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- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
compensation structure, and corporate governance approach, leading up to August 2008. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709449 The Cleveland Clinic: Growth Strategy 2008... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
at all levels. It helps people understand our revitalization process, so they can tie their own efforts to it and feel they’re part of the organization’s progress. In the area of productivity and incentives, we’ve linked compensation to... View Details
- 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 are worth five hundred times... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
foster a culture that aligns all employees around the shared goals of customer solutions. 3) Clout: redistribute power to "bridge builders" and customer champions. 4) Capability: develop employees' skills at tackling changing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
a waypoint on the road to long-term maximization, or could it be anathema to the achievement of that goal? So let me ask, does paying employees as little as you can get away with serve to maximize profits, or does treating them fairly and... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- December 2003 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Sears Auto Centers (A) (Abridged)
By: Lynn S. Paine
In the early 1990s Sears faced and allegations by the California Department of Consumer Affairs that the company's auto repair centers had been overbilling customers and making unnecessary repairs. Top management must evaluate the problem and come up with a plan to... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Compensation and Benefits; Management Teams; Employees; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Improvement; Auto Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Sears Auto Centers (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 304-063, December 2003. (Revised May 2004.)
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
employment rolls in the form of reduced enforcement? To test his theory, Heese gathered 30 years of data on publicly traded companies, classifying them by "employment intensity"—that is, the number of a firm's employees relative... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
Sarbanes-Oxley. We’ve also made changes in corporate governance — mandating independent audit committees, independent compensation committees, and independent nominating and corporate governance committees. All this has been part of a... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
Terry Ott commented, "I worked in a private company that went public. . . . Post-IPO, the company has continued to do well but the morale has seriously declined because employees feel pressure to have the business look good on a... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
Piovesan Abstract To encourage worker productivity, offices prohibit Internet use. Consequently, many employees delay Internet activity to the end of the workday. Recent work in social psychology, however, suggests that using willpower to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
of power, power-devaluation theory, and organizational research on the antecedents of employee voice, we argue that a leader's experience of heightened power produces verbal dominance, which reduces perceptions of leader openness and team... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
Benefits Employee compensation is the School’s largest expense, comprising nearly 50 percent of total operating costs. Salaries and benefits expense increased 8 percent in fiscal 2014 to $276 million, from... View Details
- November 2003 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
Ottawa Devices, Inc. (B)
By: Henry B. Reiling and Harry Clegg Midgley IV
The Rollins family assembly was meeting to discuss and decide which one or combination from among an estate freeze, installment sale of stock, ESOP (employee stock ownership plan), leveraged capitalization, annual gifts of stock, one-time outright gift of stock, or... View Details
Keywords: Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Property; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Stocks; Business Exit or Shutdown; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Business; Human Needs; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
Reiling, Henry B., and Harry Clegg Midgley IV. "Ottawa Devices, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 204-102, November 2003. (Revised November 2004.)
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
Resorts (B) faculty namesHarvard Business School Supplement 111-015 This case describes how employees are rewarded and compensated and is a supplement to "Aman Resorts." Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
firm owned a number of patents and was the inventor of the first portable welding machine. But it stood out in other ways, too. While Lincoln, a nonunion shop, offered no benefits, it provided guaranteed employment, had an employee... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
firm owned a number of patents and was the inventor of the first portable welding machine. But it stood out in other ways, too. While Lincoln, a nonunion shop, offered no benefits, it provided guaranteed employment, had an employee... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
meaningful relationships with their people, they also create loyalty and an environment where employees feel secure enough to take chances and suggest innovative and sometimes disruptive ideas . When I speak of leadership, I’m referring... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
cuts in all parts of the business. They face choices in whether to employ layoffs or furloughs (unpaid leaves) for any needed workforce reductions, and whether to enact hiring freezes and other cost-saving changes to employee and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Motivation and Incentives - Course Catalog
defined, that motivate employees and others associated with an organization to engage in behaviors that further the organization’s value-creating purpose. The course is useful for students in all career tracks and with any industry focus.... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
supplier—they may stress the importance of many dimensions of cooperation, the mutual need for service and quality, and the long-term time horizon of the joint effort. Yet the retail buyer, for instance—mainly compensated on the basis of... View Details