Rewards And Penalties - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Business leaders must respond to growing concerns about pollution, but both the environment and corporate coffers can be green, says Harvard Business School professor Forest Reinhardt. The key to success may depend on how the challenges... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy

Why are people so drawn to social media? The question long haunted Mikolaj "Misiek" Piskorski and eventually led to his new book, A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media. Drawing from years of research dating back to before... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs

When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather by a careful... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

needs to be known by members of an organization? What are the limits on transparency in the workplace? What do you think? To read more: David Card, Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moreti, and Emmanuel Saez, Inequality at Work: The Effect of Peer... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

small win that builds the credibility of the leader. Confidence and winning streaks are built through small wins. Investing in people to show them that they are worth it. As opposed to holding out a reward... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

No one says the life of the entrepreneur is glamorous, at least in the start-up phase. Financing pressures. Bad diet. Family—what family? And now new research from Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman reveals another... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

advice, and I do recognize and reward people who are doing a good job." Pride In Numbers As Unocal's Thompson and Aetna's Schlichting show,... View Details

Keywords: by Theodore Kinni

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