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- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
evaluate them and take proper action if they are not performing.” Under these pressures from capital markets, most executives would begin restructuring and cutting costs immediately. Dryer's senior management began with honest and open... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
financial and nonfinancial measures, some envisioned its role only in formulaic compensation contracts. We describe an alternative view, in which the scorecard's formal measures are created and used for informal management, with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
of results we want to achieve in the next round—more of the same, or more of other kinds of results. An investor may say that she wishes to continue to build her financial assets, so she would check the column for "want more of the same kind." An View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
recruiters, found current hiring practices to be haphazard at best and inept at worst. And no wonder. Ignorant of their staffing needs, most companies treat hiring top-level executives as an emergency. That leaves them little choice. One... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
executive compensation packages, and the board of directors’ evaluation horizons could be barriers to such decisions. My work so far has concentrated on the ESG issues where firm-level action is actually... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence that incentive contracts distort judgment and beliefs, even... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
this success was achieved. Heroes Wanted: Why the World Needs You to Live Your Heart Out by Rodney D. Bullard (AMP 187, 2014) Harvest House Publishers With all the hardships and unmet needs in the world, it’s difficult to believe one person can make a difference.... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
Law Firm continued with its approach to grow through a merger, rather than organically, and was eventually merged into a bigger law firm in China. After the merger, a refined A-B-C-D model is still in use as compensation system, although... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
product line within Xerox. He had the support of Xerox's chief executive officer, David Kearns, for establishing the new internal structure. This structure would work much like an internal venture capital firm. Xerox would exploit Adams's... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
and respect for practice by faculty, increase the quality and impact of faculty research. With roles and boundaries clear, such ongoing relationships with firms, particularly those rooted in executive education venues, increase the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
e.g., to buy out minority shareholders; for gift and estate tax purposes; to tie executive compensation to firm performance; to raise outside capital; or to sell the company outright. However, these... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
focal social categories, also had greater difficulty maximizing profit across social category lines. Finally, Study 4 showed that the transaction utility of maximizing joint gains required additional compensation across social category... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Telecom and Chorus. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/413081-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 913-036 Massachusetts Financial Services (Abridged) This case describes the compensation and performance evaluations at an... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
change the course of history. Indispensable will also help you understand this new model so you can use it in your own life-whether you're a citizen casting a ballot, an executive choosing your next CEO, or a leader trying to make your... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
research model, we go out in the field to develop and test hypotheses about the managerial challenges identified and shared by the nine PELP districts, write cases and notes that are relevant to addressing the challenges, and then deliver a week-long View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
most sales compensation plans (about 70%, according to surveys) incentivize volume independent of the type of sale or cost-to-serve different customers. This is ineffective deal management and, to avoid this, some firms establish a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
executive officer, on a visit to Pola's head office in Tokyo, heard news of critical comments about the company and animal testing in a Facebook post from a group in South Australia where the brand had been founded as a small biodynamic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
years and currently serves as faculty chair for the Managing Brand Meaning program in the Executive Education curriculum. He believes the future of Internet advertising depends on improvements in technology. "We won't really understand... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
that bridges neurology care for Midtown, Emory University Hospital, and Wesley Woods.” Questions raised by the assembled group make it clear that getting from the point of analysis to execution will take some serious work. “This can’t... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
by calling attention to Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli's compensation package and the company's poor performance. The AFL-CIO Office of Investments advocates for improved corporate governance at public companies, focusing on the problems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace