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  • 2024
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Automating Short-Term Payroll Savings: Evidence from Two Large U.K. Experiments

By: Sarah Holmes Berk, James J. Choi, Jay Garg, John Beshears and David Laibson
Automatic enrollment is often used to increase retirement savings. What are the effects of using it (or, alternatively, requiring an active enrollment choice) to increase short-term savings? We evaluate two experiments in the U.K. at employers that enable workers to... View Details
Keywords: Retirement Savings; Participation; Automatic Enrollment; Retirement; Human Resources
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Berk, Sarah Holmes, James J. Choi, Jay Garg, John Beshears, and David Laibson. "Automating Short-Term Payroll Savings: Evidence from Two Large U.K. Experiments." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32581, June 2024.
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When Hiring CEOs, Focus on Character

By: Aiyesha Dey
The author, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, has studied the ways in which the lifestyle behaviors of CEOs—in particular, materialism and a propensity for rule breaking—may spell trouble for a company. Her research, which includes looking at... View Details
Keywords: CEOs; Lifestyle; Risk Management; Recruitment; Ethics
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Dey, Aiyesha. "When Hiring CEOs, Focus on Character." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 4 (July–August 2022): 54–58.
  • 2016
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Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts

By: Susanna Gallani
Effective design of executive compensation contracts involves choosing and weighting performance measures, as well as defining the mix between fixed and incentive-based pay components, with a view to fostering talent retention and goal congruence. The variability in... View Details
Keywords: Compensation Design; Board Interlocks; Compensation Consultants; Network Centrality; Homophily; Quadratic Assignment Procedure; Blockholders; Executive Compensation
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Gallani, Susanna. "Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-019, August 2015. (Revised December, 2016.)
  • February 1984
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Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (B)

By: D. Quinn Mills and George W. Baird
Describes Hay Associates Climate Survey Questionnaire and the eight dimensions of organizational climate. Rewritten by G.W. Baird, company partner. View Details
Keywords: Surveys; Organizations; Human Resources
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Mills, D. Quinn, and George W. Baird. "Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (B)." Harvard Business School Case 484-070, February 1984.
  • 01 Aug 1985
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The New Workforce Meets the Changing Workplace: Strains, Dilemmas, and Contradictions in Attempts to Implement Participative and Entrepreneurial Management

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Employees; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges
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Kanter, R. M. "The New Workforce Meets the Changing Workplace: Strains, Dilemmas, and Contradictions in Attempts to Implement Participative and Entrepreneurial Management." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 01, 1985. (Reprintings include: Human Resource Management, vol. 25 (Winter 1986); The Nature of Work: Sociological Perspectives, edited by K.T. Erikson and S.P. Vallas. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990; Creative Personnel Practices, edited by J.N. Matzer. Washington, D.C.: International City Management Association, 1988.)
  • 29 Nov 2023
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Navigating Changing Careers

  • 31 Oct 2017
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New Report On The Harmful Effects Of Degree Inflation

  • January 2018
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Scaling Swagbucks (B)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
“Swagbucks (B),” HBS No. 817123, picks up in mid-2014 following the events described in “Swagbucks (A),” HBS No 817122. Davis and Gorowitz were successful in their efforts to position the company for scale without negatively affecting the company’s foundational... View Details
Keywords: Loyalty Management; Scaling; Scale; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Leading Change; Growth Management; Religion; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Transition; Leadership; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry
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Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Matthew G. Preble. "Scaling Swagbucks (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 818-071, January 2018.
  • March 2022
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Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Collaboration; Executive Search Firms; Consulting Firms; Compensation and Benefits; Restructuring; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Consulting Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America; Oceania
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Bernstein, Ethan, and Cara Mazzucco. "Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-046, March 2022.
  • January 2015
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Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards. An Interview with Sarah Naudé and Matt Stanley

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2011, Telecom, the largest telecom provider in New Zealand, was being divided into two publicly traded companies. In connection with this split, Sarah Naudé and Matt Stanley worked with the chairman of Telecom, Wayne Boyd, to create two new boards of directors for... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Women's Empowerment; Governance; Leadership; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Human Resources; Diversity; Telecommunications Industry; New Zealand
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Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards. An Interview with Sarah Naudé and Matt Stanley ." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 415-707, January 2015.
  • August 2003 (Revised April 2005)
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Old Tex College

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ray Herschman
Requires student to choose among the following health insurance options for employers: number of plans offered, managed care and consumer-driven options, and self-funding vs. full insurance. Teaching purpose: To Understand the design of health insurance. Includes color... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Employees
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Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ray Herschman. "Old Tex College." Harvard Business School Case 304-014, August 2003. (Revised April 2005.)
  • September 1992 (Revised August 2004)
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Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine
Senior managers at Martin Marietta are considering two questions: how to assess the company's seven-year-old ethics program; and how to deal with employees' fear of retribution--real or imagined--for alerting the corporate ethics office to potential problems. The case... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Law; Business or Company Management; Programs
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Paine, Lynn S. "Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (A)." Harvard Business School Case 393-016, September 1992. (Revised August 2004.)
  • 01 Mar 2025
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Venture: Time Heals All

Health (named for the ward where Borkenstein worked) in 2022 with the goal of modernizing nursing workforce management. Their user-friendly mobile app, powered by cutting-edge data science, is being deployed in hospitals across the United States. View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford; Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 2021
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Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases

By: Katie Panella and George Serafeim
Applying the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative’s employment impact methodology on eight leading companies, we document wide variability in employment impacts as a percentage of salaries paid, ranging between 59 and 80 percent. We identify opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: Impact Measurement; Employee Compensation; Accounting; Employees; Labor; Well-being; Diversity; Wages; Compensation and Benefits
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Panella, Katie, and George Serafeim. "Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-082, January 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
  • November 2007
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Differences at Work: Emily (C)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon
In Differences at Work: Emily (C) HBS Case No. 9-408-047 describes how the original email author apologizes to her acknowledging that his behavior was extremely inappropriate. While Emily accepts the apology, she still forwards the email on to her boss with a note... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Working Conditions; Employees; Interpersonal Communication; Resignation and Termination
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Sucher, Sandra J., and Rachel Gordon. "Differences at Work: Emily (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-047, November 2007.
  • September 2006
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Brainard, Bennis & Farrell (B)

By: Joseph L. Bower
Brainard, Bennis and Farrel is a short case designed to explore the challenge of establishing appropriate compensation from a general management/CEO perspective. Brainard (B) is a one-page handout that is designed to show how an already difficult problem is made more... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Compensation and Benefits; Executive Compensation; Relationships; Strategy
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Bower, Joseph L. "Brainard, Bennis & Farrell (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 307-053, September 2006.
  • 01 Dec 2002
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Faculty Updates

Michael Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, joined the HBS faculty in 1975. An expert in the areas of organizational effectiveness, change, and human resource management,... View Details
  • August 2013
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Atento: Managing the Employee Lifecycle in Brazil

By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, Pablo Casas-Arce, Christopher D. Ittner and Joshua Petersel
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Telecommunications Industry; Brazil
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Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis, Pablo Casas-Arce, Christopher D. Ittner, and Joshua Petersel. "Atento: Managing the Employee Lifecycle in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 114-012, August 2013.
  • October 23, 2011
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Design Key to Canada's Pension Plan

By: Robert C. Pozen
Keywords: Design; Compensation and Benefits
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Pozen, Robert C. "Design Key to Canada's Pension Plan." Financial Times (October 23, 2011).
  • April/May 2006
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The Hidden Flaws of Top Executives: How to Find Them Before You Hire Them

By: James Waldroop and Timothy Butler
Keywords: Management; Selection and Staffing
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Waldroop, James, and Timothy Butler. "The Hidden Flaws of Top Executives: How to Find Them Before You Hire Them." HR Professional (April/May 2006).
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