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- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Identity and Reputation Matrix." Originality/Value-The first case study of the Nobel Prize from a strategic brand management perspective. The articulation and characterisation of it as a brand-oriented network. The development and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
2012 French presidential election. While existing experiments randomized door-to-door visits at the individual level, the scale of this campaign (five million doors knocked) enabled randomization by precinct, the level at which vote... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
and the consequences of CEO succession and selection decisions for subsequent firm performance and strategic choices. Industry wisdom, company relationships, and technological expertise all matter in our new knowledge-based enterprises.—... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
oversight by the board of directors. The case explores the history of AFSCME's shareholder activism on this front and particularly its use of shareholder proposals voted on by shareholders at annual meetings. The case then looks at the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
2003 and 2004—the first case where the SEC has allowed an accounting matter to be subject to an advisory vote at an annual meeting. We find evidence suggesting that ESO expensing shareholder proposals affected accounting and compensation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
the United States and use this list to analyze the relationship between insider ownership and firm value. Our data have two useful features. First, since dual-class stock separates cash-flow rights from voting rights, we can separately... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
40%. Shareholder pressure (e.g., the voting outcome and the influence of the proponent) and the type of proposals are the main determinants of the implementation decision, while traditional governance indicators do not seem to matter.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
consider other options in China. "I have no regrets," he adds, "because I learned so much from that experience." Now working in strategic planning for Philip Morris International's China operations, Klump is part of a... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
China. “I have no regrets,” he adds, “because I learned so much from that experience.” Now working in strategic planning for Philip Morris International’s China operations, Klump is part of a small management team whose eleven members... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
$60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans, an amount that rises in years when IBRD loans are in high demand, particularly for countries in the most influential seats. This effect is more likely driven by informal rules and norms in the boardroom than by the power of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
term sheets in hand—two from strategic investors and one from a venture capital firm. Each offer had its advantages and disadvantages and Kryder needed to decide which offer to accept. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
political issues, like the future of democracy, will be in the air and in the media. CEOs will have to make tough choices about whether to weigh in on democracy issues, such as voting rights, while contentious political divides will... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
force in the Gulf. Had Bush first approached a deeply skeptical Congress, agreement on the use of force would have been unlikely. A negative vote would have stymied any subsequent American efforts to build an international coalition.... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
is set at the close of the annual meeting in May 2008, when shareholders have voted against all incumbent board members. Steel Partners must act quickly. The case serves as an overview of corporate governance issues in Japan, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
almost any business action, especially in tough and uncertain economic conditions when price is a key and visible strategic choice. Conventional wisdom has firms cutting price in these circumstances. But most industries typically allow... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
finance can play a strategic role. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=406102 Governance of the Business Family Harvard Business School Note 807-020 Explains the purposes, processes,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
School Case 308-094 After an international IPO yielding extraordinary returns to original investors, Banco Compartamos, Mexico's leading microfinance institution, contemplates its future strategic and competing priorities: maintaining... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
executive director of the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB), practices a nationally renowned model of school account-ability. Pearson oversees a $600 million budget for 57 charter operators that serve almost half of DC's public school students on 102 campuses. A... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
interests of general voters. By collecting news and combining it with entertainment, media are able to inform passive voters on politically relevant issues. To show the impact this information has on legislative outcomes, we document the effect "muckraking"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
prominent feature of the corporate landscape, escaping some of their earlier approbation as corporate raiders or, even worse, "greenmailers." Activism covered a range of approaches—from proxy votes and demands for Board seats,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne