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- June 1974 (Revised April 1985)
- Background Note
Note on Managing the Psychological Contract
Thomas, R. Roosevelt, Jr. "Note on Managing the Psychological Contract." Harvard Business School Background Note 474-159, June 1974. (Revised April 1985.)
- June 1999 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
The National Hockey League's New Television Contract for 2004 and Beyond
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth
The National Hockey League (NHL) has negotiated a new television contract at record rights-fee levels for hockey. The NHL will be shifting its principal television partner from Fox to ESPN/ABC. Students are asked to analyze the current and future contracts in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Television Entertainment; Contracts; Marketing Communications; Agreements and Arrangements; Partners and Partnerships; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth. "The National Hockey League's New Television Contract for 2004 and Beyond." Harvard Business School Case 599-108, June 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
- 1993
- Chapter
Aspects of Financial Contracting in Venture Capital
- November 1981
- Article
Effects of Nominal Contracting on Stock Returns
By: K. French, G. W. Schwert and R. S. Ruback
French, K., G. W. Schwert, and R. S. Ruback. "Effects of Nominal Contracting on Stock Returns." Seminar on the Analysis of Security Prices, Proceedings 5, no. 2 (November 1981): 1–36.
- Article
Subjective Performance Measures in Optimal Incentive Contracts
By: George P. Baker, Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
Baker, George P., Robert Gibbons, and Kevin J. Murphy. "Subjective Performance Measures in Optimal Incentive Contracts." Quarterly Journal of Economics 109, no. 4 (November 1994).
- summer 1988
- Article
Aspects of Financial Contracting in Venture Capital
Sahlman, William A. "Aspects of Financial Contracting in Venture Capital." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 1, no. 2 (summer 1988): 23–36.
- June 1981
- Teaching Note
Contract and Consensus at General Motors--1900-1984, Teaching Note
By: J. Ronald Fox
- April 2011
- Supplement
Emergia: Driving Profitability on Help Desk Contracts (CW)
By: F. Asis Martinez Jerez
Contact Data for September 2010, dictionary of terms, and agent login information. View Details
Keywords: Contracts
- October 1996
- Article
The Changing Social Contract in American Business
By: D. Q. Mills
Mills, D. Q. "The Changing Social Contract in American Business." European Management Journal 14, no. 5 (October 1996).
- June 1989 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
Hi Tech Industries (A): Negotiating Corporate Contracts
Corey, E. Raymond. "Hi Tech Industries (A): Negotiating Corporate Contracts." Harvard Business School Case 589-117, June 1989. (Revised October 1989.)
- 1999
- Chapter
Aspects of Financial Contracting in Venture Capital
Sahlman, William A. "Aspects of Financial Contracting in Venture Capital." Chap. 16 in The Entrepreneurial Venture. 2nd ed. by William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J Roberts, and Amar V. Bhide, 304–325. Harvard Business School Press, 1999. (Originally published in Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 1, no. 2 (summer 1988): 23-36. Also reprinted in The New Corporate Finance: Where Theory Meets Practice, edited by D. Chew, 229. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. Part IV: 4.)
- fall 2002
- Article
Distortion and Risk in Optimal Incentive Contracts
By: George P. Baker
Baker, George P. "Distortion and Risk in Optimal Incentive Contracts." Journal of Human Resources 37, no. 4 (fall 2002).
- Research Summary
'Optimal Incentive Contracts under Inequity Aversion' (with Achim Wambach) ), 2005
We analyze the Moral Hazard problem, assuming that the agent is inequity averse. Our results differ from conventional contract theory and are more in line with empirical findings than these standard results. Our key findings are: Inequity aversion alters the structure... View Details
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Emergia: Driving Profitability on Help Desk Contracts (TN)
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
Teaching Note for#111-048. View Details
- 22 Feb 2010
- News
You can't write trust into a contract
- 2021
- Other Unpublished Work
Obsolescence of the Obsolescing Bargain: Why Governments Must Get Investor-State Contracts Right
By: Louis T. Wells and Karl P. Sauvant
Gone are the days when governments could easily renegotiate natural resource and other investment contracts if foreign investors, e.g., reaped bonanzas from rising resource prices, surprisingly rich discoveries, or terms that were too favorable. Today, international... View Details
Wells, Louis T., and Karl P. Sauvant. "Obsolescence of the Obsolescing Bargain: Why Governments Must Get Investor-State Contracts Right." Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 298, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, February 2021.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts
By: Susanna Gallani
Effective design of executive compensation contracts involves choosing and weighting performance measures, as well as defining the mix between fixed and incentive-based pay components, with a view to fostering talent retention and goal congruence. The variability in... View Details
Keywords: Compensation Design; Board Interlocks; Compensation Consultants; Network Centrality; Homophily; Quadratic Assignment Procedure; Blockholders; Executive Compensation
Gallani, Susanna. "Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-019, August 2015. (Revised December, 2016.)
- May 2000
- Article
The Use of Performance Measures in Incentive Contracting
By: George P. Baker
Baker, George P. "The Use of Performance Measures in Incentive Contracting." American Economic Review 90, no. 2 (May 2000).