Compensation And Benefits - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2021
Blog Post

I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too

you: You belong here. You can succeed here. Your community will benefit from your being here. Your ideas will be valued at HBS—not because they conform to the status quo, but rather because they are different View Details

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June 2024
Article

Enhancing Value and Well-Being: The Basket of Motivators Framework for Aligning Neurology Clinical Practices with Performance Outcomes

By: Peter N. Hadar, Susanna Gallani and Lidia Moura

Physician burnout, which is prevalent in neurology, has accelerated in recent years. While multifactorial, a major contributing factor to burnout is a payment model that rewards volume over quality, leaving physicians overburdened and unfulfilled. The aim of this... View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Personal Development and Career; Well-being; Motivation and Incentives

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15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

spurred cultural, economic, and regulatory changes that make continuing venture capital success in these markets likely. Q: Who is your target audience—who can benefit by reading The Money of Invention View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

30 Aug 2023
Blog Post

I’m From the South and Going Back: Why HBS Was the Best School for Me

peers not in spite of, but as a direct result of my personal and professional background. HBS is quite intentional about designing the experience to highlight the voice of the individual to serve to the View Details

04 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

developing employees by figuring out their passions, giving them relevant experiences to help them become more marketable, and helping them on their way when they are ready to exit. Companies can then View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

can also play an important role in facilitating within-country migration. In the face of physical, informational and social barriers to migration, firms with nationwide hiring practices can benefit from... View Details

2011
Working Paper

Do U.S. Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from UK Companies

By: Joseph J. Gerakos, Joseph D. Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan

This paper examines the extent that interactions with U.S. markets impact the compensation practices of non-U.S. firms. Using a sample of large U.K. companies, we find that the total compensation of U.K. CEOs is positively related to the extent of the firm's... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Management Practices and Processes; Motivation and Incentives; United Kingdom; United States

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06 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

and implications of firms' benchmarks in rTSR-based contracts. Although compensation consultants suggest that a primary objective of rTSR is to filter shocks unrelated to managerial performance, following... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration faced the task of convincing a skeptical public of the safety of new vaccines when the agency began authorizing them for emergency use less than a year after the pandemic... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical

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Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Engagement with Open Source Communities, Innovation, and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub

By: Annamaria Conti, Christian Peukert and Maria P. Roche

We study the engagement of nascent firms with open source communities and its implications for innovation and attracting funding. To do so, we link data on 160,065 U.S. startups from Crunchbase to their activities on the open source software development platform... View Details

Keywords: Startups; Knowledge; Open Source Communities; GitHub; Machine Learning; Innovation; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Information Technology; Strategy

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February 1998
Case

Lyondell Petrochemical Company

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Daniel P. Erikson

In August 1994, Lyondell Petrochemical Co.'s corporate parent and largest single shareholder effectively shed its stock, resulting in the resignation of 5 of its 11 directors. The remaining outside directors immediately acted to overhaul the executive compensation plan... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Design; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Mining Industry

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September 2017 (Revised June 2021)
Supplement

Tempur Sealy International (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle

Analyzes the commercial relationship between Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm following the events discussed in the (A) case. View Details

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14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

of Colts fans. Their initial hypotheses correlated quite a bit with where everybody was from and what teams they liked, but I have to say, at the end of the day, the truth prevailed.” That truth will remain undisclosed for the View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

29 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age

protect against a company’s having extensive control over its workforce without paying for employee benefits and social security taxes. Until recently, Work 2.0 worked. Now the Work 3.0 era has dawned,... View Details

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Transportation; Web Services

02 Jun 2010
What Do You Think?

How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?

The questions are: If your organization's performance (operating income) = 100%, roughly what percentage is accounted for by the quality of the organization's strategy (clients we target; products, services and results we offer; the way... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Apr 2014
News

Investing in a community's housing and cultural life

Randy Hawthorne (MBA 1973), a retired real estate executive, talks about the community benefits of investing in housing and the arts. (Published April 2014) View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

20 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability

their own self-interest? Supporters say integrated reporting brings benefits to companies, including better risk management, development of strategies for long-term sustainability, and positioning of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting