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      Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China
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      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Bollywood, Skin Color and Sexism: The Role of the Film Industry in Emboldening and Contesting Stereotypes in India after Independence

      By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer
      This working paper examines the social impact of the film industry in India during the first four decades after Indian Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India and the counterpart in scale to Hollywood in the United States, shared...  View Details
      Keywords: Film Industry; Bollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Social Impact; Stereotypes; Oral History; Film Entertainment; Gender; Race; Personal Characteristics; Prejudice And Bias; Business History; Motion Pictures And Video Industry; India
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      Sheth, Sudev, Geoffrey Jones, and Morgan Spencer. "Bollywood, Skin Color and Sexism: The Role of the Film Industry in Emboldening and Contesting Stereotypes in India after Independence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-077, January 2021.
      • September 2020
      • Case

      Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company

      By: V.G. Narayanan and John Masko
      In 2019, Board Chair and third-generation shareholder Helen Fullerton was preparing for a meeting to discuss Ohio-based Hayden Saw Company’s (Hayden) future as a family business. As the company entered its fifth decade, the Hayden family was dealing with three distinct...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership; Business And Shareholder Relations; Family And Family Relationships; Governing And Advisory Boards; Construction Industry; Ohio; United States
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      Narayanan, V.G., and John Masko. "Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company." Harvard Business School Case 121-026, September 2020.
      • November 2019
      • Case

      Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)

      By: V.G. Narayanan, Tanvi Deshpande and Shreya Ramachandran
      In May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was having a hard time...  View Details
      Keywords: Turnarounds; Operations; Management; Financial Condition; Problems And Challenges; Communication; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Transformation; Apparel And Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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      Narayanan, V.G., Tanvi Deshpande, and Shreya Ramachandran. "Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-053, November 2019.
      • May 2019
      • Teaching Note

      Tesla, Inc. in 2018

      By: Siko Sikochi and Suraj Srinivasan
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-013. The case facilitates a discussion about corporate governance and its role in achieving sustainable profitability and driving long-term shareholder value. The discussion can focus on such questions as what constitutes good governance,...  View Details
      Keywords: Public Company; Corporate Governance; Governing And Advisory Boards; Cost Vs Benefits
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      Sikochi, Siko, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Tesla, Inc. in 2018." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 119-101, May 2019.
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?

      By: Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan and Forester Wong
      Several government-mandated committees investigating the financial crisis highlighted four key deficiencies in the composition of bank boards before the crisis: (i) group think among bank board members; (ii) absence of prior banking experience of board members; (iii)...  View Details
      Keywords: Banks And Banking; Governing And Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Change; Diversity
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      Rajgopal, Shiva, Suraj Srinivasan, and Forester Wong. "Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-108, April 2019.
      • November 2018 (Revised January 2020)
      • Case

      Tesla, Inc. in 2018

      By: Siko Sikochi, Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
      On August 7, 2018 Elon Musk, Chairman and CEO of Tesla tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla private and had secured funding. Weeks went by without details about a deal and speculation grew that Musk had misled investors. He soon abandoned the idea, but the...  View Details
      Keywords: Disclosure Regulation; Board Independence; Corporate Governance; Business And Shareholder Relations; Governing And Advisory Boards
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      Sikochi, Siko, Suraj Srinivasan, and Quinn Pitcher. "Tesla, Inc. in 2018." Harvard Business School Case 119-013, November 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
      • December 2017
      • Case

      International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

      By: Jose B. Alvarez and Sarah Mehta
      It is July 2017, and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), is making progress toward two of his primary strategic objectives for the nonprofit research Institute: 1) to scale the impact...  View Details
      Keywords: Scaling Technologies; Youth Unemployment; Innovation In Nonprofits; Agribusiness; Plant-based Agribusiness; Cash Flow; Labor; Employment; Commercialization; Problems And Challenges; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Nigeria
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      Alvarez, Jose B., and Sarah Mehta. "International Institute of Tropical Agriculture." Harvard Business School Case 518-034, December 2017.
      • August 2016
      • Article

      Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China

      By: Juan Ma and Tarun Khanna
      In this paper, we examine the circumstances under which so-called "independent" directors voice their independent views on public boards in a sample of Chinese firms. First, we ask why independent directors dissent, i.e. how they justify such dissent to public...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Independent Directors; China; Corporate Governance; Governing And Advisory Boards; China
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      Ma, Juan, and Tarun Khanna. "Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China." Strategic Management Journal 37, no. 8 (August 2016): 1547–1557.
      • July 2016
      • Case

      'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company

      By: Ian Gow, Suraj Srinivasan and Neeraj Goyal
      In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with prominent hedge fund and activist investor Third Point Management. The activist had criticized Dow’s recent performance and advocated that the company split itself to maximize...  View Details
      Keywords: Motivation And Incentives; Governing And Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Investment Activism; Chemical Industry
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      Gow, Ian, Suraj Srinivasan, and Neeraj Goyal. "'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company." Harvard Business School Case 117-029, July 2016.
      • March 2016
      • Article

      An Analysis of Firms' Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts

      By: Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim
      We use Transparency International's ratings of self-reported anticorruption efforts for 480 corporations to analyze factors underlying the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk....  View Details
      Keywords: Corruption; Performance; Corporate Performance; Growth; Sales; Disclosure; Disclosure Strategy; Sustainability; Crime And Corruption; Corporate Disclosure; Performance; Sales
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      Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim. "An Analysis of Firms' Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts." Accounting Review 91, no. 2 (March 2016): 489–511.
      • August 2015
      • Exercise

      Finalizing a Deal between Riva Corporation and Charlton Corporation: Charlton's Internal Deliberation (D)—Charlton Independent Director 2

      By: Andy Zelleke and Tony Mayo
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      Zelleke, Andy, and Tony Mayo. "Finalizing a Deal between Riva Corporation and Charlton Corporation: Charlton's Internal Deliberation (D)—Charlton Independent Director 2." Harvard Business School Exercise 316-018, August 2015.
      • August 2015
      • Exercise

      Finalizing a Deal between Riva Corporation and Charlton Corporation: Charlton’s Internal Deliberation (E)—Charlton Independent Director 3

      By: Andy Zelleke and Tony Mayo
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      Zelleke, Andy, and Tony Mayo. "Finalizing a Deal between Riva Corporation and Charlton Corporation: Charlton’s Internal Deliberation (E)—Charlton Independent Director 3." Harvard Business School Exercise 316-019, August 2015.
      • July 2015
      • Exercise

      Finalizing a Deal between Riva Corporation and Charlton Corporation: Charlton's Internal Deliberation (C)—Charlton Independent Director 1

      By: Andy Zelleke and Tony Mayo
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      Zelleke, Andy, and Tony Mayo. "Finalizing a Deal between Riva Corporation and Charlton Corporation: Charlton's Internal Deliberation (C)—Charlton Independent Director 1." Harvard Business School Exercise 316-017, July 2015.
      • 2014
      • Working Paper

      Opting Out of Good Governance

      By: C. Fritz Foley, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Jonathan Greenstein and Eric Zwick
      Cross-listing on a U.S. exchange does not bond foreign firms to follow the corporate governance rules of that exchange. Hand-collected data show that 80% of cross-listed firms opt out of at least one exchange governance rule, instead committing to observe the rules of...  View Details
      Keywords: Financial Markets; Globalization; Corporate Governance
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      Foley, C. Fritz, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Jonathan Greenstein, and Eric Zwick. "Opting Out of Good Governance." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19953, March 2014.
      • February 2014
      • Article

      Accountability of Independent Directors—Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation

      By: Francois Brochet and Suraj Srinivasan
      We examine which independent directors are held accountable when investors sue firms for financial- and disclosure-related fraud. Investors can name independent directors as defendants in lawsuits, and they can vote against their re-election to express displeasure over...  View Details
      Keywords: Independent Directors; Litigation Risk; Class Action Lawsuits; Director Accountability; Reputation; Boards Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Debt Securities; Corporate Accountability; Lawsuits And Litigation
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      Brochet, Francois, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Accountability of Independent Directors—Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation." Journal of Financial Economics 111, no. 2 (February 2014): 430–449.
      • January 2014
      • Case

      Newfield Energy

      By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang
      In September 2013, Miles Griffin, CEO and chairman of the board of Newfield Energy, prepares to present financial proposals to the board of directors for approval. Newfield (based in Houston, Texas) was a large independent energy company primarily engaged in the...  View Details
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      Fruhan, William E., and Wei Wang. "Newfield Energy." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-541, January 2014.
      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism

      By: Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin and Suraj Srinivasan
      Using a comprehensive sample for 2004–2012, we examine the impact of shareholder activist campaigns on the careers of directors of targeted firms. We find that activism is associated with directors being almost twice as likely to leave—and performance-sensitivity of...  View Details
      Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Hedge Funds; Independent Directors; Director Reputation; Accountability; Shareholder Voting; Voting; Retention; Investment Funds; Management Teams; Investment Activism
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      Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-071, February 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
      • 2013
      • Working Paper

      Accountability of Independent Directors—Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation

      By: Francois Brochet and Suraj Srinivasan
      We examine which independent directors are held accountable when investors sue firms for financial and disclosure related fraud. Investors can name independent directors as defendants in lawsuits, and they can vote against their re-election to express displeasure over...  View Details
      Keywords: Debt Securities; Lawsuits And Litigation; Legal Liability
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      Brochet, Francois, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Accountability of Independent Directors—Evidence from Firms Subject to Securities Litigation." Working Paper, 2013. (Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-104, June 2013.)
      • June 2013
      • Case

      Hess Corporation

      By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
      On January 29, 2013, Elliott Management, a hedge fund run by Paul E. Singer, which owned 4.5% of Hess Corporation stock, put forward a slate of five independent directors it wanted elected to improve the company's performance. Elliott argued that Hess lacked focus and...  View Details
      Keywords: Takeover Attempt; Board; Hess; Governing And Advisory Boards; Organizational Structure; Acquisition; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry
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      Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Hess Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 413-126, June 2013.
      • January 2013
      • Case

      Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture (MM)

      By: Frances X. Frei and Robin J. Ely
      On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately-held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft-line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its Board of Directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies....  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Online Technology; Mergers And Acquisitions; Organizational Culture; Growth And Development Strategy; Apparel And Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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      Frei, Frances X., and Robin J. Ely. "Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture (MM)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 612-701, January 2013.
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