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      Shaping the Governance Debate at ISS
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      • March 2021
      • Article

      The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance

      By: Ryan W. Buell, Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei
      This paper investigates the impact of customer compatibility – the degree of fit between the needs of customers and the capabilities of the operations serving them – on customer experiences and firm performance. We use a variance decomposition analysis to quantify the...  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Compatibility; Satisfaction; Profitability; service Operations; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Satisfaction; Performance
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      Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei. "The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance." Management Science 67, no. 3 (March 2021): 1468–1488.
      • January 2021
      • Case

      Egon Zehnder: Beyond Search?

      By: Ashish Nanda and Margaret Cross
      In 2019, Egon Zehnder chair Jill Ader and CEO Edilson Camara faced a critical question: how should the global executive search firm approach its burgeoning advisory service offering? Since 2003, the firm’s advisory practice had grown as a conglomeration of grassroots...  View Details
      Keywords: Professional Services Firms; Executive Search Firms; Professionalism; Partnership; Executive Coaching; Leadership Development; Expansion; Decision Making; Strategy; Switzerland; London
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      Nanda, Ashish, and Margaret Cross. "Egon Zehnder: Beyond Search?" Harvard Business School Case 721-430, January 2021.
      • November 2020 (Revised February 2021)
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      Wes Hall and the BlackNorth Initiative

      By: Shikhar Ghosh, Marilyn Morgan Westner and Reza Satchu
      Wes Hall founded Kingsdale Advisors and built it into one of Canada’s leading shareholder services and advisory firms. Influenced by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and a series of social injustices—specifically the death of George Floyd in police custody—Hall...  View Details
      Keywords: Racism; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Race; Social Issues; Canada; North America
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, Marilyn Morgan Westner, and Reza Satchu. "Wes Hall and the BlackNorth Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 821-056, November 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
      • July 2020
      • Case

      Board Diversity at Amazon (A)

      By: Aiyesha Dey and Anu Atluru
      The case revolves around the decisions that the board of directors of ecommerce giant Amazon would need to make in response to the controversial letter that activist shareholder CtW investment group sent to Amazon’s shareholders, urging them to vote in favor of a...  View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Boards; Governing And advisory Boards; Diversity; Gender; Race; United States
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      Dey, Aiyesha, and Anu Atluru. "Board Diversity at Amazon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 121-012, July 2020.
      • March 2020 (Revised April 2020)
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      Wachtell Lipton: Focused Excellence

      By: Ashish Nanda and Margaret Cross
      For years, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz—a small, New York City law firm—has consistently boasted the highest profits per partner and one of the highest “prestige” ratings among U.S.-based law firms. The firm has remained loyal to a distinctive strategy ever since its...  View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Law; Mergers And Acquisitions; Legal services Industry; New York (city, Ny)
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      Nanda, Ashish, and Margaret Cross. "Wachtell Lipton: Focused Excellence." Harvard Business School Case 720-396, March 2020. (Revised April 2020.)
      • February 2020 (Revised June 2020)
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      Shaping the Governance Debate at ISS

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jonah S. Goldberg and Calvin O. Liou
      ISS is the world’s largest provider of corporate governance research, data, analytics, and voting services. The case uses the effort of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to impose an array of new regulations that would severely restrict the functioning of...  View Details
      Keywords: Proxy Advisory Services; Corporate Governance; Research; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Business And Shareholder Relations; Institutional Investing
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, Jonah S. Goldberg, and Calvin O. Liou. "Shaping the Governance Debate at ISS." Harvard Business School Case 120-085, February 2020. (Revised June 2020.)
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      Are ISS Recommendations Informative? Evidence from Assessments of Compensation Practices

      By: Ana Albuquerque, Mary Ellen Carter and Susanna Gallani
      Using detailed information from the largest proxy advisor in the U.S., Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), we examine whether proxy advisors’ assessments of firms’ compensation practices are able to identify poor compensation practices as measured by subsequent...  View Details
      Keywords: Proxy Advisors; Ceo Compensation; Say-on-pay; Institutional Shareholder Voting; Executive Compensation; Performance
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      Albuquerque, Ana, Mary Ellen Carter, and Susanna Gallani. "Are ISS Recommendations Informative? Evidence from Assessments of Compensation Practices." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-085, February 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
      • March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
      • Teaching Note

      OpenInvest

      By: Boris Vallee and Caitlin Reimers Brumme
      Founded by a team of hedge fund and NGO alumni, OpenInvest launched its platform in 2015 to enable retail investors to tailor their portfolio to their personal values in an automated way, for instance by screening out weapon manufacturers stocks or overweighting LGBTQ...  View Details
      Keywords: Socially Responsible Investing; Investing For Impact; Robo-advisors; Investment; Values And Beliefs; Customization And Personalization; Technology; Financial services Industry
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      Vallee, Boris, and Caitlin Reimers Brumme. "OpenInvest." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-089, March 2018. (Revised March 2018.)
      • February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
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      OpenInvest

      By: Shawn Cole, Boris Vallée and Nicole Tempest Keller
      Founded by a team of hedge fund and NGO alumni, OpenInvest launched its platform in 2015 to enable retail investors to tailor their portfolios to their personal values in an automated way, for instance by screening out weapons manufacturers stocks or overweighting...  View Details
      Keywords: Fintech; Impact Investing; Investment Portfolio; Customization And Personalization; Technological Innovation; Social Issues; Growth And Development Strategy; Business Model; Financial services Industry
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      Cole, Shawn, Boris Vallée, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "OpenInvest." Harvard Business School Case 218-064, February 2018. (Revised August 2018.)
      • July 2016 (Revised January 2019)
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      Cyber Breach at Target

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and Neeraj Goyal
      In November and December of 2013, Target Corporation suffered one of the largest cyber breaches to date. The breach that occurred during the busy holiday shopping season resulted in personal and credit card information of approximately 110 million Target customers...  View Details
      Keywords: Safety; Credit Cards; Customer Relationship Management; Online Technology; Governing And advisory Boards; Crisis Management; Retail Industry
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, Lynn S. Paine, and Neeraj Goyal. "Cyber Breach at Target." Harvard Business School Case 117-027, July 2016. (Revised January 2019.)
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance

      By: Ryan W. Buell, Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei
      This paper investigates the impact of customer compatibility – the degree of fit between the needs of customers and the capabilities of the operations serving them – on customer experiences and firm performance. We use a variance decomposition analysis to quantify the...  View Details
      Keywords: Service Operations; Customer Compatibility; Satisfaction; Profitability; Customer Relationship Management; service Operations; Customer Satisfaction; Banking Industry; Retail Industry
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      Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei. "The Customer May Not Always Be Right: Customer Compatibility and Service Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-091, February 2016. (Revised December 2019.)
      • September 2015 (Revised November 2017)
      • Case

      Mary Caroline Tillman at Egon Zehnder: Spotting Talent in the 21st Century

      By: Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
      This case investigates both micro and macro issues around strategic human capital development. First, it explores how Egon Zehnder, a leading global search and advisory firm, assesses talent in the firms for which it works. The case discusses the deployment of a unique...  View Details
      Keywords: Assessment; Competencies; Potential; Talent; Employees; Recruitment; Selection And Staffing; Leadership Development; Management Practices And Processes; Performance Evaluation; Behavior; Motivation And Incentives; Talent And Talent Management; Consulting Industry; United Kingdom
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      Gino, Francesca, and Bradley Staats. "Mary Caroline Tillman at Egon Zehnder: Spotting Talent in the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Case 416-017, September 2015. (Revised November 2017.)
      • August 2015
      • Article

      Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics

      By: Thomas C Tsai, Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom and Raffaella Sadun
      National policies to improve health care quality have largely focused on clinical provider outcomes and, more recently, payment reform. Yet the association between hospital leadership and quality, although crucial to driving quality improvement, has not been explored...  View Details
      Keywords: Quality; Governing And advisory Boards; Management Practices And Processes; service Delivery; Health Care And Treatment; Health Industry
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      Tsai, Thomas C., Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom, and Raffaella Sadun. "Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics." Health Affairs 34, no. 8 (August 2015): 1304–1311.
      • March 2014 (Revised May 2014)
      • Teaching Note

      The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

      By: Lucy White and Benjamin C. Esty
      On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general...  View Details
      Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; Iss; Glass Lewis & Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Corporate Governance; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business And Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, Ny)
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      White, Lucy, and Benjamin C. Esty. "The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 214-003, March 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
      • February 2014
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      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 (Revised January 2014)
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      Showdown at Cracker Barrel

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Tim Gray
      In the fall of 2011, activist investor, Sardar Biglari, has acquired nearly 10% ownership in the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain. He believes that the board and senior management have failed and the company has underperformed relative to its peers. When he is denied a...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Boards; Activist Investors; Proxy Battles; Shareholder Activism; Peer Firm; Valuation; Ratio Analysis; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis; Board Of Directors; Boards Of Directors; Financial Intermediaries; Financial Analysts; Ceo Turnover; New Ceo; Peer Groups; Hedge Fund; Hedge Funds; Proxy Contest; Proxy Fight; Proxy Advisor; Proxy Battle; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Strategy; Corporate Governance; Corporate Disclosure; Governing And advisory Boards; Competition; Valuation; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Business And Shareholder Relations; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Retail Industry; Food And Beverage Industry; United States
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Tim Gray. "Showdown at Cracker Barrel." Harvard Business School Case 114-026, January 2014. (Revised January 2014.)
      • October 2013 (Revised September 2014)
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      The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

      By: Lucy White, Benjamin C. Esty and Lisa Mazzanti
      On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general...  View Details
      Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; Iss; Glass Lewis & Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Corporate Governance; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business And Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, Ny)
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      White, Lucy, Benjamin C. Esty, and Lisa Mazzanti. "The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 214-001, October 2013. (Revised September 2014.)
      • October 2013
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      Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption

      By: Clayton M. Christensen, Dina Wang and Derek C. M. van Bever
      Consulting fundamental business model has not changed in more than 100 years: very smart outsiders go into organizations for a finite period of time and recommend solutions for the most difficult problems confronting their clients. But at traditional...  View Details
      Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Consulting Industry
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      Christensen, Clayton M., Dina Wang, and Derek C. M. van Bever. "Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 10 (October 2013): 106–114.
      • 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.)
      • September 2012 (Revised September 2014)
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      Doing Business in Malaysia

      By: C. Fritz Foley, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-Ho Wong
      This case focuses on the current business environment in Malaysia as of 2012 by introducing the main economic, political and cultural aspects of the country for those interested in doing business there. The advantages and challenges of investing and doing business in...  View Details
      Keywords: Emerging Market Finance; Emergent Countries; Strategy; Business History; Economic History; Fieldwork; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Strategy; Malaysia
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      Foley, C. Fritz, Michael Shih-Ta Chen, and Keith Chi-Ho Wong. "Doing Business in Malaysia." Harvard Business School Case 713-431, September 2012. (Revised September 2014.)
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