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- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
more to share, more to inspire. At 37, she was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer, dying at 42. But her insights, lessons, and thoughts on humanity during those five years are nothing short of gifts to the rest of us.” —James... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
services they produce more expensive, which in turn makes the overall economy less competitive in a global business environment." Where the Heart Is Along with food, shelter is perhaps the most basic human need. In modern society, stable,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
point out that the choices women entrepreneurs make often cause investors to classify their ventures as undesirable investments. The book includes chapters on the human capital component, financial savvy and risk propensity in women, the... View Details
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Corporate Training Programs | HBS Online
strategic thinking, innovation, management, finance, and negotiations – all rooted in a social learning environment. This approach has made them more effective and engaged members of our organization, and eager to learn more. Mr. Özgür Burak Akkol View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
IMMERSION EXPERIENCES: Students who traveled to New Orleans spent time working on Habitat for Humanity redevelopment projects. Winter break this year gave some 200 MBA students an opportunity to participate in one of three pilot,... View Details
- 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 is the very View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
professional French-horn player, Brooks came to the subject of happiness by way of art. His early research focused on why people produce and consume art and beauty as well as the motives behind human generosity. He discovered that... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 12 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Equality and Equity in Compensation
Keywords: by Jiayi Bao and Andy Wu
- 2025
- Working Paper
Discrimination, Rejection, and Job Search
By: Anne Boring, Katherine Coffman, Dylan Glover and María José González-Fuentes
We investigate how candidates’ willingness to apply responds to (potential) discrimination and rejection using a simulated labor market. Past work has shown that “blinding” job applications reduces discrimination and increases the rate at which women are hired. Our... View Details
Boring, Anne, Katherine Coffman, Dylan Glover, and María José González-Fuentes. "Discrimination, Rejection, and Job Search." Working Paper, February 2025.
- May 2024 (Revised January 2025)
- Technical Note
Education Technology: A Technical Note
By: Boris Groysberg
This note considers educational technology as it intersects with HR technology. View Details
Keywords: Edtech; HR; AI; Data Science; Competency and Skills; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris. "Education Technology: A Technical Note." Harvard Business School Technical Note 424-003, May 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
- December 23, 2022
- Article
What the World Cup Can Teach Business Leaders About Top Performers
By: Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, Abhijit Naik and Harry Krueger
Our people are our greatest source of competitive advantage." This sentiment is often heralded in companies by everyone from middle managers to HR professionals to CEOs. It is a great sound bite. The problem: It is not true—at least, not entirely. View Details
Keywords: Soccer; Performance; Business; Leadership; Competitive Advantage; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management
Groysberg, Boris, Sascha L. Schmidt, Abhijit Naik, and Harry Krueger. "What the World Cup Can Teach Business Leaders About Top Performers." Newsweek (December 23, 2022), 16–20.
- January 2018
- Teaching Note
C.W. Dixey & Son
By: Anat Keinan and Michael B. Beverland
Teaching Note for HBS No. 517-019. View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and its Relation to Firm Performance
By: Ethan Rouen
I develop measures of firm-level pay disparity and examine their relation to firm accounting performance. Using comprehensive compensation data for a large sample of firms, I find no statistically significant relation between the ratio of CEO-to-mean employee... View Details
Keywords: Pay Disparity; Pay Ratio; CEO Pay Ratio; Income Inequality; Executive Compensation; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Business Ventures; Performance
Rouen, Ethan. "Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and its Relation to Firm Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-007, July 2017.
- November 2013
- Article
Which U.S. Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from UK Companies
By: Joseph Gerakos, Joseph Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan
This paper examines how different types of interactions with U.S. markets by non-U.S. firms are associated with higher level of CEO pay, greater emphasis on incentive-based compensation, and smaller pay gap with U.S. firms. Using a sample of CEOs of UK firms and using... View Details
Keywords: CEO Compensation; International Pay; Incentives; Cross-listing; United Kingdom; Motivation and Incentives; Executive Compensation; Globalization; Corporate Governance; United Kingdom; United States
Gerakos, Joseph, Joseph Piotroski, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Which U.S. Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from UK Companies." Management Science 59, no. 11 (November 2013).
- November 18, 2010
- Comment
Congress Should Focus on Social Security Reform
By: Robert C. Pozen
Keywords: Government and Politics; Compensation and Benefits; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Pozen, Robert C. "Congress Should Focus on Social Security Reform." FT.com (November 18, 2010).
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
The Working Parent Revolution
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morell, host of Skydeck. In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 67% of two-parent families with children, both parents worked, which was up from 59% in 2013.... View Details
- 11 Apr 2023
- News
Companies Need to Normalize Healthy Turnover
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
Mary Wooldridge (MBA 1994) recalls a job interview early in her career in which the interviewer asked, “Why should I employ you? At your age, you’re just going to go off and have children.” At another position, she recruited a younger man to join the company, only to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Feb 2021
- News
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
- 24 Jun 2020
- News