Karen H. Wruck

Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance

Professor

2100 Neil Avenue

Columbus, OH 43210-1144

United States

http://https://fisher.osu.edu/people/wruck.1

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (27)

1.

Organizations and Markets: History and Development of the Ccmo Course and the Field (1st of 4 Ccmo Documents)

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Course Content and Materials (3rd of 4 Ccmo Documents)

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Karen H. Wruck and Michael C. Jensen (Deceased)
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Practice Questions (4th of 4 Ccmo Documents)

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 20 Apr 1998
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased), HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Financial Conservatism: Evidence on Capital Structure from Low Leverage Firms

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 May 2001
Bernadette A. Minton and Karen H. Wruck
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Compensation, Incentives and Organizational Change: Ideas and Evidence from Theory and Practice

Dice Working Paper No. 2000-3
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Jan 2000
Karen H. Wruck
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Compensation, Incentives and Organizational Change: Ideas and Evidence from Theory and Practice

BREAKING THE CODE OF CHANGE, Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria, Eds, Harvard Business School Press, Boston
Posted: 25 Jan 2000
Karen H. Wruck
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance

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Science, Specific Knowledge and Total Quality Management

Harvard Business School Working Paper No 94-003
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Jul 1994
Karen H. Wruck and Michael C. Jensen (Deceased)
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Asset Liquidity, Debt Covenants, and Managerial Discretion in Financial Distress: The Collapse of L.A. Gear

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Jun 2001
Harry DeAngelo, Linda DeAngelo and Karen H. Wruck
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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A Clinical Exploration of Value Creation and Destruction in Acquisitions: Organization Design, Incentives, and Internal Capital Markets

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Aug 1997
Steven N. Kaplan, Mark L. Mitchell and Karen H. Wruck
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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The Ownership, Governance and Control of Organizations: Course Module Overview Note

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Nov 1997
Karen H. Wruck
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Information Problems, Conflicts of Interest and Asset Stripping: Chapter 11's Failure in the Case of Eastern Airlines

Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 97-013, and/or INSEAD Working Paper 96/48/AC
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Sep 1996
Lawrence A. Weiss and Karen H. Wruck
MIT and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Organization Structure, Contract Design and Government Ownership: A Clinical Analysis of German Privatization

Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 97-007
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Feb 1998
I. J. Alexander Dyck and Karen H. Wruck
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Restructuring Top Management: Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs

Dice Center Working Paper No. 2001-15
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Oct 2001
Eric G. Wruck and Karen H. Wruck
Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Relationships, Corporate Governance, and Performance: Evidence from Private Placements of Common Stock

Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2007-18; Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2008-03-019, Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Jul 2007
Karen H. Wruck and YiLin Wu
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and National Tsing Hua University - Department of Quantitative Finance
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private placement, private equity, equity issuance, relationship investing, relationship investor; hierarchy of investors; agency theory; asymmetric information; entrenchment; specific investment; relationship-specific investment, governance, blockholders, ownership concentration

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The relation between CEO equity incentives and the quality of accounting disclosures: New evidence

Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2017-02, Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2017-03-002, Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2021
Karen H. Wruck and YiLin Wu
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and National Taiwan University - Department of Economics
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Accounting disclosure quality; Readability; Textual analysis; Equity incentives; CEO stock options; Vega.

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Relative versus Absolute Performance Evaluation and CEO Decision-Making

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2017-03-020, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2017-20, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2021
Karen H. Wruck and YiLin Wu
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and National Taiwan University - Department of Economics
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CEO Compensation, Performance Measurement, Performance Metrics, Performance-Based Compensation, Relative Performance Evaluation; Absolute Performance Evaluation, CEO Incentives, CEO Stock Options, Governance, Risk, Systematic Risk, Idiosyncratic Risk, Industry Index Correlation, CEO Risk Taking, CEO

Accounting-based Compensation and Debt Contracts

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2017-03-007, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2017-07, University of Connecticut School of Business Research Paper No. 20-01
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2020
Zhi Li, Lingling Wang and Karen H. Wruck
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics, University of Connecticut - Department of Finance and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
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Accounting-based Compensation, Debt Contracts and Covenants, Executive Compensation, Lender Monitoring, Incentive Alignment

Accounting-based Compensation and Debt Contracts

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 22 Nov 2019
Zhi Li, Lingling Wang and Karen H. Wruck
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros College of Business and Economics, University of Connecticut - Department of Finance and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance

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Accounting-based Compensation, Debt Contracts and Covenants, Executive Compensation, Lender Monitoring, Incentive Alignment

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A Clinical Exploration of Value Creation and Destruction in Acquisitions: Organizational Design, Incentives, and Internal Capital Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w5999
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 07 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Steven N. Kaplan, Mark L. Mitchell and Karen H. Wruck
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
Downloads 155 (362,735)

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Stock Prices and Top Management Changes

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 20, 1988
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Jerold B. Warner, Ross L. Watts and Karen H. Wruck
University of Rochester – Simon Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance

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Management changes, stock price performance, governance

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American Cyanamid Case Series: (A)-Board Response to a Hostile Takeover Offer, (B)-Management's Response to the (a) Case, (a) & (B) Combined, (C)-Epilogue, and Associated Teaching Note

Posted: 12 Sep 2000
Karen H. Wruck and Sherry Roper
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard Business School

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Government as Venture Capitalist? The Role of Organizational Structure and Contract Design in Germany's Privatization Process

Posted: 19 Oct 1998
I. J. Alexander Dyck and Karen H. Wruck
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance

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21.

Sink or Swim? Cytec Industries' Spin-Off (Case Series)

Posted: 31 Jul 1998
Karen H. Wruck and Sherry Roper
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard Business School

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American Cyanamid Case Series: (A)-Board Response to a Hostile Takeover Offer, (B)-Management's Response to the (a) Case, (a) & (B) Combined, (C)-Epilogue, and Associated Teaching Note.

Posted: 29 Jul 1998
Karen H. Wruck and Sherry Roper
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard Business School

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Financial Policy, Internal Control, and Performance: Sealed Air Corporation's Leveraged Special Dividend

Posted: 07 May 1998
Karen H. Wruck
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance

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Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Complete Package of Course-Related Materials (in Four Documents)

Posted: 20 Apr 1998
Karen H. Wruck and Michael C. Jensen (Deceased)
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (a), Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (B), Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (C): The Media Response

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING
Posted: 26 Mar 1997
Karen H. Wruck and Steve-Anna Stephens
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard Business School

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Sealed Air Corporation's Leveraged Recapitalization (a), Sealed Air Corporation's Leveraged Recapitalization (B), Teaching Note-Sealed Air Corporation's Leveraged Recapitalization (A)&(B)

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING
Posted: 16 Oct 1996
Karen H. Wruck
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance

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The Government as Venture Capitalist? Organizational Solutions to Contracting Problems in German Privatization

Posted: 15 Apr 1996
I. J. Alexander Dyck and Karen H. Wruck
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance

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