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- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
sell; they hire, train, and fire team members; and they're paid a salary plus a gainsharing-based bonus based on their ability to meet or exceed plan. Everyone is eligible for stock options. Everyone can know what everyone else is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
present to the future. After all, her compensation doesn't change whether she misses the target by a little or a lot; she still gets her full salary (assuming she doesn't get fired, of course). But by shifting profits forward—by prepaying... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
donates a small portion of their salary to a pool that can be drawn on in the event a colleague suffers an accident or other significant personal setback. To date, Deshpandé has taught the case in the School's Owner/President Management... View Details
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
Similarly, Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora Radio, persisted with his startup long after others might have called it quits, in large part because he could not face the idea of losing the money invested by his cofounders' friends or reneging on the $1 million in View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
Performance assessment. Educate managers about gender biases that can influence evaluation decisions. Assess the criteria managers use to rate performance, and eliminate ambiguous, vague, and malleable standards. Promotion and compensation. Set clear and transparent... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 26 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?
to invest in a sport, Chung says, especially in light of multimillion-dollar salaries paid to head coaches like Alabama’s Nick Saban, who earns $7 million a year. If the courts allow college athletes to be paid, the information could help... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
provision of home office equipment, PPE, health benefits, salary increases, and promotions. 5. Communicate and empower Many of the approaches adopted by companies in our sample require fundamental changes in employee behavior, for... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather by a careful... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
for the next three years. Or it may tie the value to some percentage of the executive's cash compensation, enabling the grant to grow as the executive's salary or salary plus bonus increases. The value of... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
salary and bonus that were, on average, nearly 4 percent lower than those without a stigma on their CV. That can represent a substantial difference, since the average starting salary and bonus compensation... View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
measure average CEO compensation and facilitate discussions in which companies are encouraged to adjust salaries to keep pace with some percentile of the average for all companies. The absence of any dampening mechanism in this... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots is one of the highest-paid coaches in the National Football League; Forbes in 2013 estimated his salary as $7.5 million. His track record helps explain the high compensation: Belichick is the... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
as industry and other variables, we found that men and women didn't tend to negotiate very different salaries, especially in industries where salaries were normative. But men and women did negotiate differently for other packages. And a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
blues, and a job set up for failure. If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer Researcher Ethan Rouen discovers that rank-and-file employees understand the boss deserves a big salary, but only when... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Why You Are Unhappy at Work
importance of being supportive. Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers A productive workplace can be easily disrupted by one unruly employee. Here's what companies can do to detox the problem-makers. If the CEO’s High View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
salary for the company's division managers. Each additional product-focused functional manager reporting to the CEO was associated with a 2.4 percent lower salary and a 5.4 percent lower total compensation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
suggest that workers with higher rank should receive compensation packages more heavily weighted in equity. However, we observe the puzzle that many firms adopt an equality-in-equity strategy: they offer different cash salaries across all... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
results of a salary survey conducted by the French Engineering and Scientist Council, a network of alumni organizations that includes 144 of the country's 240 engineering schools. Respondents shared their latest yearly salary, current... View Details
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
as a strategic issue," Merton says. "They had been offering unions the choice of a dollar's worth of salary or what they thought was a dollar's worth of benefits. Most unions picked the benefits, which were in fact worth... View Details
- 08 Sep 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing
knew the salaries of your peers, would you feel happier in a more equitable workplace? The answer to all these questions is often yes. But sometimes too much transparency can be a bad thing. Open-office designs can make workers less... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne