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  • 09 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

note: This article was updated to include additional advice related to CEO compensation policies. You Might Also Like: When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners Rapport: The... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage
  • 31 Mar 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Is This the Decade of the Investor?

interests of small investors." He also suggests that investors have little ability to judge whether compensation for managers is fair, particularly in an information economy in which it is difficult to assess justification for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

leaking out of the company" (Armstrong 1993). The committee focused on two options: (1) to begin aggressively litigating those who try to leave with new technologies and (2) to invest in people trying to leave Xerox. Owing to variations in View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • May 2008 (Revised October 2010)
  • Case

Tribune Company, 2007

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Eric Seth Gordon
This case describes the proposed acquisition of Tribune Company by Sam Zell in 2007. Tribune Company is one of the largest newspapers and broadcasting companies in the United States. Zell's proposed acquisition is unusual in several respects. It is two-tiered, employs... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Markets; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Negotiation Offer; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry
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  • 18 Jun 2007
  • Op-Ed

Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

behavior. Indeed, a significant cost for corporations—the cost associated with compensating key employees with stock options—was until recently treated as an expense for tax purposes but not for financial... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
  • 16 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 16

members of the focal social categories, were also less likely to maximize profits when resources were distributed across social category lines. Study 4 showed that the transaction utility of maximizing profits required greater View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

Your company is forming an intrapreneurial venture, and has asked you to join the start-up team. Is this a career pick-me-up, or occupational suicide? It could be either one, and employees should carefully weigh the pros and cons before... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • March 1999
  • Case

MotivAction plc (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr.
The owner/manager of MotivAction is developing a package of incentives and bonuses that he hopes will stimulate sales growth, encourage development of new autonomous teams, and increase profitability. If they are adopted, these new incentives will replace others... View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Improvement; Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Profit; Organizational Culture
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  • 30 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

forthcoming Compensation & Benefits Review The Power of Workplace Rewards: Using Self-Determination Theory to Understand Why Reward Satisfaction Matters for Workers Around the World By: Landry, Anais Thibault, and A.V. Whillans... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Jan 2015
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

It is related as well to concerns about equal pay for equal work. Those in favor of sharing compensation figures cite the benefits of more trust among employees, less misinformation about pay, and a clearer basis on which View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

Ball: EVA Driving the World's Leading Can Manufacturer (A)

By: Jonas Heese and Susan Pinckney
The case describes Ball’s multi decade history of using Economic Value Added to drive decision making and workforce compensation. In 2016, the company acquired Rexam PLC and became the world’s leading metal beverage container company. Consumer demand for varied... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Cost Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Buildings and Facilities; Green Building; Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Satisfaction; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Machinery and Machining; Asset Pricing; Corporate Finance; Capital; Cost; Financial Management; Goods and Commodities; Compensation and Benefits; Executive Compensation; Employee Relationship Management; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Arizona; California; Texas
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  • 02 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

What can we do to make performance reviews more productive and less distasteful? Should their objectives be scaled back to just one or two? Should they be disengaged from the determination of compensation and, if so, how? Are We Ready for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/shortint_text_20130814_FINAL.pdf September 2013 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly Compensated to Cheat By: John,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

From Lone Star to Team Player

on individual performance are prone to this problem. It is a problem in investment banking and can also be a problem in sales organizations where individuals are compensated for their own sales and not for helping others and sharing best... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 29 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

are, after all, employees not partners; the decision and accountability ultimately accrue to the chief executive. As for the board of directors, only a stream of wrong decisions is likely to stir its concern. In contrast, in a PSF, the... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
  • 14 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

are quite different. You have to align their incentives, which means heavily weight the compensation of the management team to stock options, so that what makes them rich makes the shareholders rich. AG: The unstated supposition is that... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology
  • December 1999 (Revised August 2000)
  • Case

Prime Designs

By: Paul W. Marshall
A student takes the role of the father who is the CEO of a family business. A non-family manager has asked for a meeting. Agenda topics are: your son's latest proposal and managers' desire to own equity. View Details
Keywords: Labor and Management Relations; Family Ownership; Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

enable efficient response; and an infrastructure for daily management and continuous improvement of the chain's performance. Furthermore, we find that employees on the service delivery unit spent 12% of their day View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • January 1996
  • Case

Transportation Displays Incorporated (C): The Case for a Preemptive Restructuring

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Joel T. Schwartz, Steve Silver and David Stemerman
A company nears the end of a long multiyear turnaround and now must consider how to "cash out" so its management can realize a financial return on investment. The privately held company has several options, including a leveraged ESOP and a leveraged recapitalization. View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Capital; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Private Ownership
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  • 08 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 8, 2015

settlement in 2013, the bulk of which would go to compensating retired players suffering from such diseases as Alzheimer's or dementia. While this settlement compensated retired players, it was not... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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