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  • 24 Jul 2019
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

millions of extra pounds in tax revenue collected. "I’ve seen behavioral economics come into play in a variety of contexts, ranging from employee compensation and investment decisions to corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 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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  • 01 Dec 2020
  • What Do You Think?

How Can We Get Companies to Invest More in Low-Wage Workers?

Inequality in society has been studied from almost every angle. Among others, French economist Thomas Piketty has provided ample evidence of trends in inequality, their causes, and their consequences. We’re reminded constantly of the growing View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Capitalism’s False Mantra

University of Toronto. The paper argued that the structure of executive compensation and perks motivated CEOs and other top officers to feather their own nests at the expense of the business itself — the “principal-agent problem.” How... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

The End of the Noncompete Clause

shorten the time employees have to wait between jobs or introduce a requirement that former employees be compensated during the noncompete term. In Massachusetts, where Johnson... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
  • 24 Jul 2013
  • Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

city employees are legally protected by many state constitutions. The key constraint in changing health care obligations, however, is usually political, especially pressure from public employee unions. If... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto
  • August 2003 (Revised April 2005)
  • Case

Old Tex College

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ray Herschman
Requires student to choose among the following health insurance options for employers: number of plans offered, managed care and consumer-driven options, and self-funding vs. full insurance. Teaching purpose: To Understand the design of health insurance. Includes color... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Employees
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  • 12 Mar 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

collected information from some 300 large American firms, focusing primarily on the period between 1986 and 1999. By evaluating a combination of confidential compensation surveys, public accounting records, and technology investment data,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

significant relation between the ratio of CEO-to-mean employee compensation and performance. I next create empirical models that allow me to separate the components of CEO and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Jul 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

should have insured and enforced fairness and honest reporting." Many questions were raised about the level and form of compensation afforded U.S. business leaders today. Allen Roberts comments, "In sustainable, successful... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 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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  • 02 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6792.html Published: October 31, 2011 When evaluating compensation issues, economists often assume that both an employer and an employee make rational, albeit self-interested... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 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
  • 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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    Marty Blue

    business development, licensing, B2B marketing, product development and industry relations. Marty is currently an Independent board member (and Compensation Committee Chair) at Openbay which is simplifying automotive repair and service.... View Details
    Keywords: Fitness & Sports;#68;#Transportation & Logistics;#20;#Ecommerce
    • 01 Dec 2005
    • News

    A Renter’s Market

    street. He looks for positive signs such as strong rental demand from city employees and blue-collar workers; a mix of rental and owner-occupied properties; successful local businesses; city revitalization projects; and informal... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; Real Estate
    • 17 May 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: May 17

    Pay-for-Performance: Implications for the Strategic Compensation of Employees Authors:Ian Larkin, Lamar Pierce, and F. Gino Abstract Most research linking compensation to... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 11 Feb 2021
    • News

    Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce

    Many of the low-income employees who lost their jobs when white-collar workers stopped commuting may never get those jobs back, according to some economists, who point to COVID’s lasting impacts on the labor market. Now a national... View Details
    • 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
    • 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