Shareholder - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

equity proportionally by 41% on average, via higher margins, efficiency, or shareholder payouts, depending on where they had slack. These incentives are driven by the prestige associated with the Index, rather than direct-pecuniary or... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

educate leaders who make a difference in the world. For IBM, one of its central values is innovation that makes a difference for its customers and the world. The company hopes that statement of values will be used to make money for its View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

and the long-awaited breakthrough in R&D productivity has yet to materialize. This disappointing performance raises a question: Can organizations motivated by the need to make profits and please shareholders successfully conduct basic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Emer Moloney

In Spring 2023, SECO CEO Massimo Mauri had the ambition to grow the €200 million revenue technology company to a €1 billion company by 2030. Founded in Italy in the 1970s, the family-owned company had gone through a period of growth and internationalization,... View Details

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13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

questions at the upcoming shareholder meeting about Ping An's financial strategy for diversification within China and globally. Ping An had been founded by Ma in 1988 and had since grown into China's second largest life insurer. While... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

observed corporate accountability reports can be used to determine whether and how those reports create or destroy value for shareholders and other constituencies. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934322 When Supply-Chain... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

November 2020 (Revised April 2021)
Case

Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care

By: Trevor Fetter and Kira Seiger

This case describes the increasing investment by private equity (PE) firms in patient care and other healthcare services. The case focuses on investments in physician staffing firms and roll-up strategy investments in physician practice management (PPM). Included in... View Details