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  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

the individuals assigned to be “guards” became abusive towards the “prisoners,” causing the “prisoners” to experience acute stress and anxiety (Haney, Banks, & Zimbardo, 1973). Role-play research by Professor Scott Armstrong of the Wharton School had shown that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Program

Compensation Committees

programs. You will explore best practices for aligning executive pay to business strategy and company goals and for meeting shareholder expectations as the regulatory climate evolves. You may also be interested in the related program:... View Details
  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President AI Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide whether to recommend... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

More Information HBS Working Knowledge Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)? By: Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik More Information HBS Working Paper Series Does 'What We Do' Make Us 'Who We Are'?... View Details
  • 30 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

As interest in the flat tax grows, the world seems transfixed on an unlikely country, Slovakia, whose 3-year-old tax reform program is paying early dividends. Essentially applying a uniform tax rate on citizens (and sometimes companies)... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jul 2022
  • HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

Instead, the company fell far short of the 400,000 gallons of ice cream it needed to sell annually just to break even on its Red Hook factory, selling about 250,000 to 280,000 gallons per year. ‘Taking away part of my family’ When the company’s finance View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • Web

Ways to Give Today - Alumni

You can make a gift of up to $53,000 from your IRA to establish a Harvard gift annuity that will pay you annual income for life and benefit HBS in the future. In that same year, you can also transfer up to $52,000 from your IRA to HBS as... View Details
  • 09 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

that the two companies should at all times pay dividends of equivalent value in sterling and guilders. There were two head offices—in London and Rotterdam—and two chairmen. Until 1996 the "chief executive" role was performed by... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder return. Beverage industry firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 20, 2015

People Who Care About Others Cooperate More? Experimental Evidence from Relative Incentive Pay By: Hernandez, Pablo, Dylan B. Minor, and Dana Sisak Abstract—We experimentally study ways in which the social preferences of individuals and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Program

Value Creation Through Effective Boards

Design an optimal board structure and select the right directors Improve board dynamics and the board's interaction with management Lead constructive, consensus-building board meetings with time-efficient agendas Strengthen corporate... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

Jordan brand and served as president of the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team? Probably not, says HBS Professor Francesca Gino, who coauthored the case with HBS Senior Lecturer Hise Gibson and HBS Professor Frances X. Frei, as well as Alicia Dadlani, View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • Web

Research - Global

market called the coulisse, which... June 2025 Case Vail Resorts: Responding to Activist Pressure (A) By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer On January 27, 2025, the head of a relatively small hedge fund named Late Apex Partners sent a highly critical letter to the... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

management a way to assess the tradeoffs that must be made among competing constituencies, and that it allows for principled decision making independent of the personal preferences of managers and directors. Importantly, managers and View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

prosperity. Recent Publications Vail Resorts: Responding to Activist Pressure (A) By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer June 2025 | Case | Faculty Research On January 27, 2025, the head of a relatively small hedge fund named Late Apex Partners sent a highly critical... View Details
  • 12 May 2021
  • Book

The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

Click to watch. David Fubini has never been a CEO of a major corporation, but during his 34-year career as a senior director at consulting firm McKinsey, he had ample opportunity to work closely with and observe CEOs and leaders of all... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Inclusion, Diversity & Engagement, Akamai Technologies; Aliyah Torrance, Director of Talent Acquisition, Akamai Technologies This modified case discussion did not require pre-reading. + More Info – Less Info When asked to list key... View Details
  • 27 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

action for executives and boards in America than in Asia. But more common in America are firms that are run by professional managers who are replaced by other professional managers, either as a consequence of retirement or of replacement by the board of View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

has recently opened an office in Hong Kong. Global Director of Research Robert van Brugge must consider how best to organize the firm's research department to enhance cross-sector and cross-geography collaboration among the senior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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