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Finance - Faculty & Research

Article Expectations of Returns and Expected Returns By: Robin Greenwood and Andrei Shleifer We analyze time-series of investor expectations of future stock market returns from six data sources between 1963 and 2011. The six measures of... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

that accompanied his letter, the activist investor criticized the firm’s strategy, leadership, and financial performance. In fact, he was calling for fundamental change: replacing the CEO, CFO, and board... View Details

    Best-selling and New Cases by Ben Esty

    Best-Selling Cases:  

      1) Eaton: Portfolio Transformation & Cost of... View Details

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    Skydeck - Alumni

    complex issues with essential speed The Musts of 2023 Alumni recommendations from the year in media So You Want to Join a Startup Investor and entrepreneur Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) on how to look before you leap Love and Money Insights... View Details
    • 28 Jun 2016
    • First Look

    June 28, 2016

    economic thought and contested antitrust law, ultimately tailoring federal policy to accommodate state regulations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49787 Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Jul 2021
    • Book

    Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

    it,” says Harvard Business School Professor Sandra Sucher. By contrast, she notes, when Pinterest proactively moved to keep anti-vaccination activists from spreading misinformation on the site during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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    Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

    lives of people and their societies. Rather, some organizations would be better off measuring shorter-term outputs or individual outcomes. Funders such as foundations and impact investors are better positioned to measure systemic impacts.... View Details
    • 17 Jan 2019
    • Blog Post

    MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

    every aspect of business, and life – from pitching to giving feedback, from brainstorming to making group decisions, from interviewing to firing.  Creating Value Through Activist Investing  This course will expose students to the... View Details
    • 14 Jan 2019
    • Op-Ed

    These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

    continued unabated through 2018. In 2013-14 Nooyi had to fend off activist investor Nelson Peltz, who called for breaking the company in two, never wavering from her strategy. Nooyi may have been ahead of... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
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    Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

    investors as well as trustees of leading nonprofits had expressed uncertainty about whether MRIs were compatible with a board’s fiduciary duties. Darren wondered if his board held the same view. This case will explore the process and... View Details
    • 15 Jul 2019
    • Book

    Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

    or as an effort of managers to massage metrics. The salutary effects of activist investors can be appreciated, just as one also appreciates the information and incentive problems that plague their money... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 12 Nov 2021
    • News

    Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

    Cofounder and activist in residence, B Lab UK Kim Coupounas (MBA/MPA 1995) Global Ambassador, B Lab and Head of Impact, B Lab US & Canada Business as a Tool for Activism BIO BIO As the recent IPCC report made clear, this is a “Code Red”... View Details
    • 25 Aug 2022
    • News

    Up on the Corner

    to name the building Madikizela, in honor of the late South African political activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a symbol of Black female resilience.) The upper floors will contain well-appointed rentals, whose target market includes... View Details
    Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate
    • 05 Jul 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?

    information about large stock trades to their best, most lucrative clients. When a savvy activist investor submits a trading order through a brokerage firm, for example, the brokers will exploit this... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
    • 04 Apr 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research, April 4

    votes receive relatively little media attention yet may foster investor risk perceptions. This research presents a multifaceted view of activists and their tactics and suggests that this approach in... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 18 Jul 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

    broker, such imitation does not occur. Similarly, we show that the clients of the broker employed by activist investors to execute their trades tend to buy the same stocks just before the filing of the 13D.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Mar 2021
    • Blog Post

    Climate Finance SIP

    sustainability. If they don't develop science based targets to approach emissions reductions they may face threats from activist investors or a higher cost of capital. Business leaders thus have been and... View Details
    • 23 Aug 2019
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

    as important as rewarding investors is using the power of business to build a better society. Roundtable members committed to building up local communities, investing more in employees, fostering diversity and inclusion, embracing... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology
    • 29 Jan 2021
    • News

    Holding Business to Account

    fall of 2020, Boston Common had $3 billion in assets under management and a mission to be, as Aiyer explains, “responsible investors who pursue financial returns but who also use the unique access and voice we have as View Details
    • 20 May 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: May 20, 2008

    manager who had invested in Friendly, entered into negotiations with Friendly for him to join the board of directors to help improve the management of the business. When these negotiations failed, Biglari launched a proxy fight against Friendly in 2007. While these two... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace