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- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
Many executives believe that leadership development is a job for the HR department. This may be the single biggest misconception they can have. As corporations have broken down work into manageable activities and then consolidated... View Details
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
often, then, companies will adopt diversity policies more out of fear than anything else, the researchers argue. And this can lead to nonproductive situations. For example, a manager may shy away from constructively criticizing a minority... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- November 2008 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (Abridged)
By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Robin Abrahams
Teena Lerner, the CEO of Rx Capital, had a problem. Her three-year-old hedge fund was highly profitable, but in 2004, one of her four equities analysts lost a lot of money for the firm. If Lerner followed her existing compensation system, designed to reward teamwork,... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Evaluation; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 409-058, November 2008. (Revised January 2012.)
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Impact: Where Science and Business Intersect
The creation, commercialization, and scaling of science-based enterprises will be a crucial segment of the global economy in the decades to come. Harvard Business School—through its educational programs, the research of its faculty... View Details
- November 2020 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Daily Table
By: José B. Alvarez, Zeynep Ton and Annelena Lobb
Daily Table is a case about a grocery chain with two outposts in Boston neighborhoods Dorchester and Roxbury. Its mission is to provide healthy food at lower prices to people in lower-income neighborhoods. The case explores Daily Table’s responsibility to its employees... View Details
Keywords: Grocery; COVID-19 Pandemic; Food; Nonprofit Organizations; Employees; Wages; Employee Relationship Management; Boston
Alvarez, José B., Zeynep Ton, and Annelena Lobb. "Daily Table." Harvard Business School Case 521-025, November 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
talent that we know is on the way. A personal experience, however anecdotal it is, may provide food for thought. Last month, a female acquaintance with a long work record, a positive attitude, a high level of motivation, and familiarity with View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- February 2014
- Article
Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?
By: Ray Fisman, Rakesh Khurana, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Soojin Yim
We study how corporate governance affects firm value through the decision of whether to fire or retain the CEO. We present a model in which weak governance—which prevents shareholders from controlling the board—protects inferior CEOs from dismissal, while at the same... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Value; Retention; Resignation and Termination; Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations
Fisman, Ray, Rakesh Khurana, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Soojin Yim. "Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?" Management Science 60, no. 2 (February 2014): 319–337.
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
In a working paper presented at the June colloquium, HBS professors Michael Porter and Nitin Nohria consider the CEO’s role in the large, complex organization that is typical in today’s global economy. An excerpt follows: “CEOs must... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
alumni who are working to make a successful transition. The second program, Strengthening Your Role as a Nonprofit Board Leader, was available to all returning classes, and we believe it could become de rigueur for our graduates who are assuming major View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Experience of a Lifetime
banker in Miami, Florida. Today, he's the CEO of Hunter Global Investors, a money management firm he founded just two weeks after 9/11. "The HBS experience was transformational for me," Buchan says. "Case... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
sense that (he/she) could have been/done/made more than they did that sounds like a solid hire to me provided their manager is perceptive enough to avoid (him/her) burning out. If the ‘imposter’ however literally can’t ‘see’ how they got... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
was created and popularized by the global facilities management company JLL [Jones Lang Lasalle]. It’s intended to show a company’s relative per-square-foot costs across three factors—utilities, rent, and... View Details
- 02 Dec 2002
- What Do You Think?
How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?
Summing Up Are We Getting More Sensible About Management Incentives? Respondents to this month's column suggest ways of fixing or selectively using various methods of providing incentives to management. They join the chorus of voices... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Mar 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Incentive Plans for Exemplary Employees Lead to Productive or Counterproductive Outcomes?
- August 2017
- Article
Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment
By: Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas
We conduct a field experiment in which we vary the sales force compensation scheme at an Asian enterprise that sells consumer durable goods. With variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Sales Force Compensation; Field Experiment; Heterogeneity; Loss Aversion; Reciprocity; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits
Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas. "Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 54, no. 4 (August 2017): 511–524. (Lead article.)
- October 2009
- Supplement
Negotiating Star Compensation at the USAWBL (A-4): Confidential Instructions for the Boston Sharks Chief Financial Officer
By: Ian Larkin and Nithyasri Sharma
Larkin, Ian, and Nithyasri Sharma. "Negotiating Star Compensation at the USAWBL (A-4): Confidential Instructions for the Boston Sharks Chief Financial Officer." Harvard Business School Supplement 910-019, October 2009.
- October 2006
- Article
Stewards, Agents, and the Founder Discount: Executive Compensation in New Ventures
By: Noam Wasserman
Wasserman, Noam. "Stewards, Agents, and the Founder Discount: Executive Compensation in New Ventures." Academy of Management Journal 49, no. 5 (October 2006): 960–976.
- 25 Aug 2024
- News
Your Next Career Coach Could Be A Chatbot
- April 2005 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Tata Consultancy Services Iberoamerica
By: Michael Chu and Gustavo Herrero
To launch its Latin American operations, the Indian IT giant Tata Consultancy Services recruits a seasoned executive who becomes the only non-Indian member of senior management. Reviews the start-up operations, from the site selection to staffing and training, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Globalization; Human Resources; Selection and Staffing; Management Teams; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Consulting Industry; Latin America
Chu, Michael, and Gustavo Herrero. "Tata Consultancy Services Iberoamerica." Harvard Business School Case 705-020, April 2005. (Revised November 2005.)
- December 2022
- Article
Scarlet Letters: Rehabilitation Through Transgression Transparency and Personal Narrative Control
By: Erin L. Frey, Ethan Bernstein and Nick Rekenthaler
When employees commit transgressions, organizations often use tools of organizational control to prevent them from transgressing again. We investigate whether organizations can use transgression transparency to rehabilitate transgressors. Although making transgressions... View Details
Keywords: Transparency; Workplace; Transgressions; Qualitative Research; Management Practices and Processes; Organizations; Employees; Reputation; Communication
Frey, Erin L., Ethan Bernstein, and Nick Rekenthaler. "Scarlet Letters: Rehabilitation Through Transgression Transparency and Personal Narrative Control." Administrative Science Quarterly 67, no. 4 (December 2022): 968–1011. (The first two authors contributed equally to this manuscript.)