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- July 2021
- Supplement
CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France (B)
By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Tonia Labruyere and Vincent Dessain
This case is a complement to CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France (A) and describes the events after CIAM learned about a potential misuse of corporate assets at Altice/SFR.
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Valuation;
Investment Activism;
Accounting;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
France
Wang, Charles C.Y., Tonia Labruyere, and Vincent Dessain. "CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 121-078, July 2021.
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
voting information accumulates, shareholder organizations such as Institutional Shareholder Services could use the balloting data to create director scorecards. Such objective information, and any...
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- 16 Jun 2016
- News
What Business Schools Teach About Shareholder Value
- September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A1)
By: Fabrizio Ferri, V.G. Narayanan and James Weber
Two activist investors, one a founder and one a hedge fund manager, seek to improve board oversight at a chain restaurant company. Prestley Blake founded Friendly Ice Cream in 1935 with his brother, and the two created a chain of full-service restaurants. In 1979, they...
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Keywords:
Investment Activism;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Business or Company Management;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Conflict of Interests;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Ferri, Fabrizio, V.G. Narayanan, and James Weber. "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 109-013, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- August 2003
- Case
SEC Proposal for Nomination of Directors by Shareholders
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson
Describes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's 2003 proposal to allow shareholders to nominate a "short slate" of directors for the board of listed companies. Includes comment letters for and against the proposal.
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Lorsch, Jay W., and Ashley Robertson. "SEC Proposal for Nomination of Directors by Shareholders." Harvard Business School Case 404-048, August 2003.
- 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.)
- April 2014
- Article
Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders
By: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles C.Y. Wang
Golden parachutes (GPs) have attracted substantial attention from investors and public officials for more than two decades. We find that GPs are associated with higher expected acquisition premiums and that this association is at least partly due to the effect of GPs...
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Keywords:
Golden Parachute;
Acquisitions;
Takeovers;
Acquisition Takeover;
Acquisition Likelihood;
Acquisition Premiums;
Agency Costs;
Managerial Slack;
Dodd-Frank;
Executive Compensation;
Acquisition;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Bebchuk, Lucian A., Alma Cohen, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders." Journal of Corporate Finance 25 (April 2014): 140–154.
- June 2021
- Article
Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU
By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang
Investor-driven "short-termism" is said to harm EU public firms' ability to invest for the long term, prompting calls for the EU to better insulate managers from shareholder pressure. But the evidence offered—rising levels of repurchases and dividends—is incomplete and...
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Keywords:
Short-termism;
EU;
Payout Policy;
Innovation;
Investment;
Corporate Governance;
Investment Return;
Acquisition;
European Union
Fried, Jesse M., and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU." European Financial Management 27, no. 3 (June 2021): 389–413.
- March 2014 (Revised September 2019)
- Teaching Note
Say on Pay: Qualcomm, Inc. Shareholders Vote 'Maybe'
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Charles C.Y. Wang
This case centers around Qualcomm shareholders' 2012 Say-on-Pay vote and the dispute between the Institutional Shareholder Services and management regarding the appropriateness of the CEO's compensation plan. Was ISS right that Qualcomm CEO's pay was inflated and...
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- 20 Oct 2022
- News
4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Shareholder Value
‘Passive’ Index Fund Leaders Push for Shareholder Reforms
The evolving power relationship between index fund managers and investors focused on management change. Index funds are the major shareholders in many large- and medium-sized public companies, but their passive investment nature offers few checks on...
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- Research Summary
Research: Shareholder Value in Europe
Marc L. Bertoneches research involves a series of empirical studies on value creation among Europes leading companies and the role of different models of corporate governance. He is also developing cases on European companies (Jazztel, Allianz, etc.).
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Second-Generation Shareholder Bylaws: Post-Quickturn Alternatives
By: John C. Coates and Bradley C. Faris
Coates, John C., and Bradley C. Faris. "Second-Generation Shareholder Bylaws: Post-Quickturn Alternatives." Business Lawyer 56, no. 4 (August 2001): 1323–1379.
- 12 Apr 2013
- News
The Market Needs Shareholder Activist
- April 2008 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)
By: Fabrizio Ferri, V.G. Narayanan and James Weber
Two activist investors, one a founder and one a hedge-fund manager, seek to improve board oversight at a chain restaurant company. Prestley Blake founded Friendly Ice Cream in 1935 with his brother, and the two created a chain of full-service restaurants. In 1979 they...
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Keywords:
Investment Activism;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Business or Company Management;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Conflict of Interests;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Ferri, Fabrizio, V.G. Narayanan, and James Weber. "Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A)." Harvard Business School Case 108-024, April 2008. (Revised September 2008.)
- 12 Jul 2016
- News
The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
This CEO Blind Spot Is Costing Shareholders Billions
- 2020
- Working Paper
Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU
By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang
Investor-driven “short-termism” is said to harm EU public firms' ability to invest for the long term, prompting calls for the EU to better insulate managers from shareholder pressure. But the evidence offered—in the form of rising levels of repurchases and dividends—is...
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Keywords:
Short-termism;
Quarterly Capitalism;
EU;
Dividends;
Equity Issuances;
Equity Compensastion;
Capital Flows;
Capital Distribution;
R&D;
Innovation;
Investment;
Corporate Governance;
Investment Return;
Acquisition;
European Union
Fried, Jesse M., and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-054, October 2020.
- July 2013 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Say on Pay: Qualcomm, Inc. Shareholders Vote 'Maybe'
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Charles C.Y. Wang and Kelly Baker
This case centers around Qualcomm shareholders' 2012 Say-on-Pay vote and the dispute between the Institutional Shareholder Services and management regarding the appropriateness of the CEO's compensation plan. Was ISS right that Qualcomm's CEO's pay was inflated and...
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Keywords:
ISS;
Proxy Advisor;
Investor Communication;
Investor Relations;
Peers;
Say-on-Pay;
Benchmarking;
Peer Group;
Compensation Committees;
Board Of Directors;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Telecommunications Industry
Srinivasan, Suraj, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Kelly Baker. "Say on Pay: Qualcomm, Inc. Shareholders Vote 'Maybe'." Harvard Business School Case 114-005, July 2013. (Revised September 2019.)
- 05 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries