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- October 1984 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
At the T. Rowe Price Trading Desk (A)
By: Andre F. Perold
Describes the events surrounding the sale of a particular large block of a thinly traded stock. Brings the situation to the point at which the seller has received an offer, and must now decide what to do. View Details
Perold, Andre F. "At the T. Rowe Price Trading Desk (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-041, October 1984. (Revised July 2003.)
- February 2007 (Revised April 2007)
- Teaching Note
10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process (TN)
By: Boris Groysberg and Paul M. Healy
- March 1999 (Revised October 2009)
- Background Note
Deferred Compensation
By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard
Briefly discusses two of the major tax doctrines--constructive receipt and economic benefits--which govern the structure of deferred compensation contracts. Some business context is provided and some implications are noted. View Details
Keywords: Stock Options; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry
Reiling, Henry B., and Mark Pollard. "Deferred Compensation." Harvard Business School Background Note 299-081, March 1999. (Revised October 2009.)
- September 1997 (Revised February 2000)
- Exercise
Exercises in Option Pricing and Real Option Analysis
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Contains five problems, one each on basic option pricing, abandonment value, the value of waiting to invest, contingent claims analysis (equity as a call option), and strategic decision making in an option framework. The goal is for students to recognize option value... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks
positive relationship between risk and return is strong between asset classes (say, stocks and bonds), it is weak within classes, such as the stock market. By analyzing a large sample of historical data from... View Details
- 12 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Equality and Equity in Compensation
Keywords: by Jiayi Bao and Andy Wu
- Fast Answer
Companies: capital changes and distributions
How do I look up capital changes (such as stock splits and dividends) for a specific company? Use Capital Changes (Go to Tax - Estates, Gifts and Trusts) Enter a company into the Search box. OR Use Bloomberg: Type the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
departing executives soon become common practice. 1990 To better align executive pay with shareholder returns, academics — led by HBS professor Michael Jensen — and activists urge greater use of stock options. During the bull market years... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives
During the bull market of the 1990s, stock grants and options formed increasingly large components of executive compensation. Now, however, with many options "underwater" as share values have declined well below the strike price, boards... View Details
- 25 Jul 2003
- Keynote Speech
The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley and the NYSE Rules on American Corporate Governance
By: W. Carl Kester
- April 26, 2007
- Article
How to Strengthen Wall Street's Global Trust
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "How to Strengthen Wall Street's Global Trust." Financial Times (April 26, 2007).
- January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
- Background Note
Shareholders' Equity: Accounting and Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins
Technical note covering various aspects of accounting for stockholders' equity. View Details
Hawkins, David F. "Shareholders' Equity: Accounting and Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 111-055, January 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
- December 1977
- Article
Tender Offers and Stockholder Returns: An Empirical Analysis
By: P. Dodd and R. S. Ruback
Dodd, P., and R. S. Ruback. "Tender Offers and Stockholder Returns: An Empirical Analysis." Journal of Financial Economics 5, no. 3 (December 1977): 351–373.
- January 2011 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Executive Compensation at Talent Partners
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Talent Partners' CEO was very successful at growing the business and establishing its leadership position. He was compensated with a mix of salary and options and he did not own any equity in the company. The options were set so that if Talent Partners achieved its... View Details
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Executive Compensation at Talent Partners." Harvard Business School Case 211-073, January 2011. (Revised April 2020.)
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather by a careful examination of their View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
Samuel M. Zemurray
Zemurray made his first fortune with the Honduras-based Cuyamel Fruit Company, and intended to retire when, in 1930, he sold the company to United Fruit in exchange for stock in the larger firm. A falling View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Innovation as Antidote
Illustration by Andrea Manzati You'll see a theme emerge in this issue's stories on health care: The industry has a number of deep-seated challenges that it is just beginning to face. It's a pen-and-paper operation in a digital world. It struggles with inefficiency... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
Mylan Lab's Proposed Merger with King Pharmaceuticals
By: Lucy White
Perry Capital owns shares in King and, to facilitate approval of the merger, buys shares in Mylan, whilst hedging out its economic exposure to Mylan's share price using derivatives. The price at which Mylan proposes to merge with King is generous to King shareholders,... View Details