Shareholder - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

the social fiction, as you call it, that there are very few qualified CEO candidates available? A: There are two big factors that have influenced this. The first is the rise of the institutional investor. Before this, managers were fairly autonomous from View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

more than $10 billion in deal volume per year, on average, but they also play an important role in defining the relationship between inside and outside shareholders in every public company. Delaware courts and lawyers in transactional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

during the class period. Named directors receive more negative recommendations from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a proxy advisory firm, and significantly more negative votes from shareholders... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

2018
Article

What Can Managers Privately Disclose to Investors?

By: Eugene F. Soltes

Regulators have long been aware that differential access to information can undermine the efficiency and fairness of financial markets. In an effort to place investors on equal footing, the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2000 created Regulation Fair Disclosure... View Details

Keywords: Disclosure Regulation; Information; Communication; Business and Shareholder Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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28 Dec 2016
News

In Memoriam: Bill Bowes (MBA 1952)

Legendary venture capitalist and philanthropist Bill Bowes (MBA 1952) passed away on December 28. Bowes founded San Francisco’s US Venture Partners in 1981 and helped shape some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies, including Sun Microsystems and Amgen, where he was... View Details

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Bringing the Environment Down to Earth

wishful or insular thinking that can intensify their environmental problems and cost their shareholders unnecessary money. These are some of the common pitfalls: Letting business interests sway your opinion of scientific and economic... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt

19 Aug 2013
News

Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers

participants, the income earned from honey production often makes the difference between living below or above the poverty line. When not helping his fellow Kenyans boost their incomes and satisfy their palates, Keshavjee also makes sure they look sharp: He is the... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Jun 2007
News

KPMG for Mayor!

or nonprofit must demonstrate to its shareholders or donors that it can perform efficiently. To state the obvious, companies must make money. How could running a local government be a profitable enterprise? In a word: taxes. Voters in... View Details

Keywords: Eric Werker; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

15 May 2020
News

New Menu

to their shareholders and consumers, but haven't identified the technologies to deliver on them yet," Ive says. "We are going to solve the world's biggest challenges by supporting the world's best entrepreneurs," Ives believes.... View Details

21 Oct 2013
News

Moving the Needle

more focused on maximizing shareholder value." Specifically, a class taught by Professor Josh Lerner on venture capital prompted her to write a paper on the nature of value. "I wrote a paper calling for a different kind of value... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

Mozilo ... and 'Say on Pay' for All! (A) Harvard Business School Case 109-009 Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation. The case uses Countrywide... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Research Resources | Baker Library

articles and presentations by Land, published biographical works about Land, and photographs taken by Land and of Land. Audiovisual Collection, circa 1937–2005 (Series VI) Over 5,000 items of audio, video, and film related to Polaroid products and Polaroid View Details

15 Aug 2017
News

The Category Kingmaker

digital transaction management. Each was a category disruptor in its industry, became the market leader, generated significant shareholder value, and provided a series of stepping stones for this energetic entrepreneur. “The principles,... View Details

Keywords: Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Corporate Services

26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26

better understand the court's reasoning. The text continues to provide additional questions, connections to the empirical literature, and cross-country comparisons. Book: http://www.aspenlawschool.com/books/allen_busorg4/default.asp Working PapersHow Do Staggered... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2017
News

The Exchange: Venture Forth

illustration by Peter Arkle When Professor Paul Gompers began studying the venture capital industry in the late 1980s, colleagues often wondered why. “They’d say that it’s such a backwater and unimportant industry,” he recalls. With more than $127 billion invested... View Details

Keywords: April White

Portrait Project

Sharon Liszanckie

Twist what HBS taught about aspirational marketing, NOT to sell luxury goods, but to illustrate "goods" aren't important, what you do for others is. Demonstrate that increasing shareholder return is not wholly synonymous with... View Details

07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

rate. We discuss the implications of our findings for retail inventory and assortment planning and for the design of retail stores. Working PapersDoes Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

advocates is to find a way to enact humanitarian sentiments in a world where shareholder wealth reigns.—Margolis & Walsh Closer to home, the picture may be more vivid and compelling. For twenty years, Americans have lived through a... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh