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April 2005 (Revised May 2005)
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Executive Compensation at General Electric (B)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Michele Jurgens

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Electronics Industry

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June 2016
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Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation for Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Bryan Hong, Zhichuan (Frank) Li and Dylan B. Minor

We link the corporate governance literature in financial economics to the agency cost perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to derive theoretical predictions about the relationship between corporate governance and the existence of executive compensation... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Incentives For CSR; Non-financial Performance Measures; Agency Costs; Board Independence; Institutional Holdings; Managerial Power; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Executive Compensation; Corporate Governance

01 Jun 2004
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Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates

Committee, chaired by Jim Gibbons (MBA 1994), is making progress on recommendations to leverage existing resources and develop new ones to assist alumni with lifetime career development needs. Last fall, the board created an Executive... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Alumni Association Board of Directors; committee; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Blog

Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs

When Greg Reisch added emergency services to his role as associate director of facilities management for Harvard Business School's Executive Education Programs, it was with a clear understanding of what that would entail—perhaps an... View Details

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Harvard Business Review: Executive Education Access

Detailed directions on how Executive Education participants (in programs with remote access to Baker Databases) can access Harvard Business... View Details

2014
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Executive Compensation and Human Capital Investments Through Industry Selection

By: Boris Groysberg and Eric Lin

We use proprietary data capturing compensation levels of executives placed by a global search firm to investigate how executives evaluate rewards and risks of human capital investment choices. Our findings suggest that more isolated industries with lower opportunity to... View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Human Capital; Personal Development and Career

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The American Chief Executive from 1850 to 2000

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Richard S. Tedlow's research explores changes in the leadership strategies, styles, and backgrounds of corporate chief executive officers in the United States over the past century and a half. This project has both a qualitative and a quantitative component. The... View Details

October 2002
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NerveWire: A Tale of Two Executives

By: Nitin Nohria

A series of five segments that include NerveWire, Inc., A Day in the Life of Malcolm Frank, A Day in the Life of Kirk Arnold, Employee Observations of Malcolm and Kirk, and Malcolm and Kirk Discuss Co-Leadership. View Details

Keywords: Employees; Leadership; Organizations; Performance Evaluation; Behavior

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17 Oct 2012
News

Executives Lack Confidence in U.S. Competitiveness

13 Nov 2021
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Chief Executives are Weirder than Ever

30 Mar 2012
HBS Seminar

Matthew W. Emmens, Executive Chairman,Vertex Pharmaceuticals

18 Nov 2021
News

What Do Black Executives Really Want?

26 Oct 2011
News

Shih Says IBM Executives Have `Strong Team Dynamic'

12 Jul 2015
News

How Genzyme became a source of biotech executives

July 2012
Case

Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee

By: Linda A. Hill and Mark Rennella

Johannes Linden is the Director of the Washer and Dryer division of Fluss, a large Swiss appliance manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its revenue projections and bonus targets for the upcoming year, Linden shares some good news with his leadership team, the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Multinational Firms and Management; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland

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Owner and President Management (OPM); HBS Executive Education; 2022

Taught management and leadership to executives in small group sessions
Conducted one-on-one sessions focused on complex business challenges and personal leadership development
Teaching Rating: 6.75 / 7 (8 students)

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12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

We are on the cusp of a new millennium; yet the face of corporate power in the United States remains overwhelmingly white. People of color hold less than 1 percent of all senior executive posts. But what about leaders such as Kenneth... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross