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  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution

that patients may feel are necessary; and squeezing down compensation for talented physicians and hospitals. Indeed, activist American consumers even rebel against perfectly rational HMO tactics like reducing hospital lengths of stay.... View Details
  • 08 Jul 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

long hours, most folks are being forced to do that with minimal compensation." Patrick Coomans placed some blame on "the weak job protection employees have in the US." Sid Mehta, who reminded us that Greece has the longest... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • 17 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

regional law firm, Duane Morris entered a period of spectacular growth led by CEO Sheldon Bonovitz. Originally founded by Quakers, the firm had a distinct organizational culture featuring a number of unique or unusual business practices: a transparent and flexible... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

separates professional service firms from other businesses is that the employees are their most important assets. Yet professionals in any field — independent-minded, creative individuals—can be difficult to manage. In LPSF, we use an old... View Details
Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting
  • 09 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 9

http://kuznets.harvard.edu/~aroth/papers/KesslerRoth_OrganDonationAndAllocation.pdf The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for the Strategic Compensation of Employees Authors:Ian... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 19

was built on individual freedom, with the expectation that employees would take responsibility for holding their peers accountable and address performance failures directly. The case explores how the company can establish a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2009 (Revised January 2010)
  • Case

Zara: Managing Stores for Fast Fashion

By: Zeynep Ton, Elena Corsi and Vincent Marie Dessain
Pablo Isla, the CEO of Zara, wanted to improve operational efficiencies in managing its store network. In particular, he wanted to improve labor productivity at the stores. He considered outsourcing certain store operations to third parties, changing the way store... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Managerial Roles; Service Operations; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Retail Industry
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  • October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

Ball: EVA Driving the World's Leading Can Manufacturer (A)

By: Jonas Heese and Susan Pinckney
The case describes Ball’s multi decade history of using Economic Value Added to drive decision making and workforce compensation. In 2016, the company acquired Rexam PLC and became the world’s leading metal beverage container company. Consumer demand for varied... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Cost Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Buildings and Facilities; Green Building; Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Satisfaction; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Machinery and Machining; Asset Pricing; Corporate Finance; Capital; Cost; Financial Management; Goods and Commodities; Compensation and Benefits; Executive Compensation; Employee Relationship Management; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Arizona; California; Texas
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  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Theory & Practice

covers many of the most important issues currently facing business - strategy, innovation, customer focus, global trends, leadership for change, strategic alliances, compensation systems, and community responsibility. Kanter¹s enduring... View Details
  • December 2003 (Revised September 2004)
  • Case

Managing Segway's Early Development

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron
Describes the early development of the Segway Human Transporter and focuses on the organizational issues that arise between the parent company and the new company that is being spun out to produce and market the Segway. Key issues are the distribution of bonuses and... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Startups; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Technology Adoption
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  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

leaking out of the company" (Armstrong 1993). The committee focused on two options: (1) to begin aggressively litigating those who try to leave with new technologies and (2) to invest in people trying to leave Xerox. Owing to variations in View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

managing directors, and the other employees globally. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311006-PDF-ENG Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (C) Clayton Rose and Aldo Sesia,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

adjust those spans as if on sliders to make employees more effective.To understand what determines whether a job is designed for high performance, you must put yourself in the shoes of your organization's managers. To carry out his or her... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 16 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 16

members of the focal social categories, were also less likely to maximize profits when resources were distributed across social category lines. Study 4 showed that the transaction utility of maximizing profits required greater View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jan 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

reality is that some days you need to drive your kid to school.” So, what’s the alternative? Beshears teamed with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University in 2015 to test different ways to help 2,508 Google View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

private-sector employees? There are differences in compensation and entrepreneurship, although the employees who work on our Web site are just as creative and excited about their work as folks at any... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 17 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

Your company is forming an intrapreneurial venture, and has asked you to join the start-up team. Is this a career pick-me-up, or occupational suicide? It could be either one, and employees should carefully weigh the pros and cons before... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

forthcoming Compensation & Benefits Review The Power of Workplace Rewards: Using Self-Determination Theory to Understand Why Reward Satisfaction Matters for Workers Around the World By: Landry, Anais Thibault, and A.V. Whillans... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/shortint_text_20130814_FINAL.pdf September 2013 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly Compensated to Cheat By: John,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

What can we do to make performance reviews more productive and less distasteful? Should their objectives be scaled back to just one or two? Should they be disengaged from the determination of compensation and, if so, how? Are We Ready for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne