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- August 2017
- Article
Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment
By: Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas
We conduct a field experiment in which we vary the sales force compensation scheme at an Asian enterprise that sells consumer durable goods. With variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Sales Force Compensation; Field Experiment; Heterogeneity; Loss Aversion; Reciprocity; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits
Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas. "Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 54, no. 4 (August 2017): 511–524. (Lead article.)
- October 2009
- Supplement
Negotiating Star Compensation at the USAWBL (A-4): Confidential Instructions for the Boston Sharks Chief Financial Officer
By: Ian Larkin and Nithyasri Sharma
Larkin, Ian, and Nithyasri Sharma. "Negotiating Star Compensation at the USAWBL (A-4): Confidential Instructions for the Boston Sharks Chief Financial Officer." Harvard Business School Supplement 910-019, October 2009.
- 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.
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction
more willing to admit what they don’t understand when they’ve had the opportunity to explore the material interactively online. Sometimes using technology is the best way to prove a point, as the Technology and Operations Management (TOM)... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
forthcoming Journal of Accounting & Economics Career Concerns of Banking Analysts By: Horton, Joanne, George Serafeim, and Shan Wu Abstract—We study how career concerns influence banking analysts' forecasts and how their forecasting behavior View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Lessons from the Tsunami Disaster
CURRAN: "The most important thing I learned is that central planning in such situations doesn't work." Courtesy Dan Curran International relief agencies that raced to aid Indonesia’s tsunami-ravaged Aceh province have a lot to learn from the unique View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
about ways that tech companies can develop products and services that both benefit the public and align with their business model,” he observes. Tsai says courses such as Public Entrepreneurship, taught by Mitchell Weiss, professor of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
low-wage workers.” Another point of view rejects the notion that such a competition exists. David Wittenberg commented, “Workers don’t ‘compete for your profits,’ they contract to provide services for a wage shareholders have the right to expect the company to be View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- May 2004
- Article
Underwater Options and the Dynamics of Executive Pay-to-Performance Sensitivities
By: Brian J. Hall and Thomas A. Knox
Hall, Brian J., and Thomas A. Knox. "Underwater Options and the Dynamics of Executive Pay-to-Performance Sensitivities." Journal of Accounting Research 42, no. 2 (May 2004).
- July 2010
- Teaching Note
Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (TN) (A) and (B) and The Credit Crisis of 2008: An Overview
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Teaching Note for 109036, 110005, and 110048. View Details
- January 2005 (Revised September 2018)
- Exercise
RetailSoft: Role for Sydney Masser
By: Kathleen McGinn, Hannah Riley Bowles and Dina Witter
Presents a three-way version of the RetailMax simulation requiring students to enact an internal salary negotiation, taking on the roles of Cam Archer, a star employee, and Regan Kessel, a VP trying to attract the MBA into his department. However, RetailSoft introduces... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Retail Industry
McGinn, Kathleen, Hannah Riley Bowles, and Dina Witter. "RetailSoft: Role for Sydney Masser." Harvard Business School Exercise 905-005, January 2005. (Revised September 2018.)
- January 2005 (Revised September 2018)
- Exercise
RetailSoft: Role for Regan Kessel
By: Kathleen McGinn, Hannah Riley Bowles and Dina Witter
Presents a three-way version of the RetailMax simulation requiring students to enact an internal salary negotiation, taking on the roles of Cam Archer, a star employee, and Regan Kessel, a VP trying to attract the MBA into his department. However, RetailSoft introduces... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Retail Industry
McGinn, Kathleen, Hannah Riley Bowles, and Dina Witter. "RetailSoft: Role for Regan Kessel." Harvard Business School Exercise 905-003, January 2005. (Revised September 2018.)
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
Relations Bill Sahlman, who quizzed each recipient at a late September event held for the benefit of hundreds of first-year MBA students packing Burden Auditorium. Sahlman opened the discussion with this stumper: What is your greatest... View Details
- 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
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
go elsewhere becomes too great. The corporation, having borne the cost of training the fledgling venture investor, does not get to benefit from the harvest. These issues also manifest themselves when it comes to rewarding the View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
reporting standards,” he continues. “Integrated reporting will help take the capital markets to the next level, to the benefit of everybody.” —RT Star Gazing Boris Groysberg In today’s hypercompetitive world, successful senior View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
they are maintained. Another benefit is that these activities attract people who might otherwise never visit our properties. There's a nice cycle here: We acquire a property, develop a long-term management... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
- January 2005 (Revised September 2018)
- Exercise
RetailSoft: Role for Cam Archer
By: Kathleen McGinn, Hannah Riley Bowles and Dina Witter
Presents a three-way version of the RetailMax simulation requiring students to enact an internal salary negotiation, taking on the roles of Cam Archer, a star employee, and Regan Kessel, a VP trying to attract the MBA into his department. However, RetailSoft introduces... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Retail Industry
McGinn, Kathleen, Hannah Riley Bowles, and Dina Witter. "RetailSoft: Role for Cam Archer." Harvard Business School Exercise 905-004, January 2005. (Revised September 2018.)
- September 2003 (Revised September 2018)
- Exercise
RetailMax: Role for Regan Kessel
By: Kathleen McGinn and Dina Witter
This exercise requires students to enact an internal salary negotiation, taking on the roles of Cam Archer, a star employee, and Regan Kessel, a VP trying to attract the MBA into his department. The exercise presents a one-issue, distributive negotiation that... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Retail Industry
McGinn, Kathleen, and Dina Witter. "RetailMax: Role for Regan Kessel." Harvard Business School Exercise 904-025, September 2003. (Revised September 2018.)
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
that businesses are much more flexible than any of us thought. Early in the crisis, I interviewed a number of executives in HBS’s Owner/President Management program, who run small and medium-sized businesses around the globe, and listened... View Details
Keywords: April White