Executive Pay - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

tracking configuration changes will pay off over the long run. As many companies discovered with quality management and industrial safety programs, perceptions of tradeoffs between security and productivity are often incorrect. Security... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

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Policy - Business & Environment

ice cap, a rise in sea levels, warming of the oceans ” Industry internal document 1968 American Petroleum Institute [10] 1970s - 1980s In a 1978 presentation to Exxon executives and scientists, James Black of Exxon’s Products Research... View Details

12 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 12

find that paying above-market wages, per se, does not have an effect on effort relative to paying market wages. However, structuring a portion of the wage as a clear and unexpected gift (by hiring at a given... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

sales by salesperson. Should they pay people individually on these newer products while maintaining the team-pay approach on the core? If so, it would raise a potential problem with shirking on the core product. However, not doing so... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2004
News

Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Harvard College, 1969 A.B., Government LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "By... View Details

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

vertical portals have a profound effect on traditional distribution networks, but because many vertical portals will have production capabilities, they may also pose a threat to specialty producers that choose to downplay the significance of the Internet channel. For... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

executives at a major multinational corporation, and with participants in an open-enrollment program at a major business school. Student course feedback and a follow-up survey administered about one year after the course suggest that the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2002
News

Redefining Success: Women & Work.

charitable endeavors, pro bono consulting, and projects at her children's school, in addition to two intervals when she worked part-time for pay. "As a full-time parent, you're way too busy to think that way." Amy Cahners Hunter (MBA '81) had worked as a retail View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 2001
News

Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

academics for an exploration of new economy themes ranging from getting back to sustainable business models to the emerging wireless landscape. “Over the past year, we have seen a flight to quality in the technology market, where MBA students are View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

contribution to this emerging tapestry. Globalization is increasingly tying the fortunes of national economies to one another,"observes South African manufacturing executive Ewald J.H. Wessels (MBA '71), one of the key organizers of the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

US Health Care? (18,291) Jim Heskett asks, are we addressing health care cost issues with the creativity they deserve? What do YOU think? How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance? (18,284) Jim Heskett sums up 98 reader responses from... View Details

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

on digital photography would inevitably distract the mainstream managers. Fund in stages. Establishing a freestanding venture is a good first step, but it's no guarantee that the people in charge will manage the business as an independent opportunity. Top View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

exercises become increasingly complex, involving multiple parties with varying interests. For example, when a chief financial officer and a marketing person are involved in negotiations, the CFO is naturally focused on keeping costs down while the marketing View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

02 Sep 2021
News

Back to School

Nick Simmons (MBA/MPP 2019) was no stranger to the principal’s office as a student. “I was definitely an active, energetic young person who wasn’t always paying the closest attention,” says Simmons, currently senior advisor for school... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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

11 Jul 2013
News

The Good Writer

quit my job.” Dick says it was about two years before he got his first break, a syndicated sketch-comedy show called The Newz that was canceled after the discovery of financial shenanigans by one of the executive producers. From there it... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

21 Jan 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

One of the highlights of my year is in November, when teams of enterprising families meet for the Executive Education program I founded and still lead at Harvard Business School, Families in Business. One of the thornier problems we... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Jan 2004
News

A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

historians—not just modern business gurus—if you're interested in mastering the power of strategy and the power of execution in your job." CURRENT READING Bush at War, by Bob Woodward A.G. Lafley has been credited with turning around... View Details

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

Sadun Abstract—Many senior executives struggle to describe how they make strategic decisions. That’s a serious problem since the process for making strategic decisions can shape the strategy itself. To understand better how companies... View Details