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  • 04 Apr 2011
  • HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

risk-taking, a greater focus on commercial activities, and more cross-departmental collaboration," notes the case, cowritten by Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop, executive director of HBS's Global Research Group. The story especially... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing
  • 02 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

transparency,” says Cullen, an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at HBS. Meanwhile, the legal landscape has shifted in recent years toward transparency. Laws and policies that protect workers’ ability to discuss their View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 28 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

real wages have not been increasing, although compensation often falls rather low on the list of things that employees seek out of the employment "deal." Q: What is the culture cycle? A: The culture cycle begins with the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. Students either founding or working for social enterprises (nonprofit, public sector, or for-profit... View Details
  • Web

HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Gradient Ventures Lauren Taylor Wolfe , Cofounder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital This panel will highlight how we can effectively build the governance mechanisms for climate action. Thousands of companies have publicly announced targets for carbon reductions,... View Details
  • Web

Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

difference between lowering WTS and reducing compensation, and explore workplace flexibility. Highlights The Problem with Retail Work Breaking the Cycle The Good Jobs Strategy Show Hide Details Concepts Talent Linking Productivity and Customer Delight Competing on... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

required." Whether this is the case or not, several voiced the need to link pay to both financial and non-financial performance measures. As Ellis Baxter put it, " sanity is paying for what you want to have done ." Karla Ortega commented that " a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 22 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 22

innovation outcomes as well as the ongoing performance of existing products. We find that ambidextrous organization designs are relatively more effective in executing innovation streams than functional, cross-functional, and spinout... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2011
  • Case

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

By: William E. Fruhan
This case allows instructors to explore shareholder value creation and transfer opportunities in merger and acquisition transactions. It also invites an examination of corporate governance issues surrounding CEO compensation. This case is quite brief (a total of 4... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation
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  • 25 May 2011
  • HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

classroom visit on the day the case was taught this year, the chief executive emphasized the obligation he feels to give back to QuikTrip's employees, as well as his commitment to avoiding operational or strategic changes that would... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 18 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 18

Unlocking Innovation Through Business Experimentation By: Thomke, Stefan Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=8420   Working Papers Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 06 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

wage increase. The union was asking for a 4 percent increase, while management wanted to raise salaries by only 1 percent. The executive considered the situation. During past negotiations, weeks were lost as each side jockeyed for... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • What Do You Think?

How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?

thinking about D-Day in the context of your question . Even as many failures and unplanned events unfolded, the culture and training sustained the men to the ultimate execution of victory on that day." Jobe Mabaso added, "A... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 03 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

from 260 employees to 38 in 10 days,” one CEO shared. “Decisions had to be made swiftly. It was heart-wrenching. My mindset has changed. Priorities have changed, personally and professionally.” Executives have turned to a handful of... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
  • 20 Apr 2021
  • Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

executives. "One of the key messages in the book is that strategy is not complicated. There are only three levers: value for customers, value for employees, and value for suppliers." It is even true in our own executive education courses.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

Because pricing is such a difficult and complex arena, it has confounded sales and marketing executives and scholars for centuries. In no other marketing element is the two-sided conflict and cooperation nature of the buyer-seller... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing
  • 11 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

companies are being managed for the long term." Their first order of business was to determine a method for categorizing companies on the short-term/long-term continuum. The answer came in the very words used by executives to discuss... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 26 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

surrounding the success that organizations have in executing strategy is low. Our article, "The Office of Strategy Management," using data from a Bain Consulting study, notes that seven out of eight companies in a global sample... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Supplemental Financial Information Revenues HBS funds its operations with cash from three primary sources: MBA tuition and fees; earned income from Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), View Details
  • 02 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

your agent may not be enough. For example, top executive pay attorney Joe Bachelder once took his client aside after the first negotiating session. The board had selected his client to be its next CEO and was working out his View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace