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Is It Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
By: Boris Groysberg and Abhijit Naik
Groysberg, Boris, and Abhijit Naik. "Is It Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?" Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (January 8, 2016).
- 02 Feb 2017
- News
CEOs Must Take A Stand On Donald Trump Or Pay The Price
- 08 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Cutting in Line
shorter. In this context, customers would feel exploited if they had to pay to make their flights. In addition, my experiments show that individuals don't feel comfortable cutting in line when jumping the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
statement about whether income inequality is bad or good or how tax cuts should be structured. “Compensation and income inequality are very relevant to managers,” Rouen says. “This is something that they’re now having to deal with in... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- November 7, 2019
- Article
WeWork’s Saga Is a Cautionary Tale about Golden Parachutes and CEO Pay
While the WeWork saga has dealt another blow to already-low public confidence in business, it should also strengthen cries for fundamental changes to a system that offers supersized compensation for undersized performance. View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Accountability; Initial Public Offering
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "WeWork’s Saga Is a Cautionary Tale about Golden Parachutes and CEO Pay." CNN.com (November 7, 2019).
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
With executive compensation soaring to unprecedented levels in recent years, the prickly issue of CEO pay has received increasing media and government attention. Now, with the perfect storm of a failing... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Paying Up for Fair Pay: Consumers Prefer Firms with Lower CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios
Executive Pay and "Independent" Compensation Consultants
Executive compensation consultants face potential conflicts of interest that can lead to higher recommended levels of CEO pay, including the desires to “cross-sell” services and to secure “repeat business.” We find evidence in both the US and Canada that CEO pay... View Details
- October 2003 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
Joe Bachelder: Executive Pay Negotiator
By: Jason R. Barro, Brian J. Hall and Aaron Zimmerman
Joe Bachelder was the leading executive pay negotiator in the United States, securing generous contracts for CEOs and executives at Fortune 500 companies. The CEO of Victor Sports Co. resigned, and the board offered the job to Charles Suarez, a star executive from a... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- News
CEO pay is a real problem, but this isn't the time to fix it
- July–August 2023
- Article
Case Study: How Should a Start-Up Cut Its Burn Rate?
By: Nitin Nohria, Katie Josephson, Sophia Wronsky and Elizabeth Rha
Tyler Smith, the founder and CEO of the enterprise software firm Puck.io, is facing a hard decision. Just three months earlier the company laid off 20% of its employees to reduce its burn rate amid growing economic uncertainty and a suddenly unattractive funding... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business or Company Management; Business Startups
Nohria, Nitin, Katie Josephson, Sophia Wronsky, and Elizabeth Rha. "Case Study: How Should a Start-Up Cut Its Burn Rate?" Harvard Business Review 101, no. 4 (July–August 2023): 144–149.
- 24 Apr 2019
- News
What Tops Kraft Heinz’s Menu? Cost Cuts or Mac ‘n’ Cheese?
- 14 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Growing CEOs from the Inside
There is no more important decision a board can make than naming a CEO. Yet most companies pay scant attention to the issue of succession other than a few whispered names in the hallways. The result? The hiring of an outsider who quickly... View Details
- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
long-term trend has been for CEO pay to rise along with the pay for other senior executives, and it is now twice as much as that of CEOs in major... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care
President Joe Biden’s promise to give every American access to affordable health insurance is well-intentioned, but his plan’s policy elements—a public option, a permanent expanded tax credit—require congressional approval and would expend significant political and... View Details
- 17 Nov 2017
- News