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HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Mallory Stark |
Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt.   |
CFO
March 1, 2012
Marielle Segarra |
Lots of Trouble U.S. automakers used a common accounting practice to justify huge run-ups in inventories, but the downside risks offer lessons for all manufacturers. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 13, 2010 |
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt Harvard researchers Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein propose a "comparative advantage approach" that allows government to actively influence the corporate sector's borrowing decisions. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 8, 2012
James Heskett |
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced? Pay for performance is almost universally employed in the US and increasingly elsewhere, even though the forms it takes ebb and flow. But now questions are being raised about whether pay for performance at its core is fatally flawed or at least misused. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 11, 2012
Sean Silverthorne |
The High Risks of Short-Term Management A new study by Harvard Business School's George Serafeim, Francois Brochet, and Maria Loumioti looks at the risks for companies and investors who are attracted to short-term results. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2007
Lawrence E. Mitchell |
The Tyranny Of The Market An economy grounded in rapid-fire finance will self-destruct over the long-haul. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 27, 2012
Katie Johnston |
When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little) Less flagrant transgressions of scientific research norms may be more prevalent and, in the long run, more damaging to the academic enterprise, reports Assistant Professor Leslie K. John. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
CEO Pay: The New Rules For CEOs and other senior executives in manufacturing, performance-related bonuses are up and performance-tied long-term incentives are more common. But will they make for better management decisions? That's not yet clear. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 21, 2009
Roger Thompson |
Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2010
John R. Engen |
Compensation's New Normal Welcome to the new world of compensation - a place where up is down, confusion reigns, and tensions are rising. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Re-examining Stock Options as a Way to Compensate Executives Now that an underperforming stock market and the excesses of Enron have focused new attention on the use and abuse of stock options as a way to incentivize senior managers, what changes, if any, should companies make in their design of compensation packages? |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000
Schonbraun & Schindler |
Hitting the Grand Slam! Top producing executives, like the sultans of swat in baseball, can be expensive, but they are vital to a successful management team. The market for top executives is tight with the private real estate sector and other industries competing for the same talent pool as REITs and REOCs. |
| Science News |
Dyslexia, Learning, And The Brain By Roderick I. Nicolson And Angela J. Fawcett Leading researchers take a theoretical approach to a complex question: What is dyslexia? |
Technology Research News
November 5, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Web game reveals market sense Studying how people make decisions in financial markets is tricky because of the large numbers of players involved. A Web-based game that pits one person at a time against 94 virtual players brings the picture into focus. |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
David Lawrence |
Costly Mistakes As financial advisors create their own team practices or go independent and set up independent RIA firms, one of the biggest challenges they face is designing a compensation plan for themselves and those who work with them and for them. |
CFO
March 1, 2005
Ronald Fink |
Future Shock How can CFOs create value in uncertain times? Five experts offer fresh answers. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Mark Tibergien |
Just Rewards While compensation plays an important role in driving performance of individuals and the business, it's also important for financial advisors to recognize that money is not an adequate substitute for active management. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Dadush, Dasgupta, & Ratha |
The Role of Short-Term Debt in Recent Crises The 1990s witnessed a boom in short-term lending by international banks to developing countries that lasted until Asia's financial crisis erupted in 1997. By 1997, nearly 60 percent of all outstanding international bank claims on developing countries had a remaining maturity of less than one year. |
Information Today
July 12, 2010 |
EBSCO Publishing Introduces Energy & Power Source The database is designed to support the informational needs of energy and power industry professionals at all levels as well as academic researchers. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2009
Amanda B. Kish |
Buffett and Bogle Bash Wall Street If it's good enough for Buffett and Bogle, maybe long-term-focused investing is good enough for us, too. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2005
Raghuram Rajan |
Straight Talk Risky Business Even as financial markets evolve, we have to constantly rethink the ways they are regulated and supported by policy, all the while being careful not to snuff out creativity and innovation. Only then will we be able to utilize their true potential. |
