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- 01 Jun 2006
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Getting on Board
notes. “Know what you want and how much you are willing to invest.” Carefully weigh advisory board versus corporate board service. “Corporate board compensation is higher,” says Stautberg, “but the risks, responsibilities, and time... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
and the winners have not always compensated the losers. That has generated a backlash against those who are perceived to be cheerleaders for globalization. A mistrust—or paranoia—of the elites has emerged. How has populism played out in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
conditions become most advantageous. Zetta takes an equity position and funds further strategic development of the patent. The patent holder retains significant equity in return for ongoing assistance with development and marketing. Patent attorneys who are involved... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 14 Dec 2022
- News
How to Pay Executives in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
- 09 Sep 2010
- News
Taking the Long-Term View
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
inculcate a higher sense of ethics in the national and international leaders it anoints. There must be a countervailing force to compensate for the all-too-often glorified notion of profit at all costs — now. Growing the pie for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
in driving further innovation. It found that those patents filed by gender-balanced teams were cited much more frequently than those filed by single-gender teams. The Paycheck Fairness Act has brought attention to the compensation gap... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
for-profit. Not only must you confront most of the same issues faced by for-profits, but you must do so with more limited resources and in a more transparent environment. Two important barriers have kept some high-caliber executives from entering the nonprofit arena.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Mahajan had worked at a nonprofit where her compensation was low, and so her ability to save was limited. As a result, she was eligible to receive financial aid to attend the MBA Program, but she also had to take out loans to supplement... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
identifying and retaining best practices from each organization, he also introduced new ones, including a worldwide evaluation and compensation system. Today, all Novartis employees have at least 10 percent of their pay based on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Surviving Success
surrounding the key moment at which a founder hands off his or her “baby” to a new CEO. “In my initial research on founders, I focused on the question of compensation and issues around building a board,” says Wasserman. “After... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
compensation consultants who legitimize outrageous pay; accountants and attorneys who see no evil; legal vote buying; and rampant conflicts of interest. They discuss what happened, or failed to happen, in the boardrooms of Lehman... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
Countries’ disease-surveillance capacity can be strengthened with support from partners and technical agencies, to go along with their own investment. Compensation for farmers could encourage early reporting of outbreaks. Without timely... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
Generally compensated by being recommended as debt collection agents, they mailed accounts of an individual’s net worth, character, habits, and time in business to the closest Dun office, where clerks were paid about $3 a week to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
University of Toronto. The paper argued that the structure of executive compensation and perks motivated CEOs and other top officers to feather their own nests at the expense of the business itself — the “principal-agent problem.” How... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room
compensated and paid for what they do. But the challenges that they face, as on average 20- 25-year-old men are not that dissimilar to what someone who's just, in general 20-25. They've got families. They've got friends. They've got loved... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
compensation in return for allowing marketing programs through school websites and on campus, including on-premise signage, naming rights, and branded items. Colorado-based EFP, founded in 2010 by Brad Greenwald (MBA 1990), now its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
has held that sheer corporate size could ensure industry dominance. Toyota, shunning these approaches, took advantage of this Detroit “blind spot.” While less generous in its compensation packages for workers, Toyota “strives to use its... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
leaders only when we intimately know our own strengths and weaknesses and know how they are expressed in behavior toward others. We can be authentic leaders only when we are able to thoughtfully compensate for our weaknesses and manage... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
accountable?” He also expressed concern that too much emphasis is placed on independent board members. “The more independent, the more ignorant,” he said. “Sector experts can be very helpful.” On the Continent, executive compensation is a... View Details