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- 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15
and third-party content (complements or substitutes). As a result, first-party content is a strategic instrument that plays a dual role. On the one hand, it enables platforms facing unfavorable expectations to compensate for their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance
Initiative to apply innovative business practices to drive high-impact social change. 1994 Building on his earlier work, Michael Jensen advances “agency theory,” the underpinning for compensating executives with stock and stock options.... View Details
Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
firms are the management arsenals of many public companies — strategic due diligence, blueprints for action, tying compensation to performance — but they are not applied with sufficient consistency, rigor, or thoroughness. In short, what... View Details
- December 2019 (Revised December 2021)
- Supplement
Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)
By: Christine Exley, John Beshears, Manuela Collis and Davis Heniford
Supplements the (A) case and describes the events following it View Details
Keywords: Equal Pay; Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Equality and Inequality; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Corporate Governance; Lawsuits and Litigation; Sports; Sports Industry; United States
Exley, Christine, John Beshears, Manuela Collis, and Davis Heniford. "Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 920-030, December 2019. (Revised December 2021.)
- December 2003 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Managing Segway's Early Development
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron
Describes the early development of the Segway Human Transporter and focuses on the organizational issues that arise between the parent company and the new company that is being spun out to produce and market the Segway. Key issues are the distribution of bonuses and... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Startups; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Technology Adoption
Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Kiron. "Managing Segway's Early Development." Harvard Business School Case 804-065, December 2003. (Revised September 2004.)
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
high-powered incentives lead to greater screening effort and more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
unlike incandescent lightbulbs, LED produces only light not heat, although both are crucial to rose cultivation. To compensate for reduced lightbulb heat, they purchased an extra generator, which increased energy consumption. Lastly, LED... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Profile
Matt Thurmond
list. "Its vision aligns with my ideals: leaders who make a difference in the world. I don't measure my progress by compensation or titles, but by what I do to help society." In addition, "The case method was a system I... View Details
- Web
Career Support & Exploration Funds | MBA
guaranteed annual compensation at or below $130,000. Awards typically range from $5,000-$15,000 and are offered as a one-time loan reduction at the time of graduation. Students who have received need-based HBS Scholarship are eligible to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
compensation does not result in improved performance in American companies, they conclude, corporations abroad should resist pressures to tie incentives to individual and unit performance. Two Best Ways? When HBS assistant professor... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
for Eisner’s reelection to the board. “I was looking for a case about executive compensation and corporate governance,” says Beaulieu, who teaches the elective Coordination, Control, and Management of Organizations (CCMO). “I wanted to... View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
worker-management culture. However, the company was best known for its compensation system, paying its workers on a piecework basis, coupled with bonuses based on company revenues. Although this often resulted in average annual pay for... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
worker-management culture. However, the company was best known for its compensation system, paying its workers on a piecework basis, coupled with bonuses based on company revenues. Although this often resulted in average annual pay for... View Details
- 15 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Exploring the World of Electric Adventure Vehicles
Leadership and Corporate Accountability course, which focuses on the economic, legal, and ethical dimensions tied to corporate responsibility. “We were talking about how we might set compensation for our retail associates, and paying... View Details
- Profile
Aaron Chadbourne
the choices made by Kenneth Feinberg, the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation. We wanted to write a case looking at his compensation decisions and their implications." Upon its completion, the case was taught in Managing,... View Details
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Full Circles | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
credits the HBS Nonprofit/Public Sector Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) for easing the anxiety many recent alumni feel when confronting substantial student loan payments. Available by application to graduates pursuing a career in the nonprofit and public... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
structured finance instruments can be characterized as economic catastrophe bonds but offer far less compensation than alternatives with comparable payoff profiles. We argue that this difference arises from the willingness of rating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 2000 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Doyle's Dealmaking Dilemma (B): Final Negotiations
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Style; Compensation and Benefits; Job Search; Private Equity; Competency and Skills
Sebenius, James K. "Doyle's Dealmaking Dilemma (B): Final Negotiations." Harvard Business School Case 801-230, October 2000. (Revised September 2002.)
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
was an isolated incident. The board then weighed an important decision that turned on their view of the CEO’s role and the company’s compensation policies: Would a sanction be enough, or should the board force Easterbrook out? And if the... View Details