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- May 1996 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Ecolab, Inc.
By: Ashish Nanda
By 1993, Ecolab has established a dominant market position in the institutional cleaning industry. As the company’s principal competitor, Diversify, drives sales aggressively, Ecolab president Al Schuman faces a choice about how best to market Ecolab’s offerings.... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Employees; Retention; Marketing Strategy; Risk Management; Service Industry
Nanda, Ashish. "Ecolab, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 396-371, May 1996. (Revised November 2018.)
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
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
- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Hitting the High Notes
Resource Executive magazine’s “HR Product of the Year” award. Sheridan is a regularly featured presenter at HBS, the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
The Effects of Quota Frequency on Sales Force Performance: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Keywords: by Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas
- October 2015
- Case
Transpower New Zealand: Evaluating Board Performance
By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Sarah L. Abbott
Mark Verbiest, Chairman of Transpower New Zealand, initiated a performance review of Transpower's board of directors. The review, which took four months to complete, provided board members with individualized feedback on their performance, as well as information on how... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Performance Evaluation; Governance; Leadership; Performance; Organizations; Human Resources; Decision Making; New Zealand
Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Transpower New Zealand: Evaluating Board Performance." Harvard Business School Case 416-024, October 2015.
- December 2004
- Article
The Real Problem with Pensions
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "The Real Problem with Pensions." Forethought. Harvard Business Review 82, no. 12 (December 2004): 21–22. (HBS Reprint #F0412H.)
- August 8, 2003
- Comment
A Better Way to Motivate Staff
By: Roberto G. Mendoza, Peter Hancock and Robert C. Merton
Mendoza, Roberto G., Peter Hancock, and Robert C. Merton. "A Better Way to Motivate Staff." Financial Times (August 8, 2003). (Comment.)
- 16 Jan 2023
- News
40 Ideas to Shake Up Your Hiring Process
- August 2000
- Case
Belmont Industries, Inc. (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower
A new general manager has to propose a salary structure for the top 20 managers. His task is complicated as he learns about past performance, ambitions, interpersonal relations, and market conditions. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Goals and Objectives; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits
Bower, Joseph L. "Belmont Industries, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-016, August 2000.
- 1995
- Book
Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Director Compensation
By: Robert B. Stobaugh
Keywords: Executive Compensation
Stobaugh, Robert B. Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Director Compensation. Washington, D.C.: National Association of Corporate Directors, 1995. (Chairman of a 19-person Commission.)
- 2024
- Contribution
Work
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Julie L. Rose
This chapter has two aims. First, in light of the continued dominance of market capitalism, one aim of the chapter is to examine contemporary approaches to traditional concerns about the impact of market capitalism on the manner in which work is carried out. By the... View Details
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Julie L. Rose. "Work." Contribution to Chap. 69 Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy. Second Edition edited by Gerald F. Gaus, Fred D'Agostino, and Ryan Muldoon, 786–797. London: Routledge, 2025.
- June 2014
- Case
The Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation
By: Brian Hall, Aaron Chadbourne, Vibha Kagzi and Caren Kelleher
This case is about the response of the US government to the excessive compensation of executives following the market collapse of 2008. In particular, the case focuses on the special committee that was formed to oversee and regulate any financial companies that had... View Details
Hall, Brian, Aaron Chadbourne, Vibha Kagzi, and Caren Kelleher. "The Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation." Harvard Business School Case 914-052, June 2014.
- 2009
- Report
Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation
By: Lynn S. Paine and other contributors
Keywords: Executive Compensation
Paine, Lynn S., and other contributors. "Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation." Report, Conference Board, September 2009.
- 12 Nov 2009
- Keynote Speech
Webcast: Guiding Principles for Executive Compensation." Panelist. "RiskMetrics Group's Governance Exchange
By: Lynn S. Paine
Keywords: Executive Compensation
- January 2006 (Revised October 2009)
- Supplement
Negotiating Star Compensation at the USAWBL (A-2): Confidential Instructions for the Boston Sharks General Manager
By: Ian Larkin, James K. Sebenius and Guhan Subramanian
Larkin, Ian, James K. Sebenius, and Guhan Subramanian. "Negotiating Star Compensation at the USAWBL (A-2): Confidential Instructions for the Boston Sharks General Manager." Harvard Business School Supplement 906-027, January 2006. (Revised October 2009.)
- 2006
- Article
Cyclical Wages in a Search-and-Bargaining Model with Large Firms
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Cyclical Wages in a Search-and-Bargaining Model with Large Firms." NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics (2006): 65–114.