Executive Pay - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

use by examining the relationship between convex pay schemes and overconfidence. In a laboratory experiment, subjects chose between a piece rate and a convex pay scheme. We find that overconfident subjects... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

your team or organization’s strategy. "This course is excellent for executives and managers who constantly grapple with finding new ways to make their work impactful and useful for their target audience.” Cebisa Ncube Design Thinking and... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

students' lives outside the classroom and working closely with Dean Lawrence Fouraker and Associate Dean John McArthur (who would be named Dean in 1980 and whom O'Donnell still regards as his closest friend). In addition, he served as administrative director of one of... View Details

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

We know surprisingly little about mergers and acquisitions, despite the buckets of ink spilled on the topic. In fact, our collective wisdom could be summed up in a few short sentences: Acquirers usually pay too much. Friendly deals done... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

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... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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

2017
Other Book

Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

By: Matthew Taylor, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent

I was not the only person appointed to the Review. My fellow Review team members, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent have not only been an important source of ideas and wisdom throughout the process but have led in engaging with key groups of... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Labor Relations; Marketplaces; Employment; Labor and Management Relations; Labor; Markets

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03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

experienced negotiators, and the ability to structure and execute negotiations strategically and systematically. "All of the strategies you have described work when you're dealing with people who will listen to reason," an... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

26 May 2016
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets 2013-15 Named Most Powerful Woman in Finance by American Banker 2016 Joins Board of Directors, Robin Hood Foundation Chief Executive Officer, J.P. Morgan Asset Management It’s hard to talk... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

competitive online business programs The cases were phenomenal. I got engulfed in the videos; they made you feel like you were in sort of a planetarium, right in the tea fields in Asia, learning about the dangers of palm oil. And hearing from the View Details

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

no opposition. But if instead of an exchange, we asked a potential donor ‘How about we pay you $25,000?' that would be against the law. "That's what caught my interest in repugnance: Here are two things that look similar. One is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

MBAs. “I want you to imagine: You just fought in the American Revolution,” he says. “The federal government—which is part of what you fought to create—the federal government can’t pay you.” That is just one of the issues facing the... View Details

Keywords: April White

08 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 8

chief executive officers (CEOs). Diversity in business is mentioned, along with self-awareness, the acceptance of feedback, and style differences among corporate leaders. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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MBA Program at Harvard Business School - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: Harvard Business School About Faculty & Research MBA Doctoral Executive Education Alumni Building the Foundation: Business Education for Women at Harvard University: 1937-1970 Baker Library Home The... View Details

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

diagnoses. Others advocated tax and non-tax solutions. The case against hasty change was made by Dave: "Market based capitalism is the greatest driving force of prosperity in the world today, but if we forget this and marginalize it through income redistribution,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 23

directions and the implications of this work for rethinking traditional categories of organizations, namely business and charity. September 2014 Perspectives on Psychological Science How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

question of when life begins.” You Might Also Like: How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

31 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

more protection or benefits could purchase. For example, basic insurance pays for shared hospital rooms in Singapore, but only people who pay out of pocket or have private insurance can get private rooms. In... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

ecosystem of engaged learners, you cannot audit our courses. Will I need to purchase any additional materials? Your program fee covers all course materials. All of the materials for our courses are accessed on the course platform. You will not be required to purchase... View Details

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