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  • Fall 2014
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Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing

By: Matthew Weinzierl
The price indexation of Social Security benefit payments has emerged in recent years as a flashpoint of debate in the United States. I characterize the direct effects that changes in that price index would have on retirees who differ in their initial wealth at... View Details
Keywords: Retirement; Compensation and Benefits; United States
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Weinzierl, Matthew. "Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Fall 2014): 137–196.
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Executive compensation

Under Capital IQ Intelligence select Search Profiles. Search by company or by person. Select Compensation from the left sidebar. Compensation data is not available for all individuals View Details
  • 29 Apr 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Analyzing the Aftermath of a Compensation Reduction

Keywords: by Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert, and Christopher Stanton; Service
  • October 2004 (Revised March 2006)
  • Background Note

Compensation in Professional Service Firms

By: Ashish Nanda
Discusses the compensation of professionals--partners and nonpartners--in a professional services firm. Discusses the considerations that determine the choice of compensation systems and the interrelationship between compensation and other human resources management... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry
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Nanda, Ashish, and Lauren Prusiner. "Compensation in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 905-039, October 2004. (Revised March 2006.)
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

By: Claudine Gartenberg and Julie Wulf
This study suggests that peer comparison affects both wage setting and productivity within firms. We report three changes in division manager compensation following a 1991–1992 controversy over executive pay. We argue that this controversy increased wage comparisons... View Details
Keywords: Pay-for-Performance; Internal Labor Markets; Peer Comparison; Firm Geography; Behavior; Executive Compensation; Policy
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Gartenberg, Claudine, and Julie Wulf. "Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-041, November 2012. (Revised May 2013, March 2014.)
  • 29 Jul 2019
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Compensation Consultants and the Level, Composition and Complexity of CEO Pay

  • May 2002 (Revised October 2002)
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Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure

By: Brian J. Hall
This case analyzes incentive strategy from the perspective of a company's board of directors and owners. The focus is the role that executive compensation and ownership structure (the composition of, and financial structure between, a company's owners) play in... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Ownership; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Strategy; Value Creation
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Hall, Brian J. "Incentive Strategy II: Executive Compensation and Ownership Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-134, May 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
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Elon Musk's Unusual Compensation Plan Isn't Really About Compensation at All

By: George Serafeim
Earlier this year, Tesla shareholders approved likely the largest compensation package ever awarded to a CEO—for a CEO who clearly doesn’t need the money. Elon Musk is already incredibly rich and also doesn’t seem particularly motivated by further wealth. So why do it?... View Details
Keywords: Tesla; Elon Musk; Innovation; Investor Communication; Investor Relations; Short-termism; Long-termism; Disruption; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Communication Intention and Meaning; Mission and Purpose
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    Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

    This study suggests that peer comparison affects both wage setting and productivity within firms. We report three changes in division manager compensation following a 1991-1992 controversy over executive pay. We argue that this... View Details

    • 20 Nov 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

    Keywords: by Claudine Gartenberg & Julie Wulf
    • November 2011
    • Teaching Note

    WrapItUp: Developing a New Compensation Plan (Brief Case)

    By: W. Earl Sasser, Jr. and Rachel Shelton
    Teaching Note for Product #4362 View Details
    Keywords: Empowerment; Middle Management; Human Resource Management; Compensation; Incentives; Motivation; Management; Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits
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    Sasser,, W. Earl, Jr., and Rachel Shelton. "WrapItUp: Developing a New Compensation Plan (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-364, November 2011.
    • March 1991
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    Kodak and Polaroid: Consumer Compensation

    By: John A. Quelch
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    Quelch, John A. "Kodak and Polaroid: Consumer Compensation." Harvard Business School Case 591-015, March 1991.
    • 29 Apr 2020
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    ISS Recommendations and Compensation Pactices

    • April 24, 2023
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    In the COVID Era, Why Corporate Benefits Demand CEO/CFO Leadership

    By: Regina E. Herzlinger
    The expectation that employers provide their employees’ health benefits has been around since World War II. Unfortunately, although today’s employees expect employers to treat them as individuals, ease their experiences, prioritize their wellbeing, and control cost,... View Details
    Keywords: COVID; COVID-19 Pandemic; CEO; Leadership; Health Insurance; Benefits; CFO; Compensation and Benefits
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    Herzlinger, Regina E. "In the COVID Era, Why Corporate Benefits Demand CEO/CFO Leadership." CMR Insights (April 24, 2023).
    • May 2019
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    Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (D)

    By: Doug J. Chung
    Kjell & Company was a Swedish retail electronics chain. The company’s products consisted of home electronics and accessories. The company was noted for its excellent customer service and a fair “one-for-all” HR policy. Historically, the salespeople had been compensated... View Details
    Keywords: Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Change Management; Behavior; Electronics Industry; Sweden
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    Chung, Doug J. "Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 519-096, May 2019.
    • January 2011 (Revised April 2020)
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    Executive Compensation at Talent Partners

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
    Talent Partners' CEO was very successful at growing the business and establishing its leadership position. He was compensated with a mix of salary and options and he did not own any equity in the company. The options were set so that if Talent Partners achieved its... View Details
    Keywords: Executive Compensation; Stock Options; Compensation and Benefits
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    Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Executive Compensation at Talent Partners." Harvard Business School Case 211-073, January 2011. (Revised April 2020.)
    • 2004
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    Executive Compensation

    By: Thomas R. Piper
    Keywords: Executive Compensation
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    Piper, Thomas R. "Executive Compensation." October 2004.
    • May 2019
    • Supplement

    Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (C)

    By: Doug J. Chung
    Kjell & Company was a Swedish retail electronics chain. The company’s products consisted of home electronics and accessories. The company was noted for its excellent customer service and a fair “one-for-all” HR policy. Historically, the salespeople had been compensated... View Details
    Keywords: Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Change Management; Behavior; Electronics Industry; Sweden
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    Chung, Doug J. "Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 519-095, May 2019.
    • 05 Dec 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing

    Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
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    Board Independence and the Design of Executive Compensation

    In this project, I analyze the compensation decisions of boards of directors. Compensation decisions not only serve to motivate executives, but also affect a board's reputation for independence. Although greater managerial influence over the board has the obvious... View Details
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