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- August 2000 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Sara's Options
By: Peter Tufano, Brian J. Hall and Joshua Musher
This case describes the pay packages offered to Sara Becker, a graduating MBA student, including detailed information about two stock option packages (one of which is an indexed option package). She gathers the information and attempts to compare those compensation...
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Tufano, Peter, Brian J. Hall, and Joshua Musher. "Sara's Options." Harvard Business School Case 201-005, August 2000. (Revised July 2002.)
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
I want to show my support for an institution that has made and will continue to make a valuable contribution to management practice all over the world," says Andreas Andresen (69th AMP), a retired German industrialist who recently became...
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- 02 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts
Brian J. Hall
Brian J. Hall is the Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He served as the Unit Head for the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets (NOM) Unit for 14 years. Previously, he was an assistant professor of economics in the... View Details
- 2012
- Article
Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors
By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher Malloy
We provide evidence that firms appoint independent directors who are overly sympathetic to management, while still technically independent according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data on...
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Keywords:
Recruitment;
Management;
Corporate Governance;
Performance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Prejudice and Bias
Cohen, Lauren, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher Malloy. "Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors." Management Science 58, no. 6 (June 2012): 1039–1058.
- 21 May 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment
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by Doug J. Chung & Das Narayandas
- 21 Oct 2016
- News
The barbarian establishment
- June 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Lotus Development Corp.: Spousal Equivalents (B)
Details Lotus's decision to extend benefits to spousal equivalents of lesbian and gay employees.
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Gentile, Mary C., and Sarah Gant. "Lotus Development Corp.: Spousal Equivalents (B)." Harvard Business School Case 394-201, June 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
From social media to the grocery store to the corner office and all the way to the stratosphere, the research and entrepreneurial adventures HBS faculty, doctoral students and...
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- June 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Environmental Law in Real Estate Transactions
By: Arthur I Segel, Jeff Mandelbaum and Armen Panossian
Summarizes several of the major federal environmental statutes, most notably the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA" or "Superfund"). Also discusses several state and local regulations.
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Segel, Arthur I., Jeff Mandelbaum, and Armen Panossian. "Environmental Law in Real Estate Transactions." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-185, June 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- Feb 17 2022
- Testimonial
Transform the Way you Think About AI
- September 2006
- Supplement
Brainard, Bennis & Farrell (B)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Brainard, Bennis and Farrel is a short case designed to explore the challenge of establishing appropriate compensation from a general management/CEO perspective. Brainard (B) is a one-page handout that is designed to show how an already difficult problem is made more...
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Keywords:
Interpersonal Communication;
Compensation and Benefits;
Executive Compensation;
Relationships;
Strategy
Bower, Joseph L. "Brainard, Bennis & Farrell (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 307-053, September 2006.
- Web
Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
added benefit of digital access to all seventy items described in the catalog. The text below, the citations in the gallery, the artist index, and the bibliography are reproduced here from the 1986...
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- Mar 2012
- Article
The Incentive Bubble
will trigger large compensation packages, real capital is being misallocated. And when relative compensation is as distorted as it has been by the financial-incentive bubble...
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- 2007
- Case
Continuous Process Improvement at Deere & Company
By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
After decades of tense relationships with the United Auto Workers, Deere & Company broke through with a landmark agreement that built an expectation of continuous improvement into the compensation plan. The company then built a set of management forums and processes to...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Machinery and Machining;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Management Practices and Processes;
Labor Unions;
Compensation and Benefits;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Govindarajan, Vijay, and Chris Trimble. "Continuous Process Improvement at Deere & Company." 2007. (Case No. 2-0024.)
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that are released into the atmosphere when coal and petroleum products are burned. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported that in California and Arizona,...
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- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
Criticisms of CEO pay have two related themes: It is too high, and it not closely related to company performance. These problems persist for complex reasons even as directors worry about them. The most significant reason is that board...
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by Jay W. Lorsch
- October 2001 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (A)
The footnote disclosure for eBay, Inc. in 2000 indicates that if the company had accounted for employee stock options under the fair value method, its reported profit of $48 million would have been a loss of $91 million. The protagonist is a prospective member of the...
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Bradshaw, Mark T. "eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (A)." Harvard Business School Case 102-038, October 2001. (Revised November 2005.)
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
opportunities for MBAs with the entrepreneurial itch. "Intrapreneurship not only benefits the firm's performance but can offer business professionals the excitement and challenge of leading the effort to...
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- Web
The Power of DEI: Harnessing Talent and Opportunity for Enduring Success - Course Catalog
politically, socially, and morally. Second, to think critically and strategically about the power of DEI in a range of organizations. In examining the relationship among diversity, equity, inclusion, View Details