Publications

November 2017
Comment

Discussion: Do Common Inherited Beliefs and Values Influence CEO Pay?

By: Lauren Cohen

The origin of preferences is something we know strikingly little about in economics. Given the central importance of preferences, we have not invested nearly the time we should into this concept. And so, as an overarching research direction, I am heartened by the push... View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Values and Beliefs; Ethnicity

June 2017
Article

Options Compensation as a Commitment Mechanism in Oligopoly Competition

By: Jun Ishii and David Hao Zhang

We analyze how CEO stock options compensation can be used as a commitment device in oligopolistic competition. We develop a two-stage model where shareholders choose managerial compensation to commit their managers to being aggressive in equilibrium. Our results may... View Details

Keywords: CEO Compensation; Ceo Risk-taking; Strategic Delegation; Stock Options; Executive Compensation

May 1994
Case

Laura Ashley (D)

By: Richard L. Nolan

Describes the resignation of the CEO hired three years earlier to transform the company. View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Resignation and Termination; Management Succession; Performance Evaluation

Educators

March 22, 2011
Article

Why Liberals Should Back Social Security Reform

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

November 2011 (Revised February 2012)
Supplement

Foxconn Technology Group (B)

By: Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim and Beiting Cheng

The (B) case presents Foxconn’s plan to replace manual labor with robots and move some of its employees to more interesting and sophisticated jobs. View Details

Keywords: Multinational; Labor Market; Electronic Manufacturing Services; Health ＆ Wellness; Robots; Automation; Social Responsibility; Employee Relationship Management; Safety; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technology Industry; China

November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Teaching Note

General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (TN)

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen

Teaching Note to (104-041). View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Risk Management; Compensation and Benefits; Auto Industry

17 Jun 2020
News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

moving along, getting ‘back to normal,’” says Pasricha. “That approach sweeps most deeper human emotions under the rug. Loneliness, anxiety, and mental health challenges are spiking. There is a lot of mourning and guilt, too. Survivor’s... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Mar 2021
News

Next Normal

end of the line. Her goal, as both a leader and a human being, is to listen to others, empathize, and respond accordingly. She begins the conversations sharing a bit about herself so that people can immediately feel a sense of comfort and... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Faculty Retirements

Mercer Management Consulting, Sloane joined the HBS faculty in 1991 after a thirty-year career in the field of management consulting. In the MBA curriculum, Sloane taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior, General Management, and View Details

2012
Article

Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors

By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher Malloy

We provide evidence that firms appoint independent directors who are overly sympathetic to management, while still technically independent according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data on... View Details

Keywords: Recruitment; Management; Corporate Governance; Performance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Prejudice and Bias

01 Dec 2018
News

A Strong Foundation: Message from Dean Nohria

they will be solved when people with expertise in a wide range of areas—from artificial intelligence to human behavior to medicine to finance—collaborate, each learning from the others as their collective imaginations coalesce into... View Details

12 Feb 2025
Blog Post

How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022)

human health. During school, I co-founded a pet food company to purchase cell-cultured meat and convert it into premium dog food. Classes on entrepreneurship, the Rock Center, and the alumni network provided invaluable View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region

chance for students to test their management skills and pitch in on disaster clean-up—to both learn and grow as human beings.” — Hirotaka Takeuchi Professor of Management Practice Since the Japan IFC... View Details

17 Dec 2015
News

Examining Global Workforce Management

particular circumstances,” says Sucher, MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice and Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow. “Both why and how they are done matter—to employees and to the company’s future performance.” Sucher is... View Details

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

On a continent with many challenges to development, no issue is more pressing in Africa than the heavy toll of the AIDS epidemic. In addition to the staggering costs in terms of social upheaval and human suffering, AIDS cuts down workers... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

12 May 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Equality and Equity in Compensation

Keywords: by Jiayi Bao and Andy Wu

May 2024 (Revised January 2025)
Technical Note

Education Technology: A Technical Note

By: Boris Groysberg

This note considers educational technology as it intersects with HR technology. View Details

Keywords: Edtech; HR; AI; Data Science; Competency and Skills; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry; Technology Industry; United States

Educators

December 23, 2022
Article

What the World Cup Can Teach Business Leaders About Top Performers

By: Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, Abhijit Naik and Harry Krueger

Our people are our greatest source of competitive advantage." This sentiment is often heralded in companies by everyone from middle managers to HR professionals to CEOs. It is a great sound bite. The problem: It is not true—at least, not entirely. View Details

Keywords: Soccer; Performance; Business; Leadership; Competitive Advantage; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management