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  • 16 Nov 2021
  • HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

have deeply downsized their staffs. “There’s a lot that happened in the situation that should sound alarm bells for others,” Montgomery says. “The cases point to risks that can arise when firms facing severe competitive threats adopt a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them

By: Kevin J. Murphy and Michael C. Jensen
Almost all CEO and executive bonus plans have serious design flaws that limit their benefits dramatically. Such poorly designed executive bonus plans destroy value by providing incentives to manipulate the timing of earnings, mislead the board about organizational... View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Competency and Skills; Cost of Capital; Executive Compensation; Risk Management; Performance Evaluation; Projects; Motivation and Incentives; Value
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  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

and to calculate metrics to compare their levels of modularity. Our research takes advantage of a natural experiment in this industry, where products exist that fulfill the same function, but that have been developed using very different... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

equity groups. Instead, they appear to expand their private equity engagement to take advantage of the credit market booms while capturing private benefits from cross-selling of other banking services. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 6, 2008

team members. Decision makers will be most successful when they focus on winning contests in which they have a real advantage—and take a step back from those in which winning exacts too high a cost. Purchase the article View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 15, 2015

the other parties and helps you strike a better deal, but in other situations, particularly those involving long-term relationships, it damages trust and goodwill and makes an impasse more likely. To avoid or defuse anger, take a break to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

should be careful to respect a range of religious expressions. Take the case of auto parts retailer AutoZone, which agreed to pay $75,000 for telling an employee he couldn’t wear a turban to work after converting to Sikhism. “Companies... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories
  • 27 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)

Companies struggling with diversity, equity, and inclusion might be tempted to hide their workforce data. Why shine a light on a company’s limited progress—or worse, risk a public-relations headache? It turns out, all news is good news... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • July 2010 (Revised March 2016)
  • Case

MacroMarkets LLC

By: Robin Greenwood and Luis M. Viceira
MacroMarkets co-founder and CEO Samuel Masucci III is meeting with a strategic partner for his firm. Co-founded with Yale University Professor Robert Shiller, MacroMarkets' main innovation is the "MacroShare," which allows investors to take long or short, levered or... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Financial Instruments; Financial Markets; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Innovation and Invention; Risk Management; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Financial Services Industry
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  • 19 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 19, 2016

market as a whole experienced high returns relative to Treasury bills. In the spirit of Fischer Black’s 1993 article “Beta and Return,” published in this journal, the author takes seriously the idea that this evidence reflects a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

regions and emerging industries, allow for longer time horizons, and take more risk than traditional investors. Impact funds tend to prioritize consumer staples, energy, financials, industrials, materials,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 26 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

the Everest case clearly demonstrates. To combat overconfidence, leaders must seek out information that disconfirms their existing views, and they should discourage subordinates from hiding bad news. Leaders also must take great care to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto
  • 24 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

Freddie Mac, with about 50 percent of all mortgage credit going through these firms. They were able to take extraordinary risks with their implicit government backing and failed spectacularly in September... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

questions and concerns. Placing value only on getting things right the first time, organizations are unable to take the risks necessary to improve and evolve. By contrast, firms that put a premium on what... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

so entails committing to paper a vision of the factors that will affect the success or failure of the enterprise. People take the exercise very seriously and get emotionally invested in what they produce. In that context, the article was... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online

Earn the Credential of Readiness by taking all three courses in tandem, plus a final exam. Leadership & Management Develop the leadership and management skills to get things done and bring out the best in your team, whether you’re an... View Details
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Over what time horizon? In this session, we discuss how setting ambitious net-zero energy goals means taking calculated risks at the frontiers of science and technology, making the most of growing green... View Details
  • 14 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

individual. Of course it does. But it also depends on creative thinking as a skill that involves qualities such as the propensity to take risks and to turn a problem on its head to get a new perspective.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 16 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

sticker shock? 1. Understand Your Customers. There are at least four ways in which customers can respond to higher gas prices: downgrade from premium to regular; take fewer trips by car, consolidate errands, switch to public... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch