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  • 29 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

cover, hypothesizing that analysts gain comparatively good information if they attended the same college as a firm's top executives or board members. In short, the researchers found that the analysts outperformed on their stock... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 06 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

company to transfer assets and liabilities to certain so-called special purpose entities (SPEs). According to the Powers report, which was published by a special committee of Enron's board after the company entered bankruptcy protection... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

executive board of the Deutsche Bundesbahn and the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1991 to 1994, Heinz Dürr played a leading role in unifying the East and West German railroads into one national system that is scheduled to be fully privatized in... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 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
  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

David F., Eric C. So, and Charles C.Y. Wang Publication:Journal of Accounting & Economics Abstract Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. Initiating a long position in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

trade-off decisions he must make in managing through the current period. He is preparing for a meeting with his board of trustees where he plans to discuss the current situation and the key decisions the organization needs to make.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

Doriot could not take the job, as he was still employed by the Army. So in the interim, the directors named him chairman of the board of directors.[ ] The group of men who founded ARD believed it could crack the conundrum of the risk-less... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
  • 07 Jan 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?

observed, "Chat rooms and corporate message boards have had a much more profound change on the privacy of business organizations than the tragic events of 9/11." There is almost a tone of resignation in the responses. For... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 26 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 26, 2008

information provision strategies to encourage knowledge transfer within the organization. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-085.pdf Board of Directors' Responsiveness to Shareholders: Evidence from Shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Apr 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

promoting the best managers from each organization, (6) timed their integration activities to avoid significant disclosure prior to regulatory approval of the acquisition while doing whatever necessary to "survive" a sometimes prolonged regulatory process,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • December 2019 (Revised June 2025)
  • Case

Mãe Terra and Unilever (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas and Priscilla Zogbi
The case concerns the sale of Mãe Terra, one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods, to the consumer goods giant Unilever in 2017. Working with Unilever management, Mãe Terra’s CEO Alexandre Borges must determine whether and how to keep Mãe Terra's B... View Details
Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Brand Management; Sustainability; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Culture; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Brazil; Latin America
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  • 15 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 15, 2015

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49602 Materiality in Corporate Governance: The Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality By: Eccles, Robert G., and Tim Youmans Abstract—Under the prevailing ideology of "shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2017 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)

By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. The case is set in early 2017 following the public availability of Snap’s IPO filing with the U.S. Securities... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

rules, and agreements to the governance process. Discusses the roles of three structures in family business governance: the top management team, the family employee council, and the board of directors. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?

Great Resignation,” MIT Sloan Management Review, January 11, 2022. Your feedback to last month’s column: Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently? Responses to last month’s column covered a wide range.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • August 2011 (Revised October 2015)
  • Case

Boardroom Battle Behind Bars: Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings—A Corporate Governance Drama

By: William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen Manty
Despite widespread news of the incarceration of Gome Electronics' CEO, Huang Guangyu, Bain Capital felt they carefully undertook due diligence before making a significant investment in the company. The venture capital firm was confident that it and the current... View Details
Keywords: China; Legal Aspects Of Business; Corruption; Risk; Corporate Governance; Crime and Corruption; Power and Influence; Risk Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Venture Capital; Ethics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Values and Beliefs; Private Equity; China
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  • 14 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

people's question would be: Where was the board? You've been thinking about how to transform boards for a long time. Where's your thinking now? AG: Well, bit by bit, under duress, boards are moving in the... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology
  • 23 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

Rohm and Haas board decided how to move forward after its largest shareholder chose to sell all of its shares in the company. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411001-PDF-ENG The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (B)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

anchoring, and loss aversion is key to generating returns on the investment side and educating clients on the advisory side. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207084 Board of Directors of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 1, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 916-404 Novell (A): When an Activist Hedge Fund Came Calling on the Board No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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