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- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
were tax-minded based on their personal actions before the 8.8 percent increase took effect. Pérez Cavazos and Silva used the Execucomp database and SEC Form 4 filings to examine the positions and behavior of the top five executives of...
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by Roberta Holland
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
(Editor's Note. Carl Icahn is in the news again. On Monday, SEC filings revealed the militant investor has sold his entire stake in eBay, after successfully pushing the company to spin off its PayPal operation. Harvard Business School...
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Phillip Michael Strazzulla
amount of money for a fifth-grader”—he was hooked on finance. Eager to depart the homogeneous town of Cohasset, the upscale South Shore community near Boston where he grew up, Strazzulla headed to New York University to study finance. Internships at the View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
the service. But that’s not going to happen because the largest investors in bonds — banks, insurance companies, and mutual funds — aren’t willing to pay because they think they do a much better job than the rating agencies. What I propose is a neutral third-party...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
modern regulators, such as the SEC whistleblower program [a similar program authorized in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act], the DOT’s Motor Vehicle Safety whistleblower program, and more recently the Treasury’s anti-money-laundering whistleblower...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
great that in 1965 the SEC even raided ARD’s offices to conduct a “surprise audit.” Doriot was so enraged at the SEC that he kept a file of vituperative letters addressed to the agency that were stamped:...
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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
experts to campus to speak on a variety of topics. And community: we hope that students can find a home with the SEC at HBS and develop friendships with students who share similar views and values. Sage: To add to that, I see three main...
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- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
too little say," said Schumer. "This legislation will give stockholders the ability to apply the emergency brakes the next time the company management appears to be heading off a cliff." Concurrent with Schumer's bill, the View Details
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by Roger Thompson
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
worldwide.) Two years later, I began thinking about a suggestion for a women-led SPAC. So, I developed a 90-day plan, which involved learning about capital markets, investment banking, SEC rules. And on day 89, I was ringing the bell at...
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- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exclude specific proposals from the proxy statement. From 2003 to 2013, we find that managers seek to exclude 40% of all proposals they receive, but the SEC does not permit...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
heading off a cliff.” Concurrent with Schumer’s bill, the SEC voted on May 20 to seek public comment on a proposal to give shareholders the right to place board nominees on the company’s proxy ballot. Said View Details
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
113-089 In late 2012, IASB chair Hans Hoogervorst, just over a year into his term, must address several serious geopolitical challenges that can derail IFRS growth. The SEC has issued a report outlining why the U.S. should not adopt IFRS....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
be actually brought home to the investor." Most of our social contracts are built on the assumption that individual accountability influences human behavior. Indeed, the recent move by the SEC to require CEOs to personally attest to...
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- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
500,000 listings and counting. (By way of comparison, hotel industry giant Marriott offers around 530,000 rooms worldwide.) Airbnb, which has been valued at roughly $2.5 billion, recently closed a $200 million round of financing, according to a February 6 View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
crowdfunded real estate faces resistance from industry leaders, especially in regards to the concern of fraud, and SEC regulations on crowdfunding remain undetermined at the time of the case. Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
sensitive and important issue in practice, as evidenced by corporate pushback to recent proposals for additional mandatory disclosures. For example, the SEC has proposed mandatory disclosure of certain compensation information; however,...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
Regina Herzlinger; former FCC head Reed Hundt, with Professor David Yoffie, in a session on the digital and broadband revolution; and top FBI official Philip Mudd, taking part in Associate Professor Jan Rivkin’s presentation on the organizational integration of...
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- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
in their portfolio. Specifically, we look at the abnormal returns on stock trades following loan renegotiations. By collecting SEC filings of loan amendments, we are able to identify institutional investors that had access to private...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
wage comparisons affect firm policies on executive pay? This paper explores that question using a 1992 SEC proxy disclosure rule that mandated increased disclosure of executive pay. We argue that this rule differentially increased wage...
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Anna Secino
- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
professional and political characteristics of FASB members and SEC commissioners predict the accounting "reliability" and "relevance" of proposed standards. Notably, we find FASB members with backgrounds in financial...
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Sean Silverthorne