CEO Pay - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

and hazards. Several techniques can enhance the power and efficacy of queries: Favor follow-up questions, know when to keep questions open ended, get the sequence right, use the right tone, and pay attention to group dynamics. Publisher's... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

sales by salesperson. Should they pay people individually on these newer products while maintaining the team-pay approach on the core? If so, it would raise a potential problem with shirking on the core product. However, not doing so... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Jul 2020
Book

Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

bothering you about a particular problem, sometimes you have to slow down to recognize it,” Badaracco says. During a work meeting, rather than staying laser-focused on getting through the agenda, take time to look around the room and pay... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

irregularities related to the off-balance-sheet partnerships. This forced Lay—who returned as CEO after Skilling resigned that August—to announce a $544 million charge against earnings, and a $1.2 billion write-down in shareholders'... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

07 Jul 2019
HBS Case

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

$409.9 billion to $476.2 billion. (Walmart closed 2,214 discount stores or converted them into other formats from 1993 to 2018, with 2,576 supercenters opening during that time.) In addition to increasing Walmart’s supercenter footprint, View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

executives motivated who were asked to take a 50% salary reduction. Because we are now closed and have no revenue, we asked senior staff to take a 50% pay reduction until we reopen. Our CEO took a 100% View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

01 Dec 2023
News

Thinking Ahead

business of delivering health care than making a diagnosis and prescribing medication,” she says. Today, as cofounder and CEO of Systole, a healthtech startup, Lee is developing a personalized, physician-driven digital exercise program... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

29 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Do Outlet Stores Exist?

of a particular item's design. Ngwe found an almost perfect inverse correlation between the two attributes. In other words, the more likely a customer was willing to pay a premium price for the newest fashions, the less likely were he or... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Retail

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

Summing Up How Do We Encourage CEOs to Manage for Sustainability? Important forces encourage short-term perspectives among managers as well as investors today. These include governance biases, tax policies, faster turnover among leaders,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

say, “Okay, let’s look at comp.” And you’d say, “Oh, I pay really competitive salaries and benefits.” Then I’d say, “No, let’s look at the real comp.” Real comp is the tangibles plus the intangibles in a job, and the number-one intangible... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Morrell

22 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 22

suffering from overcapacity and from an inefficient farming structure. CEO John Horgan is considering the best way to position Kepak for success, including the possibility of an umbrella Irish beef brand, opportunities for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Apr 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

where they stand relative to their coworkers. Does telling an employee that her job performance falls in the bottom of her group better her performance? CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them While compensation committees know how much they... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Web

Business History - Faculty & Research

Contested Meanings of Freedom: Workingmen's Wages, the Company Store System and the Godcharles v. Wigeman Decision By: Laura Phillips Sawyer In 1886, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a law that prohibited employers from paying... View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

want to develop business organizations that satisfy shareholders and yet have the capacity to adapt and survive as viable institutions in the long run. Theory E In 1994 Al Dunlap became CEO of troubled Scott Paper. Like Champion... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

01 Mar 2024
News

Game On

Here at the Pickleball Club, founder and CEO Brian McCarthy (MBA 1972) is making a big bet that his model—a private club, with high-end amenities and a community organized around the sport—will have what it takes to stay in the game for... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

Business School professors—former Medtronic chairman and CEO Bill George, economist and entrepreneurship expert Bill Sahlman, and innovation and strategy authority Rosabeth Moss Kanter—to offer their thoughts on some of the year's most... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

assets as part of a bank's core capital. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111076-PDF-ENG Sherritt Goes to Cuba (A): Political Risk in Unchartered Territory Aldo Musacchio and Jonathan SchleferHarvard Business School Case 711-001 Ian Delaney,... View Details