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- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
cannot surface: Abjuring rigorous debate about its merits, a youthful president John F. Kennedy essentially rubber-stamped a 1961 plan to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, resulting in one of the biggest U.S. foreign policy fiascoes in...
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by Garry Emmons
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512003-PDF-ENG Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd.: Linking Compensation to Sustainability Metrics Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim, Shelley Xin Li, and Alan KnightHarvard Business School Case...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
centers into more nimble operations that can sustain its renewed brands far into the 21st Century. Nancy F. Koehn, James E. Robison Professor Of Business Administration: General Motors was formed in 1908, the same year Henry Ford brought...
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- 09 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages
Foods was having was caused partly by COVID-19, partly by competition for workers from Amazon, and partly by changes in lifestyle,” says David Bell, Baker Foundation Professor and George M. Moffett Professor...
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
Scott. The book looks at the changing image of the salesman, represented by the likes of George Babbitt and Willy Loman. In the end, says Friedman, salesmen not only fed America's thirst for consumerism, they also shaped it. Laura Linard:...
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by Laura Linard
- 17 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage
employers and employees as ones of material benefits.” After all, it’s not all about making money, says DeLong, a Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice at HBS. What employees really crave, the paper argues, is meaning. “You...
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by Michael Blanding
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
would always remind his visitors that good source material was the key to good history and would want to know what research collection they were using at Baker Library. His enthusiasm for the subject of business history, and for history...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
Last year, it took a teenager's 10-minute video of a Black man's murder to shine a light on the raw hostility that Black people face daily in America. George Floyd's death at the hands of a white police officer forced many to acknowledge...
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- May 2000
- Article
The Use of Performance Measures in Incentive Contracting
By: George P. Baker
Baker, George P. "The Use of Performance Measures in Incentive Contracting." American Economic Review 90, no. 2 (May 2000).
- 2000
- Chapter
Leveraged Management Buyouts at KKR: Historical Perspectives on Patient Equity, Debt, Discipline, and LBO Governance.
By: George P. Baker and George Smith
- September 1987
- Comment
Discussion of 'An Analysis of the Use of Accounting and Market Measures of Performance in Executive Compensation Contracts'
By: George P. Baker
Keywords:
Measurement and Metrics;
Contracts;
Markets;
Executive Compensation;
Accounting;
Performance
Baker, George P. "Discussion of 'An Analysis of the Use of Accounting and Market Measures of Performance in Executive Compensation Contracts'." Journal of Accounting Research (September 1987).
- 2009
- Comment
The Behavioral Economics of the Labor Market:Central Findings and Their Policy Implications by Ernst Fehr, Lorenz Goette, and Christian Zehnder
By: George P. Baker
Baker, George P. Comment on "The Behavioral Economics of the Labor Market:Central Findings and Their Policy Implications by Ernst Fehr, Lorenz Goette, and Christian Zehnder." Policymaking Insights from Behavioral Economics, edited by Christopher L. Foote, Lorenz Goette, and Stephan Meier, 241–244. Boston, MA: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2009.
- Article
Beatrice: A Study in the Creation and Destruction of Value
By: George P. Baker
Keywords:
Value
Baker, George P. "Beatrice: A Study in the Creation and Destruction of Value." Journal of Finance 47, no. 3 (July 1992).
- fall 2002
- Article
Distortion and Risk in Optimal Incentive Contracts
By: George P. Baker
Baker, George P. "Distortion and Risk in Optimal Incentive Contracts." Journal of Human Resources 37, no. 4 (fall 2002).
- June 1992
- Article
Incentive Contracts and Performance Measurement
By: George P. Baker
Baker, George P. "Incentive Contracts and Performance Measurement." Journal of Political Economy (June 1992).
- 1994
- Other Paper
Conglomerates and LBO Associations: A Comparison of Organizational Forms
By: George P. Baker and Cynthia Montgomery
- 2000
- Working Paper
Contractibility and Asset Ownership: On-Board Computers and Governance in US Trucking
By: George P. Baker and Thomas Hubbard
Baker, George P., and Thomas Hubbard. "Contractibility and Asset Ownership: On-Board Computers and Governance in US Trucking." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 7634, April 2000.