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  • Program

Compensation Committees

programs. You will explore best practices for aligning executive pay to business strategy and company goals and for meeting shareholder expectations as the regulatory climate evolves. You may also be interested in the related program:... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

romantic relationships. Using a sample of romantic dyads, we identify a novel moderating role of mutual agreement, such that both members of a couple must agree that they have a ritual: different couples can see the same consumption behavior (e.g., View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

Bargain": The company will pay for voluntary reskilling and retraining, but the workers will need to take responsibility for their own futures. Those who opt in will gain valuable skills and have a future with the company; those who don't... View Details

    William A. Sahlman

    William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

    Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

    Keywords: airline; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; clothing; communications; computer; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electronics; energy; entertainment; fiber optics; financial services; food processing; furniture; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; information; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; marketing industry; medical supplies; motorcycles; nonprofit industry; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retailing; semiconductor; service industry; soft drink; software; telecommunications; toy; transportation; travel; venture capital industry; video games
    • 20 Jun 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

    2016 Gurgaon, India: Penguin Random House Win-Win Corporations: The Indian Way of Shaping Successful Strategies By: Shah, Shashank Abstract—Why did Ratan Tata decide to pay for all the victims of 26/11 whether injured in the Taj or... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 Oct 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: October 14

    Yet, there are many criteria to consider. First, given the importance of ticketing to the Games' bottom line, he has a strong incentive to maximize revenues. Second, because the entire world will be watching, he wants to maximize... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 02 Mar 2007
    • What Do You Think?

    What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

    thinks it could come in the form of a "Two Percent Solution" in which everyone would pay 2 percent of their income to be held by the Government for their healthcare, with "competition maintained through private providers" and the bills of... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
    • June 2011
    • Article

    The Paradox of Excellence

    By: Thomas J. DeLong and Sara DeLong
    Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied than they could be? We argue that it's often because they're afraid to demonstrate any sign of weakness. They're reluctant to ask important questions or try new... View Details
    Keywords: Employees; Innovation and Invention; Strength and Weakness; Performance Productivity; Risk and Uncertainty; Motivation and Incentives; Satisfaction
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    • 18 Feb 2015
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    First Look: February 18

    address this threat: trust, licensing, and paying agents to stay loyal. We show how the principal can influence the value of these options by modularizing the system and by hiring clans of agents, thus exploiting relationships among them.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 31 Jan 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 31

    duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change limited managers' incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling increased the likelihood of equity... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
    • 30 Mar 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: March 30

    incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortion, government outlays... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 16 Mar 2010
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    First Look: March 16

    1997, 2002). This paper explains how state governments got the funds to pay for education and examines the incentives that politicians had to spend on education between 1889 and 1930. Our findings are... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 18 Apr 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

    includes more firms, the researchers note. Strategy yields dividends for companies and new CEOs Choosing an external CEO seems to pay off for both the executive and the private equity firm itself, the research finds. The average PE fund... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
    • 21 Nov 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

    membership is considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives have led firms to increase return on equity proportionally by 41% on average, via higher margins, efficiency, or shareholder payouts, depending on... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 23 Jan 2024
    • Book

    More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World

    soon, the way NFTs work is similar to the way that the text on a deed to a house turns a dime-a-dozen sheet of paper into a record of ownership for a potentially quite valuable asset—which of course makes the deed itself valuable, too. You certainly wouldn’t View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology; Financial Services
    • 18 Aug 2022
    • Op-Ed

    Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

    employers’ past transgressions. Generational factors and burnout Leaders must realize that their workers are their greatest assets in their quest to achieve institutional goals. Instead of paying lip service to caring for employees or... View Details
    Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
    • 12 Dec 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

    companies weather the next global shock or crisis when it inevitably happens. “Some geographic diversity may pay off,” Alfaro says. “Firms used to know this, then they moved into a world where they thought there were no more shocks. Now,... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
    • 28 Aug 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54899 forthcoming Management Science How Do Sales Efforts Pay Off? Dynamic Panel Data Analysis in the Nerlove-Arrow Framework By: Chung, Doug J., Byungyeon Kim, and Byoung G. Park Abstract—... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 19 Jul 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

    incentive or an educational campaign,” says Beshears. “But we were surprised to see the extent to which it is true.” According to behavioral scientists, nudges are dollar for dollar a hugely cost-effective way of causing people to change... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 09 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

    regulation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55884 April 2019 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Incentives for Public Goods Inside Organizations: Field Experimental Evidence By: Blasco,... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman