Pay - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

Years ago, when I was a student in New York (and like many students, perpetually broke), I would often go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for entertainment. The museum had a policy that visitors could pay whatever they wanted, so for as... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform

agreed. There's been an incredible diffusion of what some people are calling the stealth-wealth pay system.— Rakesh Khurana One of the key points to remember in fixing the system, according to Khurana, is that most of the attempts to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1999
News

Short Takes

Rewarding the Top Dog The media, institutional investors, and even government officials all seem to have an opinion about CEO compensation, often criticizing how and how much top executives are paid. But do CEOs really dictate their own paycheck, and is their View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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Staff Catering Guidelines | About

Staff Catering Guidelines Introduction HBS does not pay for meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) when the only recipients are HBS employees. This includes meals catered by Restaurant Associates, or any other food service vendors... View Details

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3.1 Student Accounts | MBA

3.1 Student Accounts The Harvard University Student Accounts Office manages billing for tuition and fees . Harvard University’s Student Financial Services (SFS) Office emails notification of fall charges in July. Students will not be permitted to register for fall... View Details

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Online Scholarship Resources | MBA

Program before you can apply. FinAid: www.finaid.org FastWEB: www.fastweb.com Scholarships.com: www.scholarships.com CollegeNet: www.collegenet.com The College Board: www.collegeboard.com Peterson’s Scholarship Search: www.petersons.com Be sure to carefully read the... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

The “A” List

Started in 1995 in Columbus, Ohio, by Angela Hicks (MBA ’00), Angie’s List is a consumer-driven report card on numerous local services (plumbers, car mechanics, and moving companies, not to mention solar panels and Christmas decorating) in 56 American cities. List... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information

18 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?

and continuity of the firm” This pattern of unequal pay was much more extensive than anticipated among the 717 private equity partnerships studied by HBS finance professor Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

01 Sep 2009
News

Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

1984 To discourage “golden parachutes,” a controversial pay innovation at the time, Congress imposes a special tax on such payments valued at more than three times an executive’s average pay. Rather than curb golden parachutes, the tax... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right

What intrigued you about the pay-what-you-want (PWYW) model? It’s very unusual for a firm or a seller to completely relinquish pricing power to their customers. Typically consumers encounter a price, and then they decide whether or not they want to View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

23 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers

restaurant versus on Grubhub.com, or paying cash versus using a credit card. In many cases, consumers pay the same price for a given product or service, whether buying it directly from its source or through... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Air Transportation; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Jun 2016
News

Prima Datarina

adding that ticket prices can climb to $250 for some high-demand performances. “In the box office, we heard people on the phone shouting to their friend, ‘We pay that for Celtics tickets, we can pay it for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

10 Feb 2016
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: New Insights into Career Development

Harvard Business School researchers are offering unique insights into our workplaces and careers. In this world, taking a pay cut can help a career, promotions aren't always good things, and networking may send you to the nearest tub for... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

03 Sep 2009
What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

if an employer provides some special training/skill to an employee that increases his market value substantially ." Naseem Khan suggested that " a retention bonus may be doled out in lieu of base pay increases." Steve... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Apr 2014
News

Leading a battle against corruption, a force that slows economic development

corporate anti-corruption efforts on business performance, determining that high anti-corruption efforts pay off. Healy compares the world’s largest companies to each other on self-reported attempts to combat corruption (with collaborator... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Letters to the Editor

Bloomfield Hills, MI A Taxing Question Regarding his My Two Cents column, “My Beautiful Capital Gain,” in the March issue, I’d ask this of Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970): The money you invested was already taxed once at ordinary income tax rates, so why should you View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2006
News

CEO Compensation Troubles

long-term trend has been for CEO pay to rise along with the pay for other senior executives, and it is now twice as much as that of CEOs in major European countries, according to Towers Perrin, a global... View Details

Keywords: Jay W. Lorsch; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

20 May 2008
News

Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot

that one entity not paying taxes has $34 billion. How do you justify that?” One way is to look at the benefits these institutions collectively deliver. The schools targeted employ 27,000 people and pay $4.5... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

staff—all of this costs money, Frei said. Commerce Bank pays for it by paying lower rates on deposits compared to the giant banks. "Think about it," she told the group. "Would you trade half a... View Details