidence from Kenya." Working Paper. (Economic Journal 131, no. 638 (August 2021): 2585-2612.)
  • February 2016 (Revised April 2017)
  • Case

Democracy and Women's Rights in America: The Fight over the ERA

By: David Moss, Amy Smekar, Dean Grodzins, Rachel Wilf and Marc Campasano
On the afternoon of June 21, 1982, the Florida Senate prepared to vote on whether to ratify the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, which stated that “Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Government Legislation; Gender; History; Public Administration Industry; Florida
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Moss, David, Amy Smekar, Dean Grodzins, Rachel Wilf, and Marc Campasano. "Democracy and Women's Rights in America: The Fight over the ERA." Harvard Business School Case 716-041, February 2016. (Revised April 2017.)
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890–1950

By: Aldo Musacchio
The early development of large multidivisional corporations in Latin America required much more than capable managers, new technologies, and large markets. Behind such corporations was a market for capital in which entrepreneurs had to attract investors to buy either... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Governance Controls; Contracts; Laws and Statutes; Ownership Stake; Brazil
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Musacchio, Aldo. "Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890–1950." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-053, January 2008.
  • June 2007 (Revised April 2008)
  • Case

Say on Pay

By: Jay W. Lorsch, V.G. Narayanan and Alexis Chernak
Briefly describes the trend in 2006 and 2007 in the United States to give shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation. Highlights a few examples where shareholders have successfully garnered a majority in support of an advisory vote measure on company proxy... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
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Lorsch, Jay W., V.G. Narayanan, and Alexis Chernak. "Say on Pay." Harvard Business School Case 407-129, June 2007. (Revised April 2008.)
  • November 2007 (Revised June 2016)
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British Land

By: Lucy White
British Land's shares traded below NAV. Laxey investments tried to force British Land into share buybacks and criticized its corporate governance. Laxey voted borrowed shares at the AGM. View Details
Keywords: Stock Shares; Valuation; Property; Investment; Corporate Governance; Real Estate Industry; London
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White, Lucy. "British Land." Harvard Business School Case 208-064, November 2007. (Revised June 2016.)
  • 23 Jun 2020
  • Book

Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System

congressional election march, they say, favors "ideology over solutions and gridlock over action. Partisanship pays, compromise costs." The solution? The Final-Five Voting System for congressional candidates. Consisting of two... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Aug 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

From Green Users to Green Voters

Keywords: by Diego Comin & Johannes Rode; Energy; Utilities
  • February 2014
  • Teaching Note

Mylan Lab's Proposed Merger with King Pharmaceuticals

By: Lucy White
Perry Capital owns shares in King and, to facilitate approval of the merger, buys shares in Mylan, whilst hedging out its economic exposure to Mylan's share price using derivatives. The price at which Mylan proposes to merge with King is generous to King shareholders,... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Voting; Ethics; Stock Shares; Investment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Ownership Stake
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White, Lucy. "Mylan Lab's Proposed Merger with King Pharmaceuticals." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 214-067, February 2014.
  • January 2009 (Revised February 2014)
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Mylan Lab's Proposed Merger with King Pharmaceutical (Abridged)

By: Lucy White
Perry Capital owns shares in King and, to facilitate approval of the merger, buys shares in Mylan, whilst hedging out its economic exposure to Mylan's share price using derivatives. The price at which Mylan proposes to merge with King is generous to King shareholders,... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Voting; Ethics; Stock Shares; Investment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Ownership Stake
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White, Lucy. "Mylan Lab's Proposed Merger with King Pharmaceutical (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 209-097, January 2009. (Revised February 2014.)
  • March 2009
  • Supplement

Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Vincent Marie Dessain and Sarah Abbott
In mid-2007 the chairman and CEO of Eurotunnel Group, having elected to file for bankruptcy under a newly-enacted French insolvency law, awaits the outcome of a vote by creditors and shareholders. At least 50% of the shareholders must approve the plan, however they... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Law; Valuation; Assets; Investment Funds; Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations; Ownership; Outcome or Result; France
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Gilson, Stuart C., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Sarah Abbott. "Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde." Harvard Business School Supplement 209-113, March 2009.
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