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  • 27 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

stay grounded executives must prepare themselves to confront enormous complexities and pressures. How to Demotivate Your Best Employees (11,975) Many companies hand out awards such as "employee of the month," but do they work to... View Details
  • 26 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55650 February 2019 Top Sales Magazine Sales Managers Must Manage By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract— A common complaint from C-level executives about their sales colleagues concerns the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
  • Case

Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Change Leadership; Female Ceo; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Executive Compensation; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 09 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 9

compensation to strategy relies on agency theory economics and focuses on executive pay. Departing from this work, in this paper we focus on the strategic compensation of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

metrics to monitor performance?; Are the compensation rewards for our top executives tied closely enough to increases in shareholder value, with real penalties for nonperformance?; Finally, does our board... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

(The nature of those proposals varied, but most frequently they focused on executive compensation and issues related to corporate takeover efforts.) Among those, the researchers identified 155 proposals that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

determinant of their severity. The Empire Struck Back: Sanctions and Compensation in the Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938 Author:Noel Maurer Publication:Journal of Economic History (forthcoming) Abstract The Mexican expropriation of 1938... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

execution of plans can be more important than informational and procedural quality. We close by discussing the implications of our findings for organizations and researchers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-001.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jul 2022
  • Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

Boston into lockdown, existing clients cancelled and new clients stopped calling; Sandra’s and Vida Verde’s work came to a standstill. Together, they decided to use some of the cooperative’s funds to compensate each of the workers for... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 19 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 19

in a truck. The company's main products continued to be tomato-based, including a 40% share in the tomato paste and diced tomato market in 2013. Different from traditional manufacturing companies, Morning Star relied on self-management to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2015 (Revised October 2017)
  • Teaching Note

Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Annelena Lobb
On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry... View Details
Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Executive Compensation; Cash Flow; Business Exit or Shutdown; Media; Advertising; Restructuring; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; United States
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  • June 2013 (Revised April 2015)
  • Case

Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry... View Details
Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Executive Compensation; Cash Flow; Business Exit or Shutdown; Media; Advertising; Restructuring; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; United States
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  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

trust. Lavish executive compensation not only drains the corporate treasury and dilutes the shareholders' earnings, but, perhaps even more importantly, it can lead the recipients to believe that they really... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 15 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 15

sustainability, and top executive incentives are more likely to be a function of sustainability metrics. Moreover, they are more likely to have organized procedures for stakeholder engagement, to be more long-term oriented, and to exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

motives, and to examine their core motivation and proactively plan their strategic choices to achieve that motivation. Stewards, Agents, and the Founder Discount: Executive Compensation in New Ventures... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

Business Review What’s the Right Kind of Bonus to Motivate Your Sales Force? By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—Companies typically compensate their sales force by using some combination of salary, commission, and bonuses,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

under severe economic conditions. We show that many structured finance instruments can be characterized as economic catastrophe bonds, but offer far less compensation than alternatives with comparable payoff profiles. We argue that this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Who Rises to Power in American Business?

was often a key lever in compensating for an outsider status. As part of the professional credential process discussed previously, many of the outsiders in our research were far more educated than insiders. The MBA as a prerequisite for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

suggests that horizontally homogeneous teams organized tasks in a more efficient way, while vertically homogeneous teams exerted lower effort. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49643 Executive View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

human-resource foundation. As more and more companies come to that conclusion, competition for scarce human resources heats up. The Role Of The Executive In The "war For Talent" Era Senior managers at most traditional companies... View Details
Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

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