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- April 3, 2016
- Guest Column
The Power of C.E.O. Activism: How Politically Outspoken Executives Sway Public (and Consumer) Opinion
By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
Some CEOs are making news by taking public stances on controversial social issues largely unrelated to their core business. This article summarizes the insights from our research paper that shows that such "CEO activism" can influence public opinion and consumer...
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Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "The Power of C.E.O. Activism: How Politically Outspoken Executives Sway Public (and Consumer) Opinion." Grey Matter. New York Times (April 3, 2016), SR10.
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Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity
Education looks like in color-blind 'post-race' times, when racism is deemed to be 'off the political agenda'. From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher...
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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity
Business Administration Sara Fleiss was the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Emeth Partners, an emerging markets arbitrage hedge fund. Prior to founding Emeth, Sara was the lead analyst on the Emerging Markets Equities portfolio at...
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- 30 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors
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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog
variety of realizations will be presented, including leveraged recapitalizations, strategic and financial sales of portfolio companies, initial public offerings, and secondary transactions. Module 5: Private View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In mid-June, weeks after protests against racial injustice spread globally, the Leadership Now Project—founded in 2017 by HBS alumni to fix American democracy—released the Business for Racial View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?
purchase a home than to rent one in 95 percent of America. This one racist policy has led to an affordable housing crisis that impacts most White home buyers today. “I often ask how racism harms those at the bottom of the imaginary hierarchy and those at the top,...
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by Danielle Kost
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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
from male colleagues and bosses. Now that I work in a more office-based environment with more representation of women, there are no overt gender issues.” AGE 31, WHITE, MARKETING, UNITED STATES By Sector, Last 3 Years Alumnae working in nonprofits were less likely than...
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- July 2010
- Article
Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions
By: Toby E. Stuart and Soojin Yim
In this paper, we examine the propensity for U.S. public companies to become targets for private equity-backed, take-private transactions. We consider the characteristics of 483 private equity-backed deals in the 2000-2007 period relative to public companies, and find...
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Board Interlocks;
Board Networks;
Social Networks;
Private Equity;
Corporate Governance;
Public Ownership;
Market Transactions;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
United States
Stuart, Toby E., and Soojin Yim. "Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions." Journal of Financial Economics 97, no. 1 (July 2010): 174–189.
- 19 Jan 2021
- News
Engaging Community to Create Proactive, Equitable Public Safety
- 1999
- Other Unpublished Work
Executive Ownership and Control in Newly Public Firms: The Role of Venture Capitalists
By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
We study the implications of CEO equity ownership for incentives and control in a sample of 1,011 newly public firms. Before an initial public offering, equity investments by venture capitalists reduce CEO ownership by about half, from an average of 35 percent to 19...
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Equity;
Ownership;
Motivation and Incentives;
Initial Public Offering;
Investment;
Venture Capital;
Managerial Roles;
Cost Management;
Governance Controls;
Executive Compensation
Baker, Malcolm, and Paul Gompers. "Executive Ownership and Control in Newly Public Firms: The Role of Venture Capitalists." November 1999. (First draft in 1998.)
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition 6 MAY 2021 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Location: Virtual Organizer: The Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Our theme Race, Capitalism...
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition 6 MAY 2021 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Danielle Allen Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is a political...
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Business Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics, learning, conflict, power,...
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Wilson Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics,...
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
(co-authored with Mrinal Sinha, UT Press, 2016). Dr. Hurtado has received the Women of Color Psychologies Award, the American Educational Research Association's SAGE Award for distinguished contributions to gender equity in education...
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- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
how is internal adaptation in employment practices linked to external shifts in gendered beliefs and practices? The authors began by comparing thousands of pages of the firm's internal documents, such as surveys and interviews, as well as View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
fellow TED Fellow Camille A. Brown, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play by Camille A Brown and Dancers, nominated for a 2016 Bessie Award for Outstanding Production. The Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities have supported her scholarly endeavors...
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition 6 MAY 2021 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Location: Virtual Organizer: The Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Our theme Race, Capitalism...
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Morgan Roberts Delivers "Almost Free" at 2021 Gender and Work Symposium Harvard Business School Robert Livingston Presents at The 2021 HBS Gender and Work Symposium Harvard Business School Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer Robert Livingston draws from his recent View Details