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- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
Confronting greater media scrutiny and an ever-increasing number of shareholder resolutions focusing on executive pay, Corporate America continues to support current pay practices as a product of "the market." Not too long ago,...
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by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity‐debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy ruling changed the nature of corporate directors' fiduciary duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change...
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Carmen Nobel
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
solicitation of interest from sovereign wealth funds alongside traditional buyers. IPOs require a leap of faith from investors who have to bet on a new company. The new GM wants to be just that, a corporation intent on presenting itself...
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Annual Report 2019 - Annual Report 2019
rigorous research into relevant reading for practicing mangers. Today the print magazine is supplemented by HBR.org, which averages nearly 7 million monthly visitors. The Publishing group also comprises Corporate Learning and Higher...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
Samuel L. Hayes, III (MBA '61, DBA '66), the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Emeritus, is a widely recognized authority on capital markets, Wall Street, and the corporate interface with the securities markets. He takes a...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
University Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Former Chairman and CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Paulson Jr. During his 32 years at Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson rose through the ranks, becoming chairman and CEO in 1999, the year he...
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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
important to understand that they all use the same process to launder their money. And you believe that some U.S. firms are complicit in that process? When it comes to large deposits from overseas, far too often American banks assume a "don't ask, don't tell"...
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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
opportunity to develop themselves, to make a contribution, and to work well with their peers. What's your opinion about corporate tax shelters? Abusive tax shelters are a major problem, and the Treasury...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
just on Japanese orders, particularly now when everyone’s orders are contracting. What are your chief concerns about how the Treasury Department under former Secretary Hank Paulson (MBA ’70) chose to allocate funds from the $700 billion...
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- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
systems and glitches galore. But given his extensive experience helping international corporate clients solve IT and management problems, he was in a perfect position to help. "I was attracted by the challenge of turning around a huge...
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- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
forthcoming PublicAffairs Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal By: Soltes, Eugene F. Abstract—From the financial fraudsters of Enron, to the embezzlers at Tyco, to the Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, the failings of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Rhodes-Kropf, and Soojin Yim Abstract—We study how corporate governance affects firm value through the decision of whether to fire or retain the CEO. We present a model in which weak governance-which prevents shareholders from controlling...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
a $15 billion market cap and a $300 million revenue run rate per year, TIBCO is one of the fastest-growing software companies ever. Like any corporate executive, Ranadivé is concerned with the dollars-and-cents valuation of his company...
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- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
https://pubwww.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...
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- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
can we deleverage our government and still foster growth in the economy? This downgrade is unlikely to have a material negative impact on Treasury rates, at least in the short run. The real danger is to the psychology of businesses and...
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by Staff
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
process backed by capital, we’re not going to revive securitization. Corporate boards have been criticized for being asleep at the wheel leading up to last year’s financial meltdown. Are boards at fault? After Enron and WorldCom, Congress...
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- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
mutual funds, with 11 categories of investments, including global stocks, corporate and municipal bonds, real estate, natural resources, and treasury bonds. The fund also automatically rebalances itself over...
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- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
Business Review, Merton, a Nobel laureate, urges senior corporate executives and boards to view derivative applications not just as tactical measures but as strategic tools that convey competitive advantage. A first step is distinguishing...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
Depression. As 2,000 alumni convened on campus Monday, October 13, the U.S. stock market soared to its biggest one-day numerical gain since 1933, following on the heels of an 18 percent decline the previous week, the worst such drop in the Dow’s 112-year history. The...
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- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
at the Highest Levels By: Groysberg, Boris, and Deborah Bell Abstract—The article examines the gender gap that is present in boardrooms in U.S. corporations and internationally in 2013 as more women attempt to reach executive-level...
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Anna Secino