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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
revenue, and industry, Ferracone provides boards and individuals evaluating executive pay with the ability to analytically determine an appropriate compensation package. The Other Side of Innovation: Solving... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
that "firm performance and top management compensation are inversely related." And this may not have taken into account the large severance payments made to those being asked to leave their leadership jobs because of mediocre... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
percent. The cost of creating this closed ecosystem of top-tier executives is more than the price of CEO compensation and searches. It is also the cost of the failed messiahs who could not deliver the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Aaron Chadbourne
the choices made by Kenneth Feinberg, the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation. We wanted to write a case looking at his compensation decisions and their implications." Upon its completion,... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
of having abusive managers overpaying themselves. Yet I argue that because the scheme of executive compensation was voted by shareholders and was transparent (unlike some of the packages that managers get... View Details
- Profile
Hunter Goble
of the totem pole, it’s hard to make a significant impact; there’s a long slog to accumulate influence. Meanwhile, you’re not getting paid, and future compensation is not very attractive. That’s when I started thinking about business. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
trying to get on top of it by holding morning and evening standup meetings of the entire executive team, which we’ve continued with to this day. By mid-March we were getting local and federal guidance and trying to figure out what it was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
rapidly disappearing, and those who like lording it over others or feeling immune from the rules can no longer get away with it. Status no longer confers a “Get Out of Jail Free” card, as too many indicted and convicted executives have... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
maximizing shareholder value as the primary focus and motivation for a corporation's existence” Topics tackled include how boards can most effectively oversee company strategy, CEO succession, and executive compensation. Also considered... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
job and getting banned from serving as an executive or director at any other company for five years. This consensual workplace relationship—forbidden under the iconic fast-food chain’s fraternization policy because of potential conflicts... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
the network of relationships between brokers and institutional investors shapes the information diffusion in the stock market. We exploit trade-level data to show that central brokers gather information by executing informed trades, which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
for-profit. Not only must you confront most of the same issues faced by for-profits, but you must do so with more limited resources and in a more transparent environment. Two important barriers have kept some high-caliber executives from... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
declines in 2008 (leading to potential violation of regulatory capital). Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111041-PDF-ENG Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (A) Clayton Rose and Aldo Sesia, Jr. Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
grounded in the competitive dynamics that may otherwise drive a race-to-the-bottom. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50203 forthcoming Journal of Business Ethics Corporate Governance and Executive View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
You’ve Been YouTubed
millions. Taught in the MBA second-year course Digital Marketing Strategy and multiple Executive Education programs, the case depicts a new media era in which increasing numbers of people are spending as much time online as they are in... View Details
- 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
Marty Blue
Marty Blue is an accomplished Board and Executive Team member with significant leadership experience in technology, automotive, marketplaces, and start-ups. She has a demonstrated history of success in the digital sector and significant... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Benefits from Bonuses? Over the past decade, senior corporate executives have been earning record-high bonuses in record-high numbers. What accounts for this striking increase? Do bonuses motivate View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- Web
Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog
making presentations to boards, or investment professionals needing to assess the governance of companies you invest in. Over the longer term, many of you will serve in CEO or other senior executive roles working with your company’s... View Details
- 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