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- September 2010
- Case
Aaron's: Household Goods for the U.S. Base of the Pyramid
By: Michael Chu and Charles Augustus Smithgall IV
With $2.5 billion system-wide revenues, Aaron's, a major rent-to-own supplier to the U.S. base of the pyramid, continues to grow in the recession, but CEO R.C. Loudermilk, Jr. wonders how long the company can sustain the fast growth rate of its past. Founded in 1955,...
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Fairness;
For-Profit Firms;
Renting or Rental;
Financial Crisis;
Demand and Consumers;
Social Enterprise;
Income;
Goods and Commodities;
Competitive Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Chu, Michael, and Charles Augustus Smithgall IV. "Aaron's: Household Goods for the U.S. Base of the Pyramid." Harvard Business School Case 311-047, September 2010.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Governance Transparency and Firm Value: Evidence from Korean Chaebols
By: Akash Chattopadhyay, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin and Charles C.Y. Wang
We examine Korean business groups' transition from circular-shareholding structures to (relatively simple) pyramidal-shareholding structures between 2011 and 2018. When firms were removed from ownership loops, chaebol families' control or incentive conflicts in them...
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Business Groups;
Cross Shareholding;
Circular Shareholding;
Pyramidal Ownership;
Governance Transparency;
Ownership Transparency;
Earnings Response Coefficient;
Business Conglomerates;
Corporate Governance;
Valuation;
Business Earnings
Chattopadhyay, Akash, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Governance Transparency and Firm Value: Evidence from Korean Chaebols." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-012, September 2021. (Revised November 2021.)
- February 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Background Note
Note on Measuring Controlling Shareholder's Ownership, Voting, and Control Rights
Founders and their families can raise equity without relinquishing control of their companies through the use of mechanisms such as dual-class stock, pyramidal ownership, voting agreements, and disproportionate board representation. The use of these mechanisms in...
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Equity;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Measurement and Metrics;
Ownership Stake;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Valuation
Villalonga, Belen. "Note on Measuring Controlling Shareholder's Ownership, Voting, and Control Rights." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-109, February 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
Author:Louis T. Wells Publication:AIB Insights 10, no. 1 (2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lwells/Insights.pdf Working PapersAgency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure...
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Martha Lagace
- 2011
- Working Paper
Leviathan as a Minority Shareholder: A Study of Equity Purchases by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003
By: Sergio G. Lazzarini and Aldo Musacchio
There is a growing literature comparing the performance of private vs. state-owned companies. Yet, there is little work examining the effects of having the government as a minority shareholder of private companies. We conduct such a study using data for 296 publicly...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Ownership Stake;
State Ownership;
Private Ownership;
Performance Evaluation;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Banking Industry;
Brazil
Lazzarini, Sergio G., and Aldo Musacchio. "Leviathan as a Minority Shareholder: A Study of Equity Purchases by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-073, January 2011. (**Winner of the Prize for the Best Paper Presented at the Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2011.)
- Web
Eligibility - New Venture Competition
contact se@hbs.edu with your specific circumstances, for evaluation of your eligibility. Course Listing Business at the Base of the Pyramid (HBS) Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems...
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
Key concepts: Business and Society, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership Patagonia's change of ownership from a privately held company to a perpetual purpose trust and 501(c)(4) nonprofit in order...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
When Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration and the faculty chair of HBS’s Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative, was studying questions of gender and race in organizations in the 1980s, research into building an inclusive economy was “a...
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April White
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
his concerns by saying, "Our capitalism has evolved into a financial pyramid scheme and not industry building." One piece of evidence that something is wrong with managerial capitalism was presented by B. V. Krishnamurthy, who...
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by Jim Heskett
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog
Field Course: Startup Operations Studio (SOS) Entrepreneurial Management Spring2025 Q3Q4 1.5 ^ back to top B Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Joseph Badaracco The Moral Leader General Management Fall2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Josh Baron Leading a Family Business (LFB)...
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Building Web 3 Businesses Scott Duke Kominers Shai Bernstein Spring2025 Q3 1.5 Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under General Management) Natalia Rigol Benjamin N. Roth Fall2024 Q1Q2 3.0 The Coming of...
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- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
early 2003 would have 10,000 shares today. Why would a company want to cut the trading price of its stock by so much? A: In a stock split, each share of the firm is divided into more units, but the proportional ownership of each...
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Courses by Title - Course Catalog
Joseph Pacelli Fall2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Business and Geopolitics Business, Government & the International Economy Jeremy Friedman Fall2024 Q1 1.5 Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Natalia...
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Building Web 3 Businesses Scott Duke Kominers Shai Bernstein Spring2025 Q3 1.5 Business at the Base of the Pyramid (also listed under General Management) Natalia Rigol Benjamin N. Roth Fall2024 Q1Q2 3.0 The Coming of...
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- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
British merchant houses established business groups with diversified portfolio and pyramidal structures overseas, especially in developing economies, including both British colonies and the independent nations of Latin America. While...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
Control Rights Harvard Business School Case 209-109 Founders and their families can raise equity without relinquishing control of their companies through the use of mechanisms such as dual-class stock, pyramidal ownership, voting...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Print View - Course Catalog
Pacelli Fall2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Business and Geopolitics Business, Government & the International Economy Jeremy Friedman Fall2024 Q1 1.5 Business at the Base of the Pyramid General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Natalia Rigol,Benjamin...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
the Nazis. It also departs from previous literature in assessing the outcomes of the company's strategies after 1945. It examines the challenges and costs faced by the company in recovering the ownership of its brands. While the...
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Sean Silverthorne