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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
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
levels of financial and nonfinancial incentives that can encourage whistleblowing at the senior management levels. This article originally appeared in the HBS Alumni Bulletin. [Image: iStockphoto/mustafagull] View Details
Keywords: by April White
- 17 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer
kutaytanir It’s no surprise that business executives make more money than lower-level employees. But when that pay disparity between a CEO and the average worker is perceived as unfair, the result may be more than unhappy workers: A firm’s performance can deteriorate.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader
people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist." Thomas asserts that there needs to be an alignment of the interests of the organization and the interests of the individuals: "It is crucial that the View Details
Keywords: Management
- 30 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most
they work,” either by allowing them to work remotely or by providing incentives to move closer to offices, Wu says. The highest performers suffer the most While previous studies have shown that long commutes can affect a worker’s mental... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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The Economics of Structured Finance
By: Joshua D. Coval, Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford
This paper investigates the spectacular rise and fall of structured finance. The essence of structured finance activities is the pooling of economic assets like loans, bonds, and mortgages, and the subsequent issuance of a prioritized capital structure of claims, known... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Management; Debt Securities; Investment; Risk Management; Behavior
Coval, Joshua D., Jakub W. Jurek, and Erik Stafford. "The Economics of Structured Finance." Journal of Economic Perspectives 23, no. 1 (Winter 2009): 3–25.
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
companies), clients exert a measure of control over the access of those agencies to confidential information while also offering them incentives to avoid conflicts of interest. Findings from the existing body of conceptual and empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
most viable to meet a home’s holistic heating and cooling needs. Here are the most important components of TCO and how they may drive meaningful cost differences: Government incentives: the Inflation Reduction Act makes owning a heat pump much more tenable with View Details
- 10 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?
involved in spurring that change. "You’d think male producers ... would be the ones with the greatest incentive to work more with female talent." “You’d think male producers, especially those who had ties with Harvey Weinstein, would be... View Details
Joseph L. Bower
JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade. He has served in many administrative roles... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
strategy and to learn from actions taken about the effectiveness of changes made. Its focus is on the development of a high-commitment culture. Its means consist of high involvement, and consultants and incentives are relied on far less... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
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Hiring International Students
Participation in on-campus recruiting events ( HBS campus presentations and/or interviews ) Posting with trade or professional organizations Having an established employee referral program with incentives Posting job announcements with... View Details
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Building the On-Demand Workforce - Managing the Future of Work
businesses needing extra capacity and flexibility. HBS and Managing the Future of Work’s Joe Fuller and Boston Consulting Group’s Allison Bailey, co-authors of the report Building the On-Demand Workforce, join Bill Kerr. How can employers adapt their approach to talent... View Details
Walter A. Friedman
Walter A. Friedman is Director of the Business History Initiative and Lecturer. He edits Business History Review with Geoff Jones. He specializes in business, labor, and economic history. He is author of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First... View Details
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
too often, when graduates of these programs enter the workforce, they find themselves unequipped to meet the challenges for innovation of 21st century health care. December 2014 Article No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on View Details
- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
Business School. We asked Professor Bazerman to explore in more depth some of the paper's findings. Sean Silverthorne: So, are you against incentives and goals? Max Bazerman: No, my coauthors and I are not against incentives. We believe... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator
Keywords: by Jodi L. Short & Michael W. Toffel
- Forthcoming
- Article
The Stock Market and Bank Risk-Taking
By: David S. Scharfstein and Antonio Falato
We argue that stock market pressure to generate earnings encourages banks to increase risk. We measure risk using confidential supervisory ratings as well as financial information released in regulatory filings. We document that there is an increase in the risk-taking... View Details
- August 2018
- Article
Creative Sparks or Paralysis Traps? The Effects of Contradictions on Creative Processing and Creative Products
By: Goran Calic and Sébastien Hélie
Paradoxes are an unavoidable part of work life. The unusualness of attempting to simultaneously satisfy contradictory imperatives can result in creative outcomes that simultaneously satisfy both imperatives by inducing search for, and selection of, novel and useful... View Details
Calic, Goran, and Sébastien Hélie. "Creative Sparks or Paralysis Traps? The Effects of Contradictions on Creative Processing and Creative Products." Art. 1489. Frontiers in Psychology 9 (August 2018).