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- Events (2)
- Multimedia (13)
- Faculty Publications (755)
- 03 Jul 2017
- News
Will shareholder pressure reshape company policies?
- January 2001
- Background Note
Responsibilities & Rights of Family Shareholders of a Family Business
By: John A. Davis
Describes the major responsibilities and rights of family shareholders of a family owned business.
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Davis, John A. "Responsibilities & Rights of Family Shareholders of a Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-264, January 2001.
- Article
Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument
Large shareholders may play an important role for firm performance and policies, but identifying this empirically presents a challenge due to the endogeneity of ownership structures. We develop and test an empirical framework, which allows us to separate selection from...
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Keywords:
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Performance;
Policy;
Ownership;
Selection and Staffing;
Business Headquarters;
Geography;
Framework
Becker, Bo, Henrik Cronqvist, and Rudiger Fahlenbrach. "Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument ." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 46, no. 4 (August 2011): 907–942.
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Shareholder Value Must Top CEOs Agenda
Keywords:
Gregory T. Carrott, Stuart E. Jackson
- winter 2006
- Article
Allocating Shareholder Capital to Pension Plans
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords:
Capital;
Resource Allocation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Compensation and Benefits
Merton, Robert C. "Allocating Shareholder Capital to Pension Plans." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 18, no. 1 (winter 2006): 15–24.
- 05 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Board of Directors’ Responsiveness to Shareholders: Evidence from Shareholder Proposals
- 20 Sep 2017
- News
Japan Is Counting on Shareholder Activism to Improve Its Economy
- September 2017
- Article
Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Alma Cohen
Cohen and Wang (2013) (CW2013) provide evidence consistent with market participants perceiving staggered boards to be value reducing. Amihud and Stoyanov (2016) (AS2016) contests these findings, reporting some specifications under which the results are not...
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Keywords:
Staggered Boards;
Takeover Defense;
Antitakeover Provision;
Firm Value;
Delaware;
Airgas;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Value
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Alma Cohen. "Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value." Journal of Financial Economics 125, no. 3 (September 2017): 637–647.
- 16 Jun 2016
- News
How Shareholders Jumped to First in Line for Profits
- 2012
- Other Unpublished Work
The Efficacy of Shareholder Voting: Evidence from Equity Compensation Plans
By: Ian D. Gow, Christopher S. Armstrong and David F. Larcker
This study examines the effects of shareholder support for equity compensation plans on subsequent chief executive officer (CEO) compensation. Using cross-sectional regression, instrumental variable, and regression discontinuity research designs, we find little...
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- September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Supplement
Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A2)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and James Weber
The A1 and A2 versions of the “Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)” split the original A case into two parts. The A1 case ends as activists Sardar Biglari and Phil Cooley prepare to meet with CEO Don Smith at Friendly's headquarters in September 2006. The...
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Keywords:
Investment Activism;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Conflict and Resolution;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Business or Company Management;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Narayanan, V.G., Fabrizio Ferri, and James Weber. "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 109-014, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 01 Aug 2003
- News
How to Uncover Hidden Shareholder Value
Keywords:
Brian Hagen, Raymond L. Manganelli
- August 1990 (Revised September 1990)
- Background Note
Environmental Update: Consumer and Shareholder Influence
Gentile, Mary C. "Environmental Update: Consumer and Shareholder Influence." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-039, August 1990. (Revised September 1990.)
- 21 Dec 2008
- News
Shareholders Seek More Say on Pay
- July 2021
- Teaching Note
CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France
By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Tonia Labruyere and Vincent Dessain
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 120-072.
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- Blog Post
Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value
By: Alma Cohen and Charles CY Wang
Cohen, Alma, and Charles CY Wang. "Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (December 13, 2017). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/12/13/reexamining-staggered-boards-and-shareholder-value/.
- 29 Oct 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument
- 03 Mar 2015
- News
Shareholders Get a Louder Voice As Companies Become More Democratic
- 13 Nov 2019
- Working Paper Summaries