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- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
Level 3. For the first six months, everyone loved the new system. The majority of teams hit Levels 2 and 3. And, said Beer, because the payout was greater than expected, management adjusted the goals upward. Then the complaints began. The...
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
This has led to a much greater reliance on pay for performance. On the other hand, pay for performance produces large payouts that periodically capture the attention of the public, not all of it positive. They helped raise the ratio of...
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by Jim Heskett
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
insurance is no longer as feasible as it once was. Insurance carriers, which made huge payouts to cover losses related to the 9/11 attacks, have reexamined the risks implicit in today's leaner supply chains. As a result, "what was...
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by David Stauffer
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Economics Payout Policy By: Farre-Mensa, Joan, Roni Michaely, and Martin C. Schmalz Abstract—We survey the literature on payout policy, with a particular emphasis on developments in the last two decades. Of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 15 Nov 2016
- Webinars: Career
Joining the Right Startup
Startups are like infants: brand new, exciting, bursting with hope and potential. Unfortunately, if you're thinking about joining a startup, that excitement doesn't help much. It often confuses the issues about which deals could succeed and which could fail or, more...
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- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
the natural environment while creating urban living capacity by combining low carbon and resource-efficient development with the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to better manage complex urban systems. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
How Does the HBS Endowment Work?
the payout rate—typically around 5 percent of the endowment’s prior year-end market value —that can be withdrawn and used to support activities in accordance with the donor’s intentions and the terms of each gift. A large majority of...
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- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
one mechanism for capturing the performance benefits of diversity in experience and provide insight into how the management of experience accumulation affects team performance. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-145.pdf PublicationsInstitutional...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Investors Society Report - HBS Fund Investors Society 2020 Report
your support in a very challenging year. $31.1M Total gifts from Investors Society members in FY20—equivalent to the annual payout from a $775 million endowment 1,419 Leadership donors who qualified for Investors Society membership in...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
support operations in accordance with the donors' intentions and the terms of each gift. The University determines each year's endowment payout rate—that is, the percentage of the endowment's fair market value withdrawn and distributed...
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- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1719204 Payout Policy By: Farre-Mensa, Joan, Roni Michaely, and Martin C. Schmalz Abstract—We survey the literature on payout policy, with a particular...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2020
with an endowment’s fundamental purpose of maintaining intergenerational equity. The University executes on this obligation when determining each year’s endowment payout rate—that is, the percentage of the endowment’s fair market value...
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- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Just Rewards
increasing executive remuneration. “It seemed the payouts at the top were massive and they weren’t warranted,” he says. “Meanwhile, 95 percent of the workforce was getting an annual salary increase of inflation plus one percent.” When he...
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- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
support for ultimate target agreements. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/jsebenius/articles_scans/10_NegCampaignsNN.pdf Working PapersPayout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
implemented in the SEC's August 2010 rule. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-052.pdf Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Strategies for Value Creation (SVC) - Course Catalog
practical insights rather than formal theories, and the application of relevant theories to practice. Toward that end, the course includes several “Policy Days” which analyze current policy debates in corporate America such as payout...
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- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
decisions. We review relevant psychology, economic theory and predictions, empirical challenges, empirical evidence, new directions such as behavioral signaling, and open questions. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w17333 View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
transfer of wealth from public investors to the hands of business leaders, corporate insiders, and financial intermediaries." Headlines remind us of very large payouts to CEOs, regardless of their performance. (In fact, it could be...
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by Jim Heskett
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
schools, are managed by Harvard Management Company (HMC), a subsidiary governed and wholly owned by the University. The University determines the payout rate— that is, the percentage of the endowment withdrawn in any given year and...
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- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
development. Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract When corporate payout is taxed,...
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Carmen Nobel