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- September 1992
- Background Note
Accounting for Post-retirement Benefits
By: William J. Bruns Jr., David F. Hawkins and Marc H. Zablatsky
Bruns, William J., Jr., David F. Hawkins, and Marc H. Zablatsky. "Accounting for Post-retirement Benefits." Harvard Business School Background Note 193-032, September 1992.
- January 2010 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Aubrey McClendon's Special Incentive Compensation at Chesapeake Energy (A)
By: Paul Healy, Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
Aubrey McClendon, founder and CEO of Chesapeake Energy, was, according to Fortune Magazine, the highest paid U.S. CEO in 2008 receiving over $100 million in total compensation. McClendon received this compensation despite a significant drop in the company's stock price... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Price; Stock Options; Valuation; Joint Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Economic Growth; Growth and Development Strategy; Change Management; Energy Industry; United States
Healy, Paul, Clayton S. Rose, and Aldo Sesia. "Aubrey McClendon's Special Incentive Compensation at Chesapeake Energy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 110-047, January 2010. (Revised April 2013.)
- Article
The Baby Benefits Club
By: Debora L. Spar
This past summer several prominent firms seemed to be competing for the title of America's most family-friendly company. In August, Netflix announced plans to offer new mothers and fathers "unlimited leave". Microsoft countered quickly, promising to increase its own... View Details
Keywords: Parental Leave; Maternity Leave; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Policy; Gender; Equality and Inequality
Spar, Debora L. "The Baby Benefits Club." Foreign Policy 215 (November–December 2015).
- September 2005 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Accounting for Pensions and Employee Benefits at Ford and Toyota
Uses Ford's and Toyota's financial statements to familiarize students with the information provided in pension footnotes. Allows students to combine that information with other financial statement information to create a greater understanding of the costs of each... View Details
Miller, Gregory S., Douglas Skinner, and Laura Donohue. "Accounting for Pensions and Employee Benefits at Ford and Toyota." Harvard Business School Case 106-021, September 2005. (Revised July 2006.)
- Research Summary
A Temporal View of the Costs and Benefits of Self-Deception
Researchers have documented many cases in which individuals rationalize their regrettable actions. Four experiments examine situations in which participants go beyond merely explaining away their misconduct to actively deceiving themselves. We find that those who... View Details
- December 2021
- Article
Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm
By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
What are the long-term consequences of compensation changes? Using data from an inbound sales call center, we study employee responses to a compensation change that ultimately reduced take-home pay by 7% for the average affected worker. The change caused a significant... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Wages; Compensation and Benefits; Change; Performance; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Analysis
Sandvik, Jason, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert, and Christopher Stanton. "Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm." Management Science 67, no. 12 (December 2021): 7687–7707.
- April 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Supplement
Executive Compensation at General Electric (B)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Michele Jurgens
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Narayanan, V.G., and Michele Jurgens. "Executive Compensation at General Electric (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 105-070, April 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- July 2010
- Supplement
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (B)
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
The (B) case describes how Credit Suisse management allocated the cost of the 25% U.K. banker's tax among shareholders, U.K. managing directors, and the other employees globally. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Cost; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Switzerland; United Kingdom
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-006, July 2010.
- May 2011 (Revised March 2013)
- Supplement
Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (B)
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Kerry Herman
CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design and roll-out of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration necessary for supporting her firm's new strategy. Marshall Gordon International, a global public relations (PR) firm, has recently expanded its service... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Executive Compensation; Management; Organizational Culture; Performance; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Corporate Strategy; System
Gardner, Heidi K., and Kerry Herman. "Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-099, May 2011. (Revised March 2013.)
- June 1995 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Hawthorne (A): The Compensation Consulting Marketplace
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Geoffrey Love
Lorsch, Jay W., and Geoffrey Love. "Hawthorne (A): The Compensation Consulting Marketplace." Harvard Business School Case 495-065, June 1995. (Revised June 1996.)
- 06 Dec 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Does Financial Misconduct Affect the Future Compensation of Alumni Managers?
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
Even as citizens generate more data than ever before, most cities haven’t taken full advantage of that information flow to improve services and become more efficient. “Historically, cities have been moving in analog, trying to measure... View Details
- 21 Jul 2010
- News
Help Increase Transparency in Private Company Executive Compensation
- 26 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
How to Approach Your Equity Compensation
Insights from Financial Advisor Josh Radman (MBA 2019) Equity compensation can be an exciting ownership opportunity — but also one that can feel enormously complicated and confusing. When new hires receive... View Details
- September 1994 (Revised December 1996)
- Teaching Note
Duckworth Industries, Inc.--Incentive Compensation Programs TN
Teaching Note for (9-293-091). View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits
- October 2006
- Article
Stewards, Agents, and the Founder Discount: Executive Compensation in New Ventures
By: Noam Wasserman
Wasserman, Noam. "Stewards, Agents, and the Founder Discount: Executive Compensation in New Ventures." Academy of Management Journal 49, no. 5 (October 2006): 960–976.
- 2004
- Case
Compensation Reform at Denver Public Schools
By: Allen Grossman, Nancy D. Beaulieu and Jennifer Suesse
- Web
Prizes & Benefits - Alumni
New Venture Competition Prizes & Benefits 10ms Cash Prizes Winner $75,000 Runner-Up $25,000 Crowd Favorite $5,000 Sponsors Baker Library is a lifetime resource for alumni, offering research help and access... View Details
- 2011
- Working Paper
Much Ado About Nothing: Expropriation and Compensation in Peru and Venezuela, 1968-75
By: Noel Maurer
Maurer, Noel. "Much Ado About Nothing: Expropriation and Compensation in Peru and Venezuela, 1968-75." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-097, March 2011.
- 08 Sep 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts
Keywords: by Susanna Gallani