Rewards And Penalties - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

this month's column. Several thought that the provision could have the desired effect. Yedendra Chouksey said, "What is open to public glare does restrain proclivity for 'insanely generous' self-rewards So, why not try it and hope... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

to prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price if cheaper, similar drugs are available. The process rewards companies whose drugs are more novel or help patients more, while forcing manufacturers of equally or less... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off

prone to abandon programs that threatened trust and commitment." Similar programs at low-commitment companies might have succeeded where HP failed. Financial rewards in a fast-changing business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good

For decades, Shabana Azmi has been a leading actress in Indian cinema. She has starred in many of that country’s most popular and acclaimed films, including the groundbreaking Fire in 1996, about a lesbian relationship between two... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Motion Pictures & Video

16 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

capital to reward companies that make progress toward specific ESG goals. “My hope is that we take an open mind and a scientific approach to understanding what the best way to get to the solution is,” says... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

"bonus" long-term policies that reward those who switch to healthy lifestyles. Insurers and providers will receive risk-adjusted payments, so the sick will become financially attractive enrollees... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

requires a total change in organizational identity. Moving from an environment that is adversarial to one that is co-creating value with customers requires a company to carefully coordinate systemic changes in many areas—from defining its core values to how it... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

But in most scenarios, distribution channels, taken as a whole, seem more like a repository of lost opportunities than an effective delivery system that appropriately serves and rewards all participants.... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits the exchange of anything of value that rewards or generates business reimbursable by federal health care programs. While the law prohibits drugmakers from directly covering copays View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

are delivering, and as a tool to continuously improve their processes. Innovative providers will market their areas of excellence and will grow geographically as opposed to growing solely by offering new... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

are malleable among new Web users; Winner-take-all dynamics apply; Competitive risks are reasonable; The company is capable of managing significant growing pains; and Capital markets will reward first... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

because they're driven by mutual funds or hedge funds and are rewarded in the short term. Long-term funders can expect to see more opportunities coming their way, he continued. According to moderator Josh... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

rewarded with a new line of business that created revenues in excess of $200 million over the next several years. HP backed out of its efforts after two years with multimillion-dollar losses and a... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

Here's a cautionary tale of innovation woe: Nokia has consistently outspent Apple on phone-related research and development over the past decade, especially in the years leading up to the launch of Apple's iPhone. Between 2004 View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

still worth my time? But while much is changing in business, a lot of the challenges still involve basic block-and-tackle work around product development, sales, and distribution. Also of major importance: hiring, training, motivating,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

things that talented managers seek: exciting work, personal development, a balanced lifestyle, a great company, and recognition and rewards for individual contributions. It is... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Become a Value Creator

As a young teacher at Harvard Business School, Brian J. Hall called on longtime professor James Cash for a favor: Hall wanted to study the inner workings of General Electric, and he needed Cash's help to get in touch with top-level... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

04 Apr 2008
What Do You Think?

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

and for what share? Or has the culture of "free" become so deeply imbedded in the minds of a new generation of users that content developers can only hope for partial, occasional, or eventual financial View Details