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- 1989
- Chapter
Stakeholder Welfare, Managerial Ethics, and Management Buyouts
By: L. S. Paine and Robert F. Bruner
- 1988
- Chapter
Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What are the Real Tradeoffs
By: Zvi Bodie, Alan J. Marcus and Robert C. Merton
Bodie, Zvi, Alan J. Marcus, and Robert C. Merton. "Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What are the Real Tradeoffs." In Pensions in the U.S. Economy, edited by John B. Shoven and David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988.
- October 1987
- Article
Water, Bread, and Meat: Payment for Work in the Atacama Desert
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
- 1987
- Chapter
Pension Plan Integration as Insurance against Social Security Risk
By: Robert C. Merton, Zvi Bodie and Alan J. Marcus
- April 1987
- Article
The Effect of Accounting Procedure Changes on CEO's Cash Salary and Bonus Compensation
By: Paul M. Healy, Sok-Hyon Kang and Krishna G. Palepu
Healy, Paul M., Sok-Hyon Kang, and Krishna G. Palepu. "The Effect of Accounting Procedure Changes on CEO's Cash Salary and Bonus Compensation." Journal of Accounting & Economics 9, no. 1 (April 1987): 7–34.
- March 1987 (Revised October 1993)
- Case
Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program
By: W. Earl Sasser
In recent years, Au Bon Pain (ABP), a chain of upscale French bakeries/sandwich cafes based in Boston, confronted a set of human resource problems endemic to the fast food industry (i.e., a labor shortage which made it difficult to attract and maintain quality crew...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Managerial Roles;
Retention;
Employees;
Performance Improvement;
Recruitment;
Problems and Challenges;
Compensation and Benefits;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Service Industry;
Boston
Sasser, W. Earl. "Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program." Harvard Business School Case 687-063, March 1987. (Revised October 1993.)
- March 1987 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc.
By: Kenneth A. Merchant, Krishna G. Palepu and Joseph P. Mulloy
Describes a dispute between the owners of the major league baseball teams and the players' union about the profitability of the baseball teams. The issue is important because of the ongoing collective bargaining negotiations. A consultant is brought in to decide...
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Keywords:
State Ownership;
Compensation and Benefits;
Entrepreneurship;
For-Profit Firms;
Accounting;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Resource Allocation;
Cost Accounting;
Cost Management;
Labor and Management Relations;
Financial Management;
Sports;
Sports Industry;
Kansas
Merchant, Kenneth A., Krishna G. Palepu, and Joseph P. Mulloy. "Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 187-088, March 1987. (Revised July 1996.)
- March–April 1987
- Article
The Attack on Pay
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits
Kanter, R. M. "The Attack on Pay." Harvard Business Review 65, no. 2 (March–April 1987).
- January 1987
- Article
From Status to Contribution: Organizational Implications of the Changing Basis for Pay
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "From Status to Contribution: Organizational Implications of the Changing Basis for Pay." Personnel (January 1987). (Reprinted as "How the New Pay Plans Stack Up." Best of Business Quarterly (fall 1987). Reprintings inlcude: Selected Readings in Strategic Human Resources Management, edited by F.K. Foulkes Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1989; Current Approaches to Pay and Benefits, edited by J.N. Matzer Washington, D.C.: International City Management Association, 1988.)
- November 1986 (Revised June 1987)
- Case
Fieldcrest Division of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.: Compensation System for Field Sales Representatives
Focuses on the compensation plan for Fieldcrest sales representatives. Management is reviewing the structure of the plan and must decide how to establish compensation goals and guidelines for the following year so that sales efforts are allocated among products and/or...
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Cespedes, Frank V. "Fieldcrest Division of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.: Compensation System for Field Sales Representatives." Harvard Business School Case 587-097, November 1986. (Revised June 1987.)
- summer 1986
- Article
Salesforce Compensation Plans in Environments with Asymmetric Information
By: R. Lal and Richard Staelin
Lal, R., and Richard Staelin. "Salesforce Compensation Plans in Environments with Asymmetric Information." Marketing Science (summer 1986). (Runner-up of the TIMS College of Marketing Award for the Best Article in Management and Marketing Science in 1986.)
- 1986
- Chapter
Investing in the Defense Workforce: The Debt and Structure of Military Pensions
By: Dutch Leonard
Keywords:
Human Capital;
Compensation and Benefits;
Borrowing and Debt;
Sovereign Finance;
National Security
Leonard, Dutch. "Investing in the Defense Workforce: The Debt and Structure of Military Pensions." In Public Sector Payrolls, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
- 1986
- Chapter
Promise Them Anything: The Incentive Structures of Local Public Pension Plans
By: Dutch Leonard
Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Public Sector;
Government and Politics;
Local Range;
Motivation and Incentives
Leonard, Dutch. "Promise Them Anything: The Incentive Structures of Local Public Pension Plans." In Public Sector Payrolls, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
- 01 Dec 1985
- Conference Presentation
Risk Sharing and Corporate Pension Policy
By: André Perold and Jay O. Light
- 1985
- Chapter
The Federal Civil Service Retirement System
By: Dutch Leonard
Leonard, Dutch. "The Federal Civil Service Retirement System." In Pensions, Labor and Individual Choice, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
- 1985
- Chapter
Implicit Labor Contracts Viewed as Options: A Discussion of 'Insurance Aspects of Pensions'
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Contracts;
Labor and Management Relations;
Insurance
Merton, Robert C. "Implicit Labor Contracts Viewed as Options: A Discussion of 'Insurance Aspects of Pensions'." In Pensions, Labor and Individual Choice, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
- April 1985
- Article
The Effect of Bonus Schemes on Accounting Decisions
By: Paul M. Healy
Healy, Paul M. "The Effect of Bonus Schemes on Accounting Decisions." Journal of Accounting & Economics 7, nos. 1-3 (April 1985): 85–107.
- 1985
- Chapter
The Riskiness of Private Pensions
By: Jerry R. Green
Keywords:
Retirement;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employee Relationship Management;
Risk and Uncertainty
Green, Jerry R. "The Riskiness of Private Pensions." Chap. 12 in Pensions, Labor and Individual Choice, edited by David A. Wise, 357–378. University of Chicago Press, 1985.
- February 1984
- Case
Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (C)
By: D. Quinn Mills, George W. Baird and George W. Baird
Provides a glossary of executive compensation terms. Rewritten by G.W. Baird, company partner.
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Mills, D. Quinn, George W. Baird, and George W. Baird. "Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (C)." Harvard Business School Case 484-071, February 1984.
- 1983
- Chapter
On Consumption-Indexed Public Pension Plans
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "On Consumption-Indexed Public Pension Plans." In Financial Aspects of the U.S. Pension System, edited by Zvi Bodie and John B. Shoven. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. (Chapter 18 in Continuous-Time Finance. Reprinted in The Foundations of Pension Finance, Volume I, Zvi Bodie and E. Philip Davis, eds., Edward Elger, 2000.)