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Carl C. Icahn
Tappan Company in 1979, Icahn went on to reap huge financial rewards through proxy fights with such notable firms as Texaco, Phillips Petroleum, TWA, and US Steel. In the nineties, Icahn earned huge sums of... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
donations to organizations such as World Wildlife Fund and Save the Children fit in. Those contributing money are driven first and foremost by an affinity with the idea, rather than by any individual reward they might receive. Some... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
Rohit Daniel Wadhwani's research and teaching interests lie in business and financial history and public policy. He received his B.A. with honors from Yale College in 1991. From 1991 to 1995 he worked as a management consultant with APM... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
president and COO. Thain labeled as “nonsense” the frequently heard claim in Washington that executive pay plans, particularly lavish bonuses, spurred the excessive risk-taking that ultimately led to the financial meltdown. He advocates... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
REALLY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACE IS HELPING EMPLOYEES FEEL APPRECIATED.” Rewards that signal to employees that they did a good job and that their manager cares about them will encourage employees to want to work even harder, the research... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
awards drives a sharp increase in CEO compensation. 1992 The SEC requires more disclosure of executive compensation, particularly stock options and perks. With more information in public view, the rules trigger an unintended upward pay spiral as boards strive to View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
the social impact bond, an innovative approach to marrying social purpose with financial returns for investors. Still in the pilot stage in the UK, social impact bonds already have enthusiastic supporters determined to bring them to the... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
reward than spending $x/n in different stores. One approach to achieve this convexity in rewards is to create loyalty systems that are tiered. It is often argued that tiered rewards, such as those offered by... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
non-founding CEO will never be able to get." According to this thinking, for a fixed level of total rewards, if founders receive a higher level of psychological rewards, they should be willing to accept a smaller amount of material View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Students Assist Needy Family
A Boston family threatened with homelessness got a financial lift from more than seventy HBS students just before Thanksgiving. In response to an e-mail campaign launched by roommates Grace Simmons and Jennifer Kelm (both HBS ’10), their... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
financial expectations. Partners need to be reminded that their primary role is to leave their firms stronger and more vibrant than when they joined. Monetary rewards should not be the priority.Top of Form... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
and 2021 that were compiled by Capital IQ. The research team matched those transactions to financial data supplied by Dun & Bradstreet, as well as information on IT spending provided by Aberdeen Strategy & Research. Finally, they... View Details
- Profile
Lindsay Steinmetz
better public education, rather than a new technology, financial rewards or product. The best part of that realization though is that I have classmates choosing to be leaders in the other sectors to follow... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
Sheikh extended this idea when he proposed that, "the number of work hours should be dictated by productivity—i.e., very productive individuals in an organization should be rewarded with greater time off (within) upper and lower... View Details
- Profile
Ann Chao
at my disposal to pursue my passions. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? From the beginning, the consistent message I received from HBS and my classmates was to pursue my passions and resist the pressure to go into a View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
virtually mandates changes to contracts as requirements are added or changed; and financial incentives that reward lowball contractor bids and provide negative sanctions for failing to spend all the... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
fraud? What kinds of internal control levers, employee training programs, or perhaps even internal (nonfinancial) rewards and recognitions lead to a greater number of internal whistleblower reports? Subject to data availability, we would... View Details
- 17 Jun 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience
hosted a panel and networking reception during San Francisco Climate Week at the University Club of San Francisco focused on how communities, businesses, and governments can respond to climate-driven disasters through innovative financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong The novel coronavirus did more than disrupt jobs, supply chains, and financial markets, says HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé. The pandemic has also upended how... View Details