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  • 08 Sep 2015
  • Working Paper Summaries

Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani

    The Contract Year Phenomenon in the Corner Office: An Analysis of Firm Behavior During CEO Contract Renewals

    This paper investigates how executive employment contracts influence corporate financial policies during the final year of the contract term, using a new, hand-collected data set of CEO employment agreements. On the one hand, the impending... View Details
    • 13 Jul 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

    As chairman and CEO of the leading vaccine producer in the world, pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Ken Frazier has one of the highest-profile positions in global business. But Frazier, who is leading one of the firms on a charge to... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical
    • October 2010
    • Journal Article

    The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies

    By: Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
    This paper establishes a causal effect of product market competition on various characteristics of organizational design. Using a unique panel-dataset on firm hierarchies of large U.S. firms (1986-1999) and a quasi-natural experiment (trade liberalization), we find... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Product; Markets; Competition; Organizational Design; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Rank and Position; Organizational Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Change; Trade; United States
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    • 2009
    • Other Unpublished Work

    The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies

    By: Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
    This paper establishes a causal effect of product market competition on various characteristics of organizational design. Using a unique panel-dataset on firm hierarchies of large U.S. firms (1986-1999) and a quasi-natural experiment (trade liberalization), we find... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy
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    • March 2007
    • Article

    Gender Effects and Stock Market Reactions to the Announcement of Top Executive Appointments

    This study uses Kanter's token status theory to link announcements of top executives to shareholder reactions, highlighting possible gender effects. Using a sample of top executive announcements from 1990 to 2000, our results show that investor reactions to the... View Details
    Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Management Succession; Gender; Management Teams
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    • 01 Oct 1996
    • News

    At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top

    Last spring, a small, select group of new CEOs and CEO-designates from corporations with revenues of $1 billion or more came to Soldiers Field to participate in the second session of the New CEO Workshop, an... View Details
    Keywords: Jon Prestage
    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    The Contract Year Phenomenon in the Corner Office: An Analysis of Firm Behavior During CEO Contract Renewals

    By: Ping Liu and Yuhai Xuan
    This paper investigates how executive employment contracts influence corporate financial policies during the final year of the contract term, using a new, hand-collected data set of CEO employment agreements. On the one hand, the impending expiration of fixed-term... View Details
    Keywords: Management Style; Contracts; Behavior; Employment
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    • 21 Nov 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

    CEOs need to roll up their sleeves and learn more about the customer-facing sides of their businesses, like sales. Source: AlexBrylov Let’s face it: To most C-suite executives, sales processes are often an afterthought or a somewhat... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • May 2021
    • Teaching Note

    From Globalization to Dual Digital Transformation: CEO Thierry Breton Leading Atos Into 'Digital Shockwaves'

    By: Tsedal Neeley
    Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 419-027 and 419-046. Thierry Breton, chairman and CEO of IT company Atos, faces a pivotal juncture. After spending eight intense years scaling the company globally to over 100,000 employees in 70 countries, he sees digital shockwaves... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Transformation; Strategy; Disruption; Employees; Competency and Skills; Training; Organizational Culture; Digital Transformation; Information Technology Industry
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    • 12 Oct 2017
    • News

    A Survey of How 1,000 CEOs Spend Their Day Reveals What Makes Leaders Successful

    • August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
    • Case

    Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)

    By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
    Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall... View Details
    Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Change Leadership; Female Ceo; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Executive Compensation; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
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    • April 2019 (Revised June 2019)
    • Case

    From Globalization to Dual Digital Transformation: CEO Thierry Breton Leading Atos Into 'Digital Shockwaves' (A)

    By: Tsedal Neeley, JT Keller and James Barnett
    Thierry Breton, chairman and CEO of IT company Atos, faced a pivotal juncture. After spending eight intense years scaling the company globally to over 100,000 employees in 70 countries, he was ready to take the next crucial step. Breton was convinced that rapid digital... View Details
    Keywords: Dual Digital Transformation; Transformation; Disruption; Employees; Competency and Skills; Training; Decision Making; Digital Transformation
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    • 2014
    • Book

    Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond

    By: Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini
    In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which governments owned and ran corporations and broadly controlled the allocation of financial resources into two new varieties of state capitalism: Leviathan as a majority and as a... View Details
    Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Industrial Policy; Development Banks; Capitalism; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance Theory; CEO Effects; Public Sector; Economic Systems; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; State Ownership; Privatization; Public Ownership; Emerging Markets; Banking Industry; Mining Industry; Energy Industry
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    • June 2010
    • Article

    The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic

    By: Lynn S. Paine
    To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details
    Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; China
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    • Web

    Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Special Assistant to the CEO Sometimes the right role comes as a consequence of long hours dedicated to research, networking, and soul-searching. At other times, the stars simply align – and the wise person’s job is to recognize it. After... View Details
    • November 2016 (Revised December 2017)
    • Case

    Blake Sports Apparel and Switch Activewear: Bringing the Executive Team Together

    By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
    Cameron (Cam) Barker, founder and CEO of Blake Sports Apparel and Switch Activewear, manufacturers and distributers of sports apparel and accessories, was facing a challenge with his executive team. Their inability to work together on seemingly simple issues was a... View Details
    Keywords: Team Dynamics; Team Management; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Executive Leadership; Groups and Teams; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United Kingdom
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    • 27 Jul 2012
    • News

    How to Be Effective in the Global Economy and the Boardroom: CFOs Offer Lessons Learned on the Journey

    • 10 Aug 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

    Norton and Rohit Deshpandé. Mohan's interest in the subject began when she was a kid, on a shopping trip with her father. "We were walking around Costco, and he turned to me and said, 'You know, what I love about this company is that the View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail
    • 11 Apr 2024
    • Blog Post

    Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

    business world. Thank you for reading, and please share your stories with us at bei@hbs.edu! – Lynn Schenk, BEI Director Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste “I... View Details