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- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 12 Sep 2023
- What Do You Think?
Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?
profitability than those in the bottom quartile. A 2016 study of 21,980 firms in 91 countries found that companies with mixed gender boards outperformed those with all-male boards. Of course, you are aware of controversies surrounding... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
performance. In summary, the polarized claims that corporate voluntary regulation represents a win-win opportunity-or constitutes a smokescreen that allows firms to operate with less regulatory oversight-are misguided. Instead, the key to efficient and effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
about and weighs the past and future. In some places, tips are provided not so much to reward good service but to encourage good service in the future—a perception that brings the tip closer to the purpose of a bribe, which is also focused on future service. A History... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
to achieve. But each also has costs, often unintended. The problem managers face is resolving the tension between E and O in a way that obtains the benefits of each and minimizes the negative consequences of each. Too often, these theories are View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
along" seem crude and outdated workplace mantras when contrasted with the sophistication of modern business, yet they are still considered sound advice. Compensating Candor HBS professor Max Bazerman of the Negotiation, Organizations... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 05 Jul 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?
performance of an organization has long been debated, and the debate has focused most recently on the controversy over compensation for CEOs. Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton cite studies that maintain that no more than 10 percent of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
120 adult participants, a mix of men and women, and asked each to complete 20 math problems. The researchers then measured participants' hormone levels via saliva samples, both before and after the math exercise. All participants received... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
dissatisfaction ("hygiene factors") are completely separate from those that determine true satisfaction ("motivators"). Insufficient financial compensation, for example, falls into the former camp. But having sufficient compensation will... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Office of Strategy Management
plans that are not linked to the organization's strategy. This is extraordinary. (d) Seventy percent of middle managers and more than 90 percent of front-line employees have compensation that is not linked to the strategy. (e) Most... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
ways that avoid the mistakes of industrial policies in the past. Empirical evidence is also mixed with some recent work suggesting that much of the potential and for export growth and export diversification into more attractive market... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
brings new reports of hedge fund closings and the scaling back of private equity investments. Not surprisingly, the enormously high compensation packages in these fields are shrinking as well, making jobs in these sectors far less... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
additional compensation across social category lines than it did within them. The results thus broach an ethical dilemma for managers: Is it appropriate to let mere social category lines interfere with profit maximization? Download the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
its influence on team processes and performance are discussed. What Drives Sell-Side Analyst Compensation at High-Status Investment Banks? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, and David A. Maber Publication:Journal of Accounting... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
characterize profits to tax authorities and capital markets separately). There is also much anecdotal evidence on the profusion of tax shelters and compensation incentives for managing effective tax rates. Managers appear to have become... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
consulting, architecture, engineering, research, and, increasingly, computer software development and technology systems integration firms. We also seek an international mix of participants. About half come from the US and the other half... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
enable efficient response; and an infrastructure for daily management and continuous improvement of the chain's performance. Furthermore, we find that employees on the service delivery unit spent 12% of their day compensating for internal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
and "In re CNX Gas" and provides commentary on current developments, such as "Say on Pay," proxy access and the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. A new chapter on executive compensation appears. The fourth edition provides... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms
of these leaders are somewhat singular to their field, Healy and colleague Boris Groysberg have created an HBS Executive Education program called Leadership in Financial Organizations. Combining a mix of case studies, lectures, and... View Details
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
further demonstrate that financing risk has the greatest impact on firms with the most real option value. Hence, the mix of projects funded and type of investors who are active varies with the level of financing risk in the economy. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne