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  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

campaign urging shareholders to vote against the merger. However, the National Pension Service (NPS)—a major shareholder of Samsung C&T—votes in favor of the deal. The case sheds lights on the political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 13, 2015

tax savings. We find that 2,281 top executives strategically realized their built-in capital gains prior to the tax hikes to save nearly $741 million in personal taxes in 2012. These executives also (1) make payout policy choices that save their View Details
  • 02 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

viewed as mavericks, outside the mainstream. Companies are being pressured by foreign shareholders and competitive challenges. Many Japanese companies now have 25% of their stock owned by foreigners. In the case of the government, part of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • 23 Aug 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

prioritize social benefits over shareholder reward. CEOs adding their signature to the pledge included Apple's Tim Cook, JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, IBM's Ginni Rometty, and GM's Mary Barra. Moving corporate social... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology
  • 11 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 11

alternative explanations for some important empirical observations in IB, such as bunching and second-mover advantage in market entries. 2006 Journal of Financial Economics How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

forward, he concluded, there are still some old rules that need to be lifted (state shareholdings protect European airlines from takeovers, for example), but a new Europe enters the twenty-first century headed in the right direction. View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Savings and Loam

working-class people to earn interest on their savings, and become part owners in the process. “This is a model that was designed for stakeholder value, although people didn’t call it that 200 years ago,” Cummings notes. But there’s new resonance in the modern era, “at... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 01 Jan 2011
  • News

Peter Harf, MBA 1974

detergent part of Benckiser public. Subsequently, in 1999, this company merged with Reckitt & Colman, forming Reckitt Benckiser. The new firm thrived, reaching a total shareholder return of 16.5 percent per year over a period of 10 years.... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

attention and energies on maximizing profit and financial value. This exclusive focus on profit and shareholder value maximization has led to environmental destruction and the concentration of wealth and power within the hands of a few.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 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
  • First Look

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
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act

By: Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
This paper analyzes the impact on firm behavior of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings by U.S. multinationals. The analysis controls for endogeneity and omitted variable bias by using... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Taxation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Behavior; United States
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  • March 2003 (Revised November 2003)
  • Case

3i Group plc

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Brian Larcombe, CEO of 3i Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms and one of the few publicly listed ones, is deciding how best to use his firm's international network to deliver superior returns to shareholders. This case presents 3i's history and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Networks; Private Equity; Growth Management; Global Strategy; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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  • 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
Keywords: Family Business; Business Model; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Engineering; Governance; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Going Public; Strategic Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Italy; Europe; Germany; United States; China
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  • 11 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 11

Finding it difficult to avoid the second debate, the paper examines the extent to which prevailing accounts of corporate purpose (e.g., shareholder primacy, stakeholder theory, corporate citizenship) support attributing responsibilities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

than a year in an organized sale process, the winning bidder had become increasingly difficult to work with, and the closing had been substantially delayed. Despite the late stage of the process, the selling shareholders were considering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 22

to create substantial wealth for the company's shareholders would be lost. As it was, the company's founder and CEO had already gambled by investing in enough production capacity for acceptance in the niche beverage market-before a market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

reduced margins and increased risks that come with entering a number of domains that already have established incumbents, and the trade-offs between maximizing shareholder return (for example through investments in full tariff power... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

and superfluous." And HBS professor Rakesh Khurana contends that many business schools have been complicit in creating recent corporate scandals by turning out graduates fixated on shareholder value at the expense of all other... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education