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Jim Johnson's Re-election to the Goldman Sachs Board
Srinivasan, Suraj; Baker, KellyCase HBS-113050-EAccounting and ControlThe case presents the opposition by a leading institutional investor in Goldman Sachs to the re-election of Jim Johnson to the board of directors of the company. The investor, Sequoia Fund, opposes the re-election citing Jim Johnson's prior track record as the CEO of Fannie Mae, which has been criticized for its role in the financial crisis and for serving on the compensation committees of two companies that experienced option backdating scandals...Starting at €8.20
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Say on Pay: Qualcomm, Inc. Shareholders Vote 'Maybe'
Srinivasan, Suraj; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Baker, KellyCase HBS-114005-EAccounting and ControlThis case centers around Qualcomm shareholders' 2012 Say-on-Pay vote and the dispute between the Institutional Shareholder Services and management regarding the appropriateness of the CEO's compensation plan. Was ISS right that Qualcomm CEO's pay was inflated and justified by benchmarking to aspirational peers? Or was management correct that its CEO's pay is warranted by Qualcomm's recent firm performance?Starting at €8.20