Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (271) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (271) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (1,971)
    • Faculty Publications  (271)

    Show Results For

    • All HBS Web  (1,971)
      • Faculty Publications  (271)

      Investment ActivismRemove Investment Activism →

      ← Page 8 of 271 Results →

      Are you looking for?

      →Search All HBS Web
      • July 2015
      • Exercise

      An Activist Approach: Confidential Role Assignment for Fultons Department Stores

      By: Guhan Subramanian and Kait Szydlowski
      A three party, multiple-issue negotiation exercise dealing with a potential merger between two leading department stores, called for by an activist investor hedge fund in a letter to both companies. Company management will now attempt to navigate next moves, which are... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Activist Investors; Takeover Defense; Negotiation Types; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Retail Industry
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Subramanian, Guhan, and Kait Szydlowski. "An Activist Approach: Confidential Role Assignment for Fultons Department Stores." Harvard Business School Exercise 916-013, July 2015.
      • July 2015
      • Exercise

      An Activist Approach: Confidential Role Assignment for Remingtons Housewares

      By: Guhan Subramanian and Kait Szydlowski
      A three party, multiple-issue negotiation exercise dealing with a potential merger between two leading department stores, called for by an activist investor hedge fund in a letter to both companies. Company management will now attempt to navigate next moves, which are... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Activist Investors; Takeover Defense; Negotiation Types; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Retail Industry
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Subramanian, Guhan, and Kait Szydlowski. "An Activist Approach: Confidential Role Assignment for Remingtons Housewares." Harvard Business School Exercise 916-014, July 2015.
      • Article

      Integrated Reporting and Investor Clientele

      By: George Serafeim
      In this paper, I examine the relation between Integrated Reporting (IR) and the composition of a firm's investor base. I hypothesize and find that firms that practice IR have a more long-term oriented investor base with more dedicated and fewer transient investors.... View Details
      Keywords: Integrated Reporting; Sustainability Reporting; Long-term Investing; Short-termism; Accounting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Environmental Sustainability; Investment; Corporate Governance
      Citation
      SSRN
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Serafeim, George. "Integrated Reporting and Investor Clientele." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 27, no. 2 (Spring 2015): 34–51.
      • May 2015
      • Teaching Note

      Aviva Investors

      By: George Serafeim
      Keywords: Responsibility; Responsibilities To Society; Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Sustainability; Activist Investors; Investment Management; Investment Strategy; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Environmental Sustainability; Investment Activism
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Serafeim, George. "Aviva Investors." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 115-058, May 2015.
      • April 2015 (Revised July 2015)
      • Case

      Proxy Access at Whole Foods

      By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
      Proxy access grants shareholders meeting certain ownership requirements the right to nominate directors for election to the board without going through a typical proxy contest. In August 2010 the SEC approved a rule granting proxy access for shareholders meeting... View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Proxy Advisor; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Voting; Shareholder Votes; Proxy Battle; Institutional Change; Institutional Investing; Business and Shareholder Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; North America
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Lorsch, Jay, and Emily McTague. "Proxy Access at Whole Foods." Harvard Business School Case 415-073, April 2015. (Revised July 2015.)
      • 2014
      • Working Paper

      Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean

      By: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, James Tighe and Susana Garcia-Robles
      Venture capital (VC) investment has long been recognized as an engine for economic growth and development. Unlike bank loans, where the entrepreneur receives money and is left alone as long as the payments arrive on the pre-arranged schedule, venture capital... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Value; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Latin America; West Indies
      Citation
      Read Now
      Related
      Lerner, Josh, Ann Leamon, James Tighe, and Susana Garcia-Robles. "Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-024, October 2014.
      • May 2014
      • Article

      How to Outsmart Activist Investors

      By: Bill George and Jay W. Lorsch
      We offer opinions on how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder return. Beverage industry firm PepsiCo is... View Details
      Keywords: Investment Activism
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Read Now
      Related
      George, Bill, and Jay W. Lorsch. "How to Outsmart Activist Investors." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 5 (May 2014): 88–95.
      • 2014
      • Chapter

      Firms and Global Capitalism

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      This chapter forms part of the two-volume Cambridge History of Capitalism, a definitive new reference work that traces the history of capitalism from its origins to the present day. The chapter focuses on the role of business enterprises as powerful actors in... View Details
      Keywords: Political Economy; American History; Economic History; Business History; Labor History; Slavery; Numeracy And Quantification; Science And Technology Studies; History Of The Book; International Investment; International Business; International Marketing; Globalization; History
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Purchase
      Related
      Jones, Geoffrey. "Firms and Global Capitalism." Chap. 6 in The Cambridge History of Capitalism: Volume 2. The Spread of Capitalism: From 1848 to the Present, edited by Larry Neal and Jeffrey G. Williamson, 169–200. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
      • Article

      The Use of Broker Votes to Reward Brokerage Firms' and Their Analysts' Research Activities

      By: David A. Maber, Boris Groysberg and Paul M. Healy
      In traditional markets, the price mechanism directs the flow of resources and governs the process through which supply and demand are brought into equilibrium. In the investment-research industry, broker votes perform these functions. Using detailed clinical data from... View Details
      Citation
      Read Now
      Related
      Maber, David A., Boris Groysberg, and Paul M. Healy. "The Use of Broker Votes to Reward Brokerage Firms' and Their Analysts' Research Activities." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (March 19, 2014).
      • March 2014 (Revised May 2014)
      • Teaching Note

      The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

      By: Lucy White and Benjamin C. Esty
      On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details
      Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; ISS; Glass Lewis & Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, NY)
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      White, Lucy, and Benjamin C. Esty. "The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 214-003, March 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
      • March 2014
      • Module Note

      Fundamental Analysis for Active Investing

      By: Suraj Srinivasan
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Srinivasan, Suraj. "Fundamental Analysis for Active Investing." Harvard Business School Module Note 114-079, March 2014.
      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism

      By: Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin and Suraj Srinivasan
      Using a comprehensive sample for 2004–2012, we examine the impact of shareholder activist campaigns on the careers of directors of targeted firms. We find that activism is associated with directors being almost twice as likely to leave—and performance-sensitivity of... View Details
      Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Hedge Funds; Independent Directors; Director Reputation; Accountability; Shareholder Voting; Voting; Retention; Investment Funds; Management Teams; Investment Activism
      Citation
      Read Now
      Related
      Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-071, February 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
      • November 2013 (Revised May 2023)
      • Case

      Valuing Yahoo! in 2013

      By: Luis M. Viceira and Atul Khosla
      In late July 2013, Danielle Engle, Managing Director of Clairemont Capital, was contemplating what to do about a large investment her fund had in the stock of Yahoo! Inc. In mid-2012, Clairemont had invested nearly $75M in Yahoo! after the tech company settled a highly... View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Decision Making; Investment Activism; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Valuation
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      Viceira, Luis M., and Atul Khosla. "Valuing Yahoo! in 2013." Harvard Business School Case 214-048, November 2013. (Revised May 2023.)
      • Winter 2013
      • Article

      Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking

      By: Daniel Cohen, Aiyesha Dey and Thomas Lys
      We investigate the mechanism through which the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) was associated with changes in corporate investment strategies. We document that the passage of the governance regulations in SOX was followed by a significant decline in pay‐performance... View Details
      Citation
      Find at Harvard
      Related
      Cohen, Daniel, Aiyesha Dey, and Thomas Lys. "Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking." Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 1296–1332.
      • October 2013 (Revised September 2014)
      • Case

      The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

      By: Lucy White, Benjamin C. Esty and Lisa Mazzanti
      On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details
      Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; ISS; Glass Lewis & Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, NY)
      Citation
      Educators
      Purchase
      Related
      White, Lucy, Benjamin C. Esty, and Lisa Mazzanti. "The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 214-001, October 2013. (Revised September 2014.)
      • July 2013
      • Article

      Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity

      By: C. Fritz Foley and William R. Kerr
      This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms. The results indicate that increases in the... View Details
      Keywords: Technology Transfer; Innovation; Ethnic Networks; Patents; Diasporas; Ethnicity; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Research and Development; Foreign Direct Investment; Innovation and Invention; United States
      Citation
      Read Now
      Related
      Foley, C. Fritz, and William R. Kerr. "Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity." Management Science 59, no. 7 (July 2013): 1529–1544.
      • March 2013
      • Supplement

      HOYA Corporation (A)

      By: W. Carl Kester
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Negotiation Tactics; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Japan
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Kester, W. Carl. "HOYA Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 213-721, March 2013.
      • 2013
      • Case

      The COFCO Group

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
      COFCO was China's sole legitimate window for agricultural foreign trade before 1987. The reform of China's foreign trade system beginning in 1987 cost COFCO its monopoly position. Subsequently, the SOE giant capitalized on its foreign trade expertise to strategically... View Details
      Keywords: China; Food; China
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      McFarlan, F. Warren, Zheng Xiaoming, and Ziqian Zhao. "The COFCO Group." Tsinghua University Case, 2013.
      • 2013
      • Teaching Note

      The COFCO Group (TN)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
      COFCO was China's sole legitimate window for agricultural foreign trade before 1987. The reform of China's foreign trade system beginning in 1987 cost COFCO its monopoly position. Subsequently, the SOE giant capitalized on its foreign trade expertise to strategically... View Details
      Keywords: China; Food; China
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      McFarlan, F. Warren, Zheng Xiaoming, and Ziqian Zhao. "The COFCO Group (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2013.
      • November 2012
      • Teaching Note

      Brink's Company: Activists Push for a Spin-off (TN)

      By: Suraj Srinivasan
      The case this Teaching Note addresses studies the decision of the security services company Brink's Corporation to spin off its home security division from the rest of the company. The decision followed intense pressure on the company by three activist hedge funds that... View Details
      Keywords: Activist Investors; Spin-off; Leveraged Recapitalization; Debt; Hedge Funds; Conglomerates; Valuation; Restructuring; Accounting; Business Strategy; Investment Activism; Service Industry
      Citation
      Purchase
      Related
      Srinivasan, Suraj. "Brink's Company: Activists Push for a Spin-off (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 113-053, November 2012.
      • ←
      • 8
      • 9
      • …
      • 13
      • 14
      • →

      Are you looking for?

      →Search All HBS Web
      ǁ
      Campus Map
      Harvard Business School
      Soldiers Field
      Boston, MA 02163
      →Map & Directions
      →More Contact Information
      • Make a Gift
      • Site Map
      • Jobs
      • Harvard University
      • Trademarks
      • Policies
      • Accessibility
      • Digital Accessibility
      Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.