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- April 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Executive Compensation at General Electric (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Michele Jurgens
Faced with falling share prices and the critical eye of the media focused on Jack Welch's retirement plan, newly appointed CEO Jeff Immelt had the challenge of reassessing GE as a leader of corporate integrity and good governance. Presents the changes Immelt initiated... View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Governing and Advisory Boards; Media; Governance; Corporate Accountability
Narayanan, V.G., and Michele Jurgens. "Executive Compensation at General Electric (A)." Harvard Business School Case 105-072, April 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- November 1993 (Revised December 1997)
- Supplement
General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (B)
Updates General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A). View Details
Murphy, Kevin J. "General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-049, November 1993. (Revised December 1997.)
- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
executive pay. The idea that CEO compensation is driven by the invisible hand of market forces is a myth from which chief executives have long benefited. In setting executive pay, directors have not been guided solely by the interests of... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (A)
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
On October 20, 2009, Brady Dougan, the CEO of Credit Suisse Group, announced a new compensation plan for the bank. The announcement had followed quickly on the heels of the G-20 meeting the prior month where, in the wake of the financial crisis, the major governments... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Globalized Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Switzerland; United Kingdom
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-005, July 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- 09 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Executive Compensation and Misconduct: Environmental Harm
Keywords: by Dylan Minor
- January–February 2021
- Article
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino and Metin Aksoy
By aligning executives’ financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard to get pay packages right. In this article four experts break down the key elements of compensation and explain how to... View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy; Performance
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino, and Metin Aksoy. "Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 102–111.
- 29 Apr 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Analyzing the Aftermath of a Compensation Reduction
- June 2014
- Case
The Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation
By: Brian Hall, Aaron Chadbourne, Vibha Kagzi and Caren Kelleher
This case is about the response of the US government to the excessive compensation of executives following the market collapse of 2008. In particular, the case focuses on the special committee that was formed to oversee and regulate any financial companies that had... View Details
Hall, Brian, Aaron Chadbourne, Vibha Kagzi, and Caren Kelleher. "The Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation." Harvard Business School Case 914-052, June 2014.
- July 2007 (Revised September 2007)
- Background Note
Compensating Family Employees in a Family Business
By: John A. Davis
Explores the core issues involved in compensating family employees in a family business. Explains family interests and other factors that shape family employee compensation practices. Distinguishes between achieving effective compensation practices, which help to... View Details
Davis, John A. "Compensating Family Employees in a Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 808-021, July 2007. (Revised September 2007.)
- January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (B)
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 103-043, January 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- January 1990 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
Compensation at API (A)
Friedman, Raymond A. "Compensation at API (A)." Harvard Business School Case 490-051, January 1990. (Revised October 1991.)
- July 2010
- Supplement
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (C)
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
The (C) case describes the results of Credit Suisse's PIP I program, the value of PAF, shareholders' vote on the new compensation plan supported by management, and the impact of the company's approach to the U.K. banker's tax. View Details
Keywords: Voting; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Switzerland; United Kingdom
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-007, July 2010.
- February 2006
- Article
Wealth and Executive Compensation
Using new data on the wealth of Swedish CEOs, I show that higher wealth CEOs receive stronger incentives. Since high wealth (excluding own-firm holdings) implies low absolute risk aversion, this is consistent with a risk aversion explanation. To examine whether wealth... View Details
Keywords: Wealth; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Risk Management; Competency and Skills; Wages; Sweden
Becker, Bo. "Wealth and Executive Compensation." Journal of Finance 61, no. 1 (February 2006): 379–397.
- November 2018 (Revised September 2022)
- Teaching Note
Stock-Based Compensation at Twitter
By: Jonas Heese, Zeya Yang and Mike Young
- January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (C)
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (C)." Harvard Business School Case 103-044, January 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
Summing Up The Dodd-Frank legislation provision requiring the publication of the ratio of CEO compensation to that of the average compensation level of all employees in public companies will have little or... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (D)
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation (D)." Harvard Business School Case 103-045, January 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
- January 1990 (Revised November 1990)
- Background Note
Note on Compensation and Incentive Systems
Provides a brief analysis of issues in the design of an effective compensation system, with particular emphasis on incentives. Provides an analytic framework for thinking about compensation. Topics covered include the composition of the pay package, fringe benefits,... View Details
Gibbs, Michael J. "Note on Compensation and Incentive Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-048, January 1990. (Revised November 1990.)
- September 2003
- Case
Executive Compensation at Reckitt Benckiser plc
By: V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu and Lisa Brem
Investors felt betrayed by the increasingly lucrative pay packages awarded to CEOs and other top executives at multinational companies. Yet, board members charged with adequately rewarding executives were forced to compete with rising packages of salaries and stock... View Details