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- April 1993
- Article
Hierarchies and Compensation: A Case Study
By: George P. Baker, Michael Gibbs and Bengt Holmstrom
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits
Baker, George P., Michael Gibbs, and Bengt Holmstrom. "Hierarchies and Compensation: A Case Study." European Economic Review 37, nos. 2-3 (April 1993).
- Article
The Wage Policy of a Firm
By: George P. Baker, Michael Gibbs and Bengt Holmstrom
Baker, George P., Michael Gibbs, and Bengt Holmstrom. "The Wage Policy of a Firm." Quarterly Journal of Economics 109, no. 4 (November 1994).
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is just the latest in a string of high-profile leaders making the perp walk. What went wrong, and how can we learn from it? Professor Bill George discusses how powerful people lose their moral bearings. To stay... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
economic success of countries like the U.S.? What do you think? To read more: George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton, Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 1999
- Chapter
Organizations and Markets at Harvard Business School, 1984-1996
By: George P. Baker, Michael C. Jensen, Carliss Y. Baldwin and Karen H. Wruck
Baker, George P., Michael C. Jensen, Carliss Y. Baldwin, and Karen H. Wruck. "Organizations and Markets at Harvard Business School, 1984-1996." In The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School, 1980-1995, edited by T. K. McCraw and J. L. Cruikshank. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- Article
The Internal Economics of the Firm: Evidence from Personnel Data
By: George P. Baker, Michael Gibbs and Bengt Holmstrom
Baker, George P., Michael Gibbs, and Bengt Holmstrom. "The Internal Economics of the Firm: Evidence from Personnel Data." Quarterly Journal of Economics 109, no. 4 (November 1994).
- Article
Market Interest in Nonfinancial Information
By: R. G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus and George Serafeim
Market interest in nonfinancial (e.g., Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG]) information, including data produced by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), is growing. Using data from Bloomberg we analyze this interest from a variety of different perspectives, and... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Analytics and Data Science; Perspective; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Corporate Disclosure; Projects; Interests
Eccles, R. G., Michael P. Krzus, and George Serafeim. "Market Interest in Nonfinancial Information." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 23, no. 4 (Fall 2011): 113–127.
- 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).
- 02 Nov 2005
- Conference Presentation
Wage Policies and Incentives to Invest in Firm-Specific Human Capital
By: George P. Baker, Nancy D. Beaulieu and Cristian Voicu
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
improve their trade ‘interoperability...’" Nevertheless, "the US will stay a country with a young and ambitious population benefiting from the flow of immigrants while China is rapidly growing old due to its one-child policy.” View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
advice on how the social enterprise can restructure or redeploy its staff to be more effective. Preserving cash is the dominant issue. F. Warren McFarlan is the T.J. Dermot Dunphy Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration,... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
- 2002
- Other Unpublished Work
Relational Contracts in Strategic Alliances
By: George P. Baker, Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
the international financial architecture; and the formal rules and informal norms of international organizations. Book link: http://www.tobinproject.org/twobooks/pdf/New_Perspectives_Full_Text.pdf Government as Risk Manager Authors:Tom View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
Chapman Wood, George Westerman, and Charles A. O'Reilly III Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change (forthcoming) Abstract This article empirically explores the relations between alternative organizational designs and a firm's ability... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
discussed earlier in this column, of George Ackerlof and Dan Ariely? What do you think? Original Article H.L. Mencken once said, "For every problem there is a solution that is simple, direct and wrong." This brings to mind... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
when he said that George Gilder correctly defines knowledge and entrepreneurship as the true driving forces of capitalism. "Airbnb and like companies are accelerating capitalism, not replacing it." As Hugh Quick put it,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
made a difference in the world for all time. Dean Nitin Nohria, George F. Baker Professor of Administration: In the face of great odds and through acts of courage and conviction, Mandela transformed a nation... View Details
- Article
Normative Judgments and Individual Essence
By: Julian De Freitas, Kevin P. Tobia, George E. Newman and Joshua Knobe
A growing body of research has examined how people judge the persistence of identity over
time—that is, how they decide that a particular individual is the same entity from one time to the
next. While a great deal of progress has been made in understanding the types... View Details
Keywords: Concepts; Essentialism; Normative Factors; Persistence; True Self; Morality; Identity; Moral Sensibility; Perception
De Freitas, Julian, Kevin P. Tobia, George E. Newman, and Joshua Knobe. "Normative Judgments and Individual Essence." Cognitive Science 41, no. S3 (2017): 382–402.
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
Course MaterialsMatrix Capital Management (A) Malcolm P. Baker and David LaneHarvard Business School Case 211-017 Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne