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Say on Pay Vote and CEO Compensation: Evidence from the UK
By: Fabrizio Ferri and David Maber
In this study, we examine the effect on CEO pay of new legislation introduced in the United Kingdom (UK) at the end of 2002 that requires publicly-traded firms to submit an executive remuneration report to a non-binding shareholder vote ("say on pay") at the annual... View Details
- 26 Dec 2009
- News
Does Golden Pay for the CEOs Sink Stocks?
- Article
How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay
By: Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton
Do people from different countries and different backgrounds have similar preferences for how much more the rich should earn than the poor? Using survey data from 40 countries (N = 55,238), we compare respondents' estimates of the wages of people in different... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Justice; Wage; Cross-cultural; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Fairness; Income; Employees; Management Teams; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Kiatpongsan, Sorapop, and Michael I. Norton. "How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay." Perspectives on Psychological Science 9, no. 6 (November 2014): 587–593.
- 26 Jun 2021
- News
Activision Shows the Case for Changing the CEO Pay Game
- 2016
- Working Paper
Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay
By: Matti Keloharju, Samuli Knüpfer and Joacim Tåg
This paper uses exceptionally rich data on Swedish corporate executives and their personal characteristics to study gender gaps in CEO appointments and pay. Both gaps are sizeable: 18% for CEO appointments and 27% for pay. At most one-eighth of the gaps can be... View Details
Keloharju, Matti, Samuli Knüpfer, and Joacim Tåg. "Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-092, February 2016.
- 24 Jun 2021
- News
Study Shows CEO and Worker Pay Gap Is Widening
- 23 Jul 2015
- News
Money Cannot Be the God of Life: How CEO Pay Drives Inequality
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
world-beating performances out of some good-but-not-great players and even to motivate others to take pay cuts in order to play for him, an anomaly? Can unusually gifted managers improve employees’... View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- News
Are Companies Wrong to Pay CEO Signing Bonuses?
- 09 Mar 2009
- News
Should CEO pay restrictions spread to all corporations?
- 26 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
that lets consumers choose which purchases to pay off each month. Consumers who used this “repayment-by-purchase” method, on average, paid 12 percent more toward their balances. With COVID-19 restrictions tamping down spending and New... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS
By: Katharina Janke, Carol Propper and Raffaella Sadun
Abstract
Governments worldwide have sought to reform the delivery of public services by mimicking private sector governance models that grant CEOs greater autonomy and give them responsibility for meeting key government targets. We examine the effectiveness of this... View Details
Janke, Katharina, Carol Propper, and Raffaella Sadun. "The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-075, March 2018. (Revised September 2020.)
- 06 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn
eugeniek Companies looking to shed costs in an economic downturn rarely cut compensation—typically, they slash jobs instead. New research confirms the wisdom of that decision. The study concludes that when a company View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
an executive at several food companies, Silk had revived other century-old brands such as Jell-O, Lea & Perrins, Hebrew National, and Armour. Based on those successes, New York–based hedge fund York Capital Management asked Silk to become View Details
- May 2020
- Teaching Note
Income Inequality and the CEO Pay Ratio at TJX Cos
By: Ethan Rouen
Teaching Note for HBS No. 120-063. View Details
- 29 Jul 2015
- News
Why CEO Pay Is About to Become a Much Bigger Deal
- 18 Dec 2018
- News
Nike Korea CEO David Song's Investment in Employees Pays Off
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
Norton and Rohit Deshpandé. Mohan's interest in the subject began when she was a kid, on a shopping trip with her father. "We were walking around Costco, and he turned to me and said, 'You know, what I love about this company is that the View Details
- Article
Is It Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
By: Boris Groysberg and Abhijit Naik
Groysberg, Boris, and Abhijit Naik. "Is It Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?" Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (January 8, 2016).