Execution - Publications - Faculty & Research

Winter 2013
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Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking

By: Daniel Cohen, Aiyesha Dey and Thomas Lys

We investigate the mechanism through which the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) was associated with changes in corporate investment strategies. We document that the passage of the governance regulations in SOX was followed by a significant decline in pay‐performance... View Details

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February 13, 2012
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It's Harder Than Ever to Be a Senior Executive

By: Boris Groysberg

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10 Jul 2010
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Indian executives must focus on branding, execution: Harvard Don

07 Sep 2011
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Top executives need feedback—here's how they can get it

06 Nov 2017
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Smart Leaders Focus on Execution First and Strategy Second

12 Jan 2016
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American Ballet Theater Names Kara Medoff Barnett Executive Director

Keywords: Lincoln Center; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jul 2000
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What Every Executive Needs to Know About Global Warming

Keywords: Kimberly O’Neill Packard, Forest Reinhardt

01 Jun 1998
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Renewing Baker: Tom Michalak, Executive Director of Baker Library

Since his appointment as executive director of Baker Library in 1996, Thomas J. Michalak has been closely involved in the ongoing effort to shepherd a venerable institution into the electronic business information age. Writer Nancy O.... View Details

29 Jul 2022
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Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

04 Dec 2019
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Celebrities Seek Her Advice. M.B.A.s, Executives Line Up for Her Harvard Class.

2016
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Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts

By: Susanna Gallani

Effective design of executive compensation contracts involves choosing and weighting performance measures, as well as defining the mix between fixed and incentive-based pay components, with a view to fostering talent retention and goal congruence. The variability in... View Details

Keywords: Compensation Design; Board Interlocks; Compensation Consultants; Network Centrality; Homophily; Quadratic Assignment Procedure; Blockholders; Executive Compensation

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Fall 2021
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Job-Hopping Toward Equity: Changing Employers Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Executive Compensation

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Eric Lin

Changing employers has been linked to larger pay increases for executives and managers. Although survey-based studies suggest that men gain more than women, an analysis of more than 2,000 job moves found that executive women are commanding bigger increases than men... View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Gender; Equality and Inequality

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