Compensation And Benefits - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 1994 (Revised December 1996)
Teaching Note

Duckworth Industries, Inc.--Incentive Compensation Programs TN

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-293-091). View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits

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03 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups

Startups are exciting to HBS MBA students for many reasons, including the opportunity for impact, exposure to multiple functions, and the ability to practice skills they are learning at HBS. But, why should a startup hire an HBS MBA?... View Details

Keywords: All Industries; Entrepreneurship

2004
Case

Compensation Reform at Denver Public Schools

By: Allen Grossman, Nancy D. Beaulieu and Jennifer Suesse

Keywords: Education; Urban Scope; Compensation and Benefits; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Colorado

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10 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

iPhoto In the blink of an instant, a corporate brand can turn from sterling to tarnished. Just ask Volkswagen or Wells Fargo—two prestigious names that have become associated with scandal in recent years, and now become synonymous with shady corporate practices. What... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

2011
Working Paper

Much Ado About Nothing: Expropriation and Compensation in Peru and Venezuela, 1968-75

By: Noel Maurer

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02 Nov 2016
Blog Post

The Benefits of a Residential Campus

A friend who just entered the Class of 2018 recently shared with me that upon letting a few mentors know about her acceptance, one of them called her immediately and said — I have only one piece of advice for you: live on campus. My... View Details

08 Sep 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani

November 2011 (Revised June 2013)
Case

Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd: Linking Compensation to Sustainability Metrics

Robert Venter, second-generation Chief Executive (CE) of family-owned Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd (Altron), considered the pros and cons of more clearly linking the firm's compensation system to sustainability performance. In June 2011, Altron, a conglomerate... View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Environmental Sustainability

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22 Apr 2014
News

Being 'helpful' has mutual benefits

Catherine Bouvier d'Yvoire (MBA 1982), director of the Global Strategy Advisory of Citi, sees her role is being "helpful" to the governments and societies in which she works. (Published April 2014) View Details

2008
Working Paper

Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges are the Benefits

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ingrid M. Nembhard

The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the interdisciplinary nature of the work and industry trends necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest quality product in... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Learning; Management Skills; Product Development; Projects; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Social and Collaborative Networks

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July 2016 (Revised September 2016)
Teaching Note

Banking On Change: Aligning Culture and Compensation at Morgan Stanley

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Teaching Note for 917-402. View Details

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July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
Case

CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem

When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff Immelt's award of 2 million stock options in April 2011, GE's compensation committee had to decide whether to rescind or amend the award or ignore the ISS recommendation. Was Immelt's 2010... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Stock Options; Stock Shares; Annual Reports; Executive Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Shareholder Relations; Performance Evaluation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry

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10 Aug 2016
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3 Benefits of the Case Method

have had the opportunity to learn from them. 3. I learned to take a position and express my thoughts in a convincing manner Every student is expected to contribute his or her views on the case questions. All present have read the case, so... View Details

30 Oct 2017
News

Could a CVS-Aetna deal actually benefit consumers?

Spring 2014
Article

The Surprising Benefits of Nonconformity

By: Silvia Bellezza, Francesca Gino and Anat Keinan

Keywords: Status and Position; Societal Protocols

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December 1994
Article

Benefits of Narrow Business Strategies

By: J. J. Rotemberg and Garth Saloner

Keywords: Business Strategy

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May 2019 (Revised March 2020)
Teaching Note

Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (A), (B), (C), and (D)

By: Doug J. Chung

Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 517-090, 517-133, 519-095, and 519-096. View Details

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2016
Working Paper

An Evaluation of Compensation Benchmarking Peer Groups Based on Mutual Peer-Designating Behaviors

By: Jee Eun Shin

In this paper, I argue that firms mutually recognizing each other as compensation benchmarking peers constitute viable competitors in the same CEO labor market, and that non-mutual peer relationships can serve as a tool to evaluate firms’ executive compensation... View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation

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