Conventional wisdom has it that companies wanting to attract more institutional investors can do so by paying out more dividends. Not so, a new study by two Cornell University professors shows. In fact, it turns out that companies attract more institutional investors by repurchasing shares of their own stock and paying out fewer dividends. The study, "Institutional Holdings and Payout Policy," by Roni Michaely, professor of finance at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, and Yaniv Grinstein, assistant professor of finance at the Johnson School, reverses earlier thinking on how companies actually attract institutional investors. (July 17, 2002)
Snow falling on cedars – and other kinds of trees and shrubs in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states this winter – has caused serious damage that can be remedied, according to experts at Cornell Plantations.
Got e-Moo? Taking direct aim at the youth sports drink and carbonated soft drink industry, a carbonated, milk-based beverage has been developed by food science researchers at Cornell.
Considering the radiance of the day, that so many would sit inside a public library for bit of "Bosh and Flapdoodle" only proved that the work -- as well as the memory -- of the late A.R. Ammons is very much alive.
Gioia De Cari performed her one-woman-show on the plights of being a woman at MIT Nov. 11 and 12; a faculty panel followed each performance. (Nov. 16, 2010)
Cornell faculty members Gail Holst-Warhaft and Tammo Steenhuis will meet with government leaders, activists and academics in Greece this summer to discuss the water-scarcity problem in the Mediterranean. (May 27, 2008)
Gasoline leaking from an underground storage tank last week at 925 Warren Road prompted temporary evacuation of one Cornell building and clean-up operations that included removing the tank.
Cornell University, the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc. and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service will host the Cornell Community Conference on Biological Control, April 11 to 13, 1996, on the Cornell campus.
Deputy Provost David Harris had one more vital piece of instruction for Cornell's freshly minted group of doctors of philosophy at the Ph.D. recognition ceremony in Barton Hall on May 24. (May 25, 2008)
The influential Dutch Bulb Program in the United States is moving to Cornell from Raleigh, N.C. The selection announcement notes that the move is a tribute to Cornell's extremely long and prestigious horticultural tradition.