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    Marty Blue

    business development, licensing, B2B marketing, product development and industry relations. Marty is currently an Independent board member (and Compensation Committee Chair) at Openbay which is simplifying automotive repair and service.... View Details
    Keywords: Fitness & Sports;#68;#Transportation & Logistics;#20;#Ecommerce
    • 20 Jan 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

    and compensation committees didn't do their jobs responsibly. But boards can only do so much — their members, after all, are part-timers. And while they're expected to be independent, they have to rely heavily on managers and auditors for... View Details
    Keywords: by Garry Emmons
    • 03 Oct 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

    governance-related frictions and not driven by plausible alternative theories. Both structural calibration and reduced-form estimates reveal significant negative performance implications from suboptimal peer selection. Compensation... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Mar 2008
    • News

    Lessons from Private Equity

    firms are the management arsenals of many public companies — strategic due diligence, blueprints for action, tying compensation to performance — but they are not applied with sufficient consistency, rigor, or thoroughness. In short, what... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management
    • 11 Jul 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    The Future of Boards

    maximizing shareholder value as the primary focus and motivation for a corporation's existence” Topics tackled include how boards can most effectively oversee company strategy, CEO succession, and executive compensation. Also considered... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • 01 Sep 2005
    • News

    Trouble in Mouse Land

    for Eisner’s reelection to the board. “I was looking for a case about executive compensation and corporate governance,” says Beaulieu, who teaches the elective Coordination, Control, and Management of Organizations (CCMO). “I wanted to... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 05 Jun 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues

    and believe that it makes a difference, engagement drops off dramatically. When engagement falls, so does productivity. Message Not Being Heard Many senior executives have been focused on building mission-driven organizations for the last decade. The View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George
    • 24 Oct 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Building an IT Governance Committee

    important. We recommend that the IT governance group be made up of independent directors, as is the case with audit and compensation committees. Chairmanship is also critical. For firms in support, factory, or turnaround modes, the... View Details
    Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
    • 02 Oct 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: October 2, 2007

    firms where the proposal was approved experienced a decrease in the level of CEO compensation relative to the control sample of S&P 500 firms; (ii) within targeted firms, the degree of voting support for... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 18 Jul 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

    could do much to advance the study and practice of creativity. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52919 Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a Quasi-Field Experiment By: Chatterji, Aaron... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 20 Dec 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: December 20

    its influence on team processes and performance are discussed. What Drives Sell-Side Analyst Compensation at High-Status Investment Banks? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, and David A. Maber Publication:Journal of Accounting... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 01 Jun 2000
    • News

    Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh

    is based in Santa Clara, California, and managed by a CEO hired by Yeh. But this year, while carrying a full HBS course load, Yeh still spent about forty hours a week on company business, including regular travel to the West Coast. In... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons
    • 01 Apr 2002
    • News

    Siebel Addresses HBS Northern California Club

    In December, some 450 alumni representing HBS and other top business schools gathered for a talk by Thomas M. Siebel, chairman and CEO of Siebel Systems, Inc., which produces e-business application software. The event, sponsored by the... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
    • 26 Feb 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

    link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55659 Are ISS Recommendations Informative? Evidence from Assessments of Compensation Practices By: Albuquerque, Ana, Mary Ellen Carter, and Susanna Gallani Abstract— Using detailed... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 24 Mar 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: March 24, 2009

    http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709043 One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon Harvard Business School Case 409-044 Rob Smith, senior partner of construction consultancy Davis Langdon, has just led the firm through a major organizational... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 01 Jun 2006
    • News

    Getting on Board

    notes. “Know what you want and how much you are willing to invest.” Carefully weigh advisory board versus corporate board service. “Corporate board compensation is higher,” says Stautberg, “but the risks, responsibilities, and time... View Details
    Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management
    • 17 Dec 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

    for him, Levine said, was that the company's CEO backed the project, and allowed the group to operate outside the usual corporate boundaries. Levine was even able to move the start-up off campus. Once the group had developed its product,... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Dec 2017
    • News

    The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability

    I cause a problem that harms you, my neighbor, now, we might find a way to negotiate so that I don’t harm you as much, and I’d compensate you for the harm I’ve done. But our biggest environmental challenge these days is climate change,... View Details
    • 19 Nov 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: November 19

    Case 714-417 A Note on Strategic Interaction No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/714417-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-421 Taking Dell Private In July 2012, Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 11 Feb 2021
    • News

    Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce

    until they reach a cap of $22,500. The hope is that a large share of participants become high enough earners to compensate for those who don’t have to pay—and to generate a modest return for investors.” “This is hopefully a tool to help... View Details