Filter Results:
(3,722)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,722)
- People (4)
- News (1,288)
- Research (2,040)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (45)
- Faculty Publications (810)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,722)
- People (4)
- News (1,288)
- Research (2,040)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (45)
- Faculty Publications (810)
- Article
What It Takes to Make 'Star' Hires Pay Off
By: Boris Groysberg, Linda Eling-Lee and Robin Abrahams
Keywords: Selection and Staffing
Groysberg, Boris, Linda Eling-Lee, and Robin Abrahams. "What It Takes to Make 'Star' Hires Pay Off." MIT Sloan Management Review 51, no. 2 (Winter 2010): 57–61.
- January–February 1992
- Comment
Comments on 'The Case of the Unpopular Pay Plan'
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Comments on 'The Case of the Unpopular Pay Plan'." Harvard Business Review 70, no. 1 (January–February 1992): 14–23.
- 08 Feb 2019
- News
Why didn’t the Panera Cares social experiment pay off?
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: A History of Personal Credit
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
Why Raising Retail Pay Is Good for the Gap
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
Do you have that one friend who seems to snag the coolest, most fashionable shoes, jewelry, or clothes? Now new research shows that when luxury goods companies cater to these trendy consumers by controlling how rare certain items are—seeking to make them exclusive and... View Details
- 30 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay
Employers are dangling all sorts of sparkling lures to capture hot job candidates in the battle for top talent: Generous compensation. Stock options. Lofty titles. But Harvard Business School research suggests that many companies fail to promote a key draw for many... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2, 2020
- Article
How to Pay for Public Option Without Tax Hike
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard Boxer
A bipartisan combination of the two parties’ most popular initiatives can expand health care coverage, significantly reduce costs, and enable freedom of choice, without raising taxes. Along the way, we can revitalize competition between public and private plans. Our... View Details
Keywords: Health Insurance; Public Option; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Cost Management; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Richard Boxer. "How to Pay for Public Option Without Tax Hike." RealClearPolicy (September 2, 2020).
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Why ‘Staggered’ Boards Are Paying Off for Stock Investors
- 18 Jun 2018
- News
Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work
- 21 Feb 2017
- News
Why It Pays Off to Be Funny at Work—Usually
- 23 Jan 2017
- News
Big pay raises bring big benefits, Quincy firm decides
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Printed Collections
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Management skills pay off in personal and professional pursuits
Chuck Marantz (MBA 1973) talks about the parallels of professional and personal management skills. (Published April 2014) View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
414-424. Full text available as a networked resource. (Harvard users only: Harvard ID and University PIN required) Mandell, Lewis. The Credit Card Industry: A History (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990). Olney, Martha L. Buy Now, Pay Later:... View Details
Buy Now, Pay Later Credit: User Characteristics and Effects on Spending Patterns
Firms offering "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) point-of-sale loans with minimal underwriting have grown in popularity in the last couple of years. According to Worldpay, BNPL accounted for 2.1% – or roughly $97b – of global e-commerce transactions in 2020, and is... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Why Better Pay Didn’t Stop Amazon Employees from Trying to Unionize
- May 2019 (Revised February 2022)
- Background Note
The Gig Economy: Leasing Skills to Pay the Bills
By: Joseph Fuller, William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg
This primer provides a comprehensive exploration into the gig economy and how it is reshaping global business. It shows how the Uber driver, the freelancing programmer in India, and the independent corporate consultant are all different variants of the modern-day gig... View Details
Keywords: Gig Economy; COVID-19 Pandemic; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Labor; Strategy; Management; Globalization; North America; Europe; United States; United Kingdom
Fuller, Joseph, William R. Kerr, and Carl Kreitzberg. "The Gig Economy: Leasing Skills to Pay the Bills." Harvard Business School Background Note 819-146, May 2019. (Revised February 2022.)
- January 2012
- Article
Paying to Be Nice: Consistency and Costly Prosocial Behavior
By: Ayelet Gneezy, Alex Imas, Amber Brown, Leif D. Nelson and Michael I. Norton
Building on previous research in economics and psychology, we propose that the costliness of initial prosocial behavior positively influences whether that behavior leads to consistent future behaviors. We suggest that costly prosocial behaviors serve as a signal of... View Details
Gneezy, Ayelet, Alex Imas, Amber Brown, Leif D. Nelson, and Michael I. Norton. "Paying to Be Nice: Consistency and Costly Prosocial Behavior." Management Science 58, no. 1 (January 2012): 179–187.