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- June 2021
- Case
Building the Governance to Take Capital SAFI to the Next Level
By: V.G. Narayanan, Asis Martinez Jerez and Mariana Cal
Asset management firm Capital SAFI wanted to attract new strategic investors and expand to other countries. Having the right corporate governance in place was critical to achieve this goal.
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Keywords:
Board Of Directors;
Transparency;
Sustainable Finance;
South America;
Latin America;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Controls;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Business Organization;
Corporate Strategy;
Transformation;
Investment Funds;
Financial Services Industry;
Bolivia;
South America;
Latin America
Narayanan, V.G., Asis Martinez Jerez, and Mariana Cal. "Building the Governance to Take Capital SAFI to the Next Level." Harvard Business School Case 121-088, June 2021.
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
of America’s shareholders from voicing their concerns. When a shareholder has a beef with a company’s business practices, they can submit a formal proposal to suggest a policy change. The company can respond to the proposal in one of three ways: choose to include the...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
Tatiana Sandino Abstract In this paper we examine the economic consequences of over 150 shareholder proposals to expense employee stock options (ESO) submitted during the proxy seasons of 2003 and 2004—the first case where the SEC has...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 29, 2006
firms in nearly 100 countries in 1999 and 2004, we find suggestive evidence that international financial integration has been associated with higher levels of entrepreneurial activity. Our results are robust to using various proxies for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
with outspoken banking executives, argued that, “Silence may be both a more eloquent statement and a more intelligent one ” CEOs and other high-profile people “do a service by restraining their knee-jerks and shutting their mouths.” RCD...
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by James Heskett
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
attained top positions in corporations or professional services firms. These women thrived, they found, because of three characteristics that are key to resilience: emotional intelligence, authenticity, and agility. The women were adept...
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 2015
- Article
Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics
By: Thomas C Tsai, Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom and Raffaella Sadun
National policies to improve health care quality have largely focused on clinical provider outcomes and, more recently, payment reform. Yet the association between hospital leadership and quality, although crucial to driving quality improvement, has not been explored...
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Keywords:
Hospitals;
Quality;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Practices and Processes;
Service Delivery;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry
Tsai, Thomas C., Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom, and Raffaella Sadun. "Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics." Health Affairs 34, no. 8 (August 2015): 1304–1311.
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
also provisions such as limits on the number of maximum votes a shareholder or a proxy could hold, which made large corporations truly democratic in the sense that decisions were consensual. Q: Back then, the salaries and bonuses of top...
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- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
firm that provides capital advisory services to mid-sized, privately-held companies. Constantini cited his development of a company, Boston Financial, as one of his most rewarding projects. "I was able...
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- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
reliable, branded beauty services in office parks and hotels, but she focused first on the high-visibility airport market, where customers in transit needed the services she could provide—and might relish...
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by John S. Rosenberg
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
With Donald Trump’s election, Washington’s policy debate on financial services shifted overnight. Recent signs such as the president-elect’s own words and those of GOP leaders point to renewed efforts to dismantle the Dodd-Frank Act....
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- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51680 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics What Do Measures of Real-Time Corporate Sales Tell Us About Earnings Surprises and Post-announcement Returns? By: Froot, Kenneth A., Namho Kang, Gideon Ozik, and Ronnie...
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- October 2018
- Supplement
African Bank Investments Limited (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Personal Finance;
Corporate Accountability;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Crisis Management;
Insurance;
Leadership;
Management;
Risk Management;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Africa;
South Africa
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "African Bank Investments Limited (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-053, October 2018.
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
find that increases in demand for entrepreneurial capital—as proxied for by patenting, IPOs, and stock market valuations—led to a higher likelihood of the introduction of second-tier exchanges. We find no evidence that new second-tier...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
predicted by the theory. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/VCRiskReturn59.pdf 2006 Harvard Business Review Health Care's Service Fanatics: How the Cleveland Clinic Leaped to the Top of the Patient-satisfaction...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
classmates Alex Stratoudakis and Emma Taylor. In 15 minutes they present their plan for AfterSteps, a Web-based end-of-life planning service that offers advice and secure storage for legal, financial, personal, and funeral documents. For...
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- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
directors' votes on key corporate resolutions in proxy statements. As Louis Brandeis said in his 1914 treatise Other People's Money, and How the Bankers Use It, "Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.
But the...
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- September 2007 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
ValueAct: Shareholder in the Boardroom
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Alexis Chernak
ValueAct, a San Francisco investment firm, makes an investment in PerSe Technologies. The partners of ValueAct build relationships with the PerSe board and management. Eventually ValueAct is given a seat on the PerSe board and is able to influence a significant imprint...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Investment;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Financial Services Industry;
San Francisco
Lorsch, Jay W., and Alexis Chernak. "ValueAct: Shareholder in the Boardroom." Harvard Business School Case 408-007, September 2007. (Revised September 2010.)
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
http://www.francescagino.com/uploads/4/7/4/7/4747506/gino_krupka_weber_management_science_2013.pdf Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change Authors: Chonnikarn Fern Jira and Michael W. Toffel Publication: Manufacturing & Service...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2013
- Case
Hess Corporation
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
On January 29, 2013, Elliott Management, a hedge fund run by Paul E. Singer, which owned 4.5% of Hess Corporation stock, put forward a slate of five independent directors it wanted elected to improve the company's performance. Elliott argued that Hess lacked focus and...
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Keywords:
Takeover Attempt;
Board;
Hess;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Organizational Structure;
Acquisition;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Hess Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 413-126, June 2013.