Guhan Subramanian
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About Faculty in this Article:
Guhan Subramanian is the H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law at Harvard Business School and the Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School.
Activist Board Members Increase Firm's Market Value
| Published: | January 19, 2011 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
| Forum: | open for comment; 3 Comments posted |
Board members nominated by activist investors presumably have one primary goal: change the status quo. Does that agenda create or diminish value of the firm in the eyes of shareholders? New evidence offered by Harvard Business School professors Bo Becker, Daniel B. Bergstresser, and Guhan Subramanian suggests financial markets value a new approach.
Does Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge
| Authors: | Bo Becker, Daniel B. Bergstresser, and Guhan Subramanian |
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| Published: | January 11, 2011 |
| Paper Release Date: | November 2010 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
In August 2010, the Security and Exchange Commission announced a highly anticipated rule that would make it easier for investors to nominate new board members and get rid of existing ones. It allowed shareholders to have their board candidates included in the company's proxy materials--if those shareholders had owned at least 3 percent of the firm's shares for at least the prior three years. On October 4, the SEC unexpectedly and indefinitely postponed the implementation of that rule, pending the outcome of a lawsuit aimed at overturning it. This paper gauges the significance of the proxy access rule by measuring whether certain firms gained or lost market value on news of the delay. Research was conducted by Harvard Business School professors Bo Becker, Daniel Bergstresser, and Guhan Subramanian.
Published in 2009
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
| Q&A with: | Guhan Subramanian |
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| Published: | October 26, 2009 |
| Feature: | Executive Education |
Whether negotiating to purchase a company or a house, dealmaking is becoming more complex. Harvard Business School professor Guhan Subramanian sees a new form arising, part negotiation, part auction. Call it the negotiauction. Here's how to play the game.
