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  • 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

four-plus years and has come into conflict with the company's founder. Should the Board's nominating committee re-nominate the VC investor, and should the board go along with the VC's push for a stock... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

managed properly it is the culmination of a development process that takes place over a number of years, led by the CEO working with the board of directors. In the ideal situation several candidates will have been developed, each of whom... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 7

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/x/56113   Working Papers The Federal Reserve's Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles By: Rotemberg, Julio J. Abstract—This paper studies the persistence and some of the consequences of the eventual abandonment by the Federal Open Market View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

School Case 310-011 Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in Kenya. The organization's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

Finally, we recommend that the external auditor problems can only be solved through a major change in the relation between auditors and the companies they audit. This may be achieved by making the audit committee responsible for hiring... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt V.G. Narayanan and Lisa BremHarvard Business School Case 112-003 When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff Immelt's award of 2 million stock options in April 2011, GE's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for several proxies for earnings and stock return performance suggesting that boards appear to penalize managers for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

had the kind of in-depth look it deserves, yet it is at the core of a number of the problems we've seen. The board of directors and its compensation committee determine the compensation of the CEO in our... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
  • 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

Geographic Society (Abridged) David A. Garvin and Annelena LobbHarvard Business School Case 312-120 In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

nature of accounting standards proposed between 1973 and 2007. Among other results, we find that length of service on the board and a prior career in investment banking/investment management are associated with proposing standards... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

Chesapeake's board and its compensation committee, including McClendon's role in consummating several joint ventures, which the board and committee believed positioned the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

Vancouver 2010 Olympics Harvard Business School Case 507-049 It is February 2007, exactly three years before Vancouver hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics. Judy Rogers, City Manager for the City of Vancouver and a member of the Board of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

evidence of a lower likelihood of SEC enforcement for labor-intensive firms that are headquartered in districts of senior congressmen that serve on committees that oversee the SEC. All of these results hold after controlling for firms'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

exhibits, which help to illustrate the firm's value proposition, its innovation-oriented culture, and its evolving organizational design. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409047 The Canada Pension Plan Investment View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

explored. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610075-PDF-ENG Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board John D. Macomber and Viraal BalsariHarvard Business School Case 210-062 A real estate developer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

and Goldman Sachs emerged relatively unscathed, its public image took a large blow as people questioned the inner workings of the bank. To address the situation, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein called for the creation of the Business Standards View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

conducted by OWS, and allows students to understand implications of the growth strategy for financial performance and valuation. Additionally, the case highlights the role of corporate boards and audit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

Case 319-046 The Weir Group: Reforming Executive Pay (A) In February 2018, the Remuneration Committee together with the full Board of Directors of the Scotland-based engineering company The Weir Group had to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

Harvard Business School Case 208-129 Bob Kelly, the new CEO of Mellon Financial, is considering the terms of a proposed "merger of equals" with The Bank of New York, just before the final Board meeting to approve the deal. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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