CEO Pay - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Sep 2009
What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

This has led to a much greater reliance on pay for performance. On the other hand, pay for performance produces large payouts that periodically capture the attention of the public, not all of it positive.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism

different from large, traditional Madison Avenue agencies. Instead of having stable teams based around individual clients, this upstart agency used ad hoc teams that formed and disbanded with every project. Clients commissioned specific projects rather than View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Apr 2016
First Look

April 12, 2016

member to discover how and whether his employees can speed up cleaning, checking, restocking, and refueling. Expert commentary comes from Atilla Korkmazoglu, president of ground handling and cargo operations at Celebi Aviation Holding, and Vikram Oberoi, managing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

argued. On the one hand it pays to be green; it is in a company's best interests to be environmentally proactive. On the other there's no need to be green; after all, we have governments to provide these essential public services. The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

Recent articles have looked at research into the history, efficacy, and social responsibility found at the intersection of business and the environment. Here is a sample of some of the latest work from the School. How CEOs Sustain... View Details

06 Sep 2016
First Look

September 6, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51553 September 2016 Harvard Business Review The Scandal Effect By: Groysberg, Boris, Eric Lin, George Serafeim, and Robin Abrahams Abstract—Executives with scandal-tainted companies on their résumés View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

you need to anticipate competitors' moves and customers' needs and make long-term investments that will not necessarily pay off in a matter of weeks. You don't do frontal assaults against armies that are ten times your size. Those are... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

In fact, it makes it worse. Q: What if rating agencies were paid by investors rather than by bond issuers? Wouldn't that stop forum shopping? A: In theory, yes. The people who are being served by the rating agencies, the investors, should View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

04 Dec 2000
What Do You Think?

Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?

consumers were that deregulation: (1) unleashes the power of a self-correcting free market (Jeff Struck), giving customers services at prices they are willing to pay and quality levels that they are willing to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

research with 1,200 executives at 500 companies concludes founder pay is on average $30,000 less than that of non-founder executives. (The pay discrepancy disappears as the business matures.) What's the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

substitute for private and public innovation. But the innovation will be motivated only if prices reflect the true state of the world. We are subsidizing our own consumption of fossil energy because we are unwilling to acknowledge to ourselves the full cost of that... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

red on food service. But Southwest doesn't pay much attention to that, because getting better at food service would slow its turnaround time, which is a big green for the airline when it comes to pleasing its customers. So we work on... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

29 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It

trying to go around all of the rules is not a particularly good idea.” The resignation last week of Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick is the latest black eye for the company, which has stepped on many toes during its rise from... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

rising stock market. Another was the use of stock options—because options are so complex, they can obscure the amount of pay actually being given to executives. In most cases where we see big excesses, it has to do with compensation... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

17 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

can weaken IP protections for others if not enforced. The case meets up with Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox Star Studios, to discuss a strategy for protecting IP on the upcoming release of My Name is Khan in February 2010. Fox Star, a joint... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

this strategy actually worked, up until now. “LEED [adoption] is not just something to pay attention to when there's a bid to rebuild city hall.” In a new paper, Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings, authors... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

02 Aug 2024
HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

On a hectic Friday in October 2016, Josh Domingues wondered if he had made a mistake quitting the security of a well-paying job managing contracts for professional hockey players to start a new venture selling nearly expired groceries at discount prices. After all, a... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology

16 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 16

incentive scheme over a linear one, even though this reduces pay for many subjects and despite the presence of clear feedback. Additionally, the linear scheme attracts demotivated, underconfident workers who perform below their ability.... View Details