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- February 18, 2022
- Article
Why Really Smart Executives Do Really Stupid Things
CEO exits due to workplace misconduct are all too common. Over and over we hear about top officials at companies, universities or in government resigning, either because they had affairs with subordinates in their inner circles or made verbal advances to junior workers... View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Why Really Smart Executives Do Really Stupid Things." Wall Street Journal (online) (February 18, 2022).
- August 2019 (Revised August 2024)
- Module Note
Why Aspiring Executives Should Care About Management Theory
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Rory McDonald and Shaye Roseman
Managers often make significant business decisions based on little more than convincing book jacket blurbs. They should hold themselves—and the experts—to a higher standard. View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., Rory McDonald, and Shaye Roseman. "Why Aspiring Executives Should Care About Management Theory." Harvard Business School Module Note 620-011, August 2019. (Revised August 2024.)
- 2005
- Book
Ten Rules for Strategic Innovations—from Idea to Execution
By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
Discover how to transform breakthrough ideas into breakthrough growth. View Details
Govindarajan, Vijay, and Chris Trimble. Ten Rules for Strategic Innovations—from Idea to Execution. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2005.
- winter 1990
- Article
Too Many Executives Today Just Don't Get It
By: R. L. Nolan
Keywords: Management
Nolan, R. L. "Too Many Executives Today Just Don't Get It." Cause/Effect 13, no. 4 (winter 1990).
- November 1979 (Revised November 1980)
- Case
Life and Career of a Chief Executive Officer
Clawson, James G. "Life and Career of a Chief Executive Officer." Harvard Business School Case 480-036, November 1979. (Revised November 1980.)
- 03 Oct 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
The Skills Gap and the Near-Far Problem in Executive Education and Leadership Development
- November 2023
- Article
When Executives Pledge Integrity: The Effect of the Accountant's Oath on Firms' Financial Reporting
By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Caspar David Peter
We study the effect of executives’ pledges of integrity on firms’ financial reporting outcomes by exploiting a 2016 regulation that requires holders of Dutch professional accounting degrees to pledge an integrity oath. We identify chief executive officers (CEOs) and... View Details
Heese, Jonas, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, and Caspar David Peter. "When Executives Pledge Integrity: The Effect of the Accountant's Oath on Firms' Financial Reporting." Accounting Review 98, no. 7 (November 2023): 261–288.
- Teaching Interest
Executive Education: Leading Growth through Customer Centricity — India
By: Rajiv Lal
Establishing a strategic advantage in India's highly competitive marketplace requires a systemic shift in focus—away from selling products and toward meeting the needs of customers. But how many companies are prepared to carry out such fundamental change? By... View Details
- November 1990 (Revised May 1996)
- Case
Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. (B): Euromarket Covered Warrant Execution
By: Peter Tufano
Tufano, Peter. "Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. (B): Euromarket Covered Warrant Execution." Harvard Business School Case 291-017, November 1990. (Revised May 1996.)
- October 2019
- Supplement
Designing Executive Compensation at Kongsberg Automotive Teaching Note Supplement
By: Suraj Srinivasan
- 08 Sep 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts
Keywords: by Susanna Gallani
- February 13, 2012
- Article
It's Harder Than Ever to Be a Senior Executive
By: Boris Groysberg
Groysberg, Boris. "It's Harder Than Ever to Be a Senior Executive." Harvard Business Review (website) (February 13, 2012).
- Fall 2021
- Article
Job-Hopping Toward Equity: Changing Employers Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Executive Compensation
By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Eric Lin
Changing employers has been linked to larger pay increases for executives and managers. Although survey-based studies suggest that men gain more than women, an analysis of more than 2,000 job moves found that executive women are commanding bigger increases than men... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Eric Lin. "Job-Hopping Toward Equity: Changing Employers Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Executive Compensation." MIT Sloan Management Review 63, no. 1 (Fall 2021).
- May 2004
- Article
Underwater Options and the Dynamics of Executive Pay-to-Performance Sensitivities
By: Brian J. Hall and Thomas A. Knox
Hall, Brian J., and Thomas A. Knox. "Underwater Options and the Dynamics of Executive Pay-to-Performance Sensitivities." Journal of Accounting Research 42, no. 2 (May 2004).
- 2016
- Working Paper
Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts
By: Susanna Gallani
Effective design of executive compensation contracts involves choosing and weighting performance measures, as well as defining the mix between fixed and incentive-based pay components, with a view to fostering talent retention and goal congruence. The variability in... View Details
Keywords: Compensation Design; Board Interlocks; Compensation Consultants; Network Centrality; Homophily; Quadratic Assignment Procedure; Blockholders; Executive Compensation
Gallani, Susanna. "Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-019, August 2015. (Revised December, 2016.)
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
Pressure to increase gender diversity in C-suites is so intense that companies are trying to draw women candidates with higher salary offers, a phenomenon that is closing the gender pay gap among senior executives, research shows. Female View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Winter 2013
- Article
Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking
By: Daniel Cohen, Aiyesha Dey and Thomas Lys
We investigate the mechanism through which the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) was associated with changes in corporate investment strategies. We document that the passage of the governance regulations in SOX was followed by a significant decline in pay‐performance... View Details
Cohen, Daniel, Aiyesha Dey, and Thomas Lys. "Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking." Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 1296–1332.