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- 05 Sep 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Structural Transformation: A Competitiveness-based View
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by Christian Ketels
- 1988
- Other Unpublished Work
Structure of the U.S. Government Decision Making Process - HBS Technical Note - See professor
By: J. Ronald Fox
- Research Summary
Governance of Interorganizational Exchange
By: Ranjay Gulati
In a series of papers, I examine the antecedents and consequences of governance choices in exchange relations. Using data from the automotive industry, a coauthor and I have examined the dynamics associated with the social and contractual structure of sourcing...
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- 02 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
The Structure of Board Committees
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by Kevin D. Chen and Andy Wu
- August 2006 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
Governance of the Family Business
By: John A. Davis
Reviews the ways to achieve governance of the family business. Points out the importance of plans (e.g., strategic plans), statements (e.g., mission statements), policies, rules, and agreements to the governance process. Discusses the roles of three structures in...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Mission and Purpose
Davis, John A. "Governance of the Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-022, August 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
The Structure of Board Committees
By: Kevin D. Chen and Andy Wu
We document and analyze board committee structures utilizing a novel dataset containing full board committee membership for over 6,000 firms. Board committees provide benefits (specialization, efficiency, and accountability benefits) and costs (information...
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Keywords:
Board Of Directors;
Board Committees;
Specialization;
Accountability;
Information Segregation;
Overloaded Directors;
Multi-commitee Directors;
Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
Corporate Accountability;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Accounting;
Corporate Governance
Chen, Kevin D., and Andy Wu. "The Structure of Board Committees." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-032, October 2016.
- 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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Keywords:
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.)
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
of statement. The rare family in business may have a more elaborate family governance structure, with a separate meeting for family-owner-managers or a separate council for family shareholders or periodic meetings between shareholders,...
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- Book Review
Review of Corporate Governance and Firm Organization: Microfoundations and Structural Forms edited by Anna Grandori. Oxford University Press, 2004
By: A. Zelleke
Zelleke, A. "Review of Corporate Governance and Firm Organization: Microfoundations and Structural Forms edited by Anna Grandori. Oxford University Press, 2004." Corporate Governance 13, no. 4 (July 2005): 559–560.
- August 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
In late September 1999, representatives from Telstri, Japan Telecom, and Teleglobe met to discuss the structure of the Australia-Japan Cable (AJC) project, a $520 million submarine cable system that would run from Australia to Japan. The sponsors, excited by the...
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Keywords:
Information Infrastructure;
Cooperative Ownership;
Organizational Structure;
Investment;
Ownership;
Capital;
Corporate Governance;
Management Teams;
Communication Technology;
Projects;
Compensation and Benefits;
Corporate Finance;
Telecommunications Industry;
Australia;
Japan
Esty, Benjamin C., and Carrie Ferman. "Australia-Japan Cable: Structuring the Project Company." Harvard Business School Case 203-029, August 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- November 2005
- Background Note
Deal Structure and Deal Terms
By: Michael J. Roberts and Howard H. Stevenson
Describes the general principles of crafting financial deals around the provision of capital to entrepreneurial ventures. Discusses in more detail some of the specific aspects of venture capital term sheets.
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Roberts, Michael J., and Howard H. Stevenson. "Deal Structure and Deal Terms." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-085, November 2005.
- May 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure
By: Brian J. Hall
This case analyzes incentive strategy from the perspective of a company's board of directors and owners. The focus is the role that executive compensation and ownership structure (the composition of, and financial structure between, a company's owners) play in...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Ownership;
Behavior;
Motivation and Incentives;
Perspective;
Strategy;
Value Creation
Hall, Brian J. "Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-134, May 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- 16 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity
- 10 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets
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by Zacharias Sautner & Belén Villalonga
- December 2007 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A)
By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Xiangdong and Tracy Manty
With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York Stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman, Zhang Chunjiang, began a program...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
State Ownership;
Public Ownership;
Financial Markets;
Capital Markets;
Telecommunications Industry;
China
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Xiangdong, and Tracy Manty. "China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A)." Harvard Business School Case 308-027, December 2007. (Revised December 2008.)
- June 2011
- Case
Changes to Harvard University's Governing Board
By: Rakesh Khurana and Eric Baldwin
This case examines the decision made by the governing board of Harvard University, known as the Harvard Corporation, to alter its size and operations. The case provides background on Harvard's history, its existing governance structure, and some of the issues that...
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- 2010
- Working Paper
Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets
We exploit an exogenous shock to corporate ownership structures created by a recent tax reform in Germany to explore the link between corporate governance and internal capital markets. We find that firms with more concentrated ownership are less diversified and have...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Capital Markets;
Corporate Governance;
Taxation;
Ownership;
Performance Efficiency;
Diversification;
Germany
Sautner, Zacharias, and Belen Villalonga. "Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-100, May 2010.
- January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Supplement
China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)
By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty
Supplements the A case [308027]. With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman,...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Corporate Governance;
State Ownership;
Standards;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Telecommunications Industry;
China
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Yuen Manty. "China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 308-091, January 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance
By: Walter J. Salmon and Jaan Elias
Starting in 1988, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) began a controversial transformation in management and governance. For its first 112 years, the AMC's structure had resembled that of a country club--volunteer leaders directed the club's operations and its small,...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Transformation;
Corporate Governance;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Labor and Management Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Education Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Salmon, Walter J., and Jaan Elias. "Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance." Harvard Business School Case 598-066, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- March 2020
- Case
Brazil: Contesting the Rules of Government
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Jonathan Schlefer
Brazilian factions so fiercely opposed one another that for a century and a half they had contested not just state policies but the rules and structure of the state itself. Was this politics, so unlike the Western political ideal, sign of an immature or failing...
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Keywords:
Governance;
Policy;
Government Administration;
Government and Politics;
Social Issues;
Brazil
Reinert, Sophus A., and Jonathan Schlefer. "Brazil: Contesting the Rules of Government." Harvard Business School Case 720-026, March 2020.