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Developing a Digital Mindset: How to Lead Your Organization into the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI
- November 2011 (Revised September 2012)
- Case
Underwater Engineer at Intel Corporation
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter Marketer
- 27 Oct 2011
- News
Persistence Is Best Predictor of CEO Success
- December 2002 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Tesco Plc.
- Research Summary
Non-Monetary Compensation as a Source of Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Non-monetary compensation consists of things individuals get from their work that cannot be converted into currency in any way (e.g. duty, meaning and joy). Through an in-depth, case-based, examination of a number of organizations relying on non-monetary... View Details
- 09 Apr 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses
- September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Bank of America (A)
- November 2005 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Leading Change at Simmons (A)
- August 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Toby Norman: Is Passion Enough for Simprints to Thrive?
- 16 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Workplace Biased Against Introverts?
- January 2005 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Anne Mulcahy: Leading Xerox through the Perfect Storm (A)
Ashley V. Whillans
Ashley Whillans is the Volpert Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Motivation and Incentives course to MBA students. Professor Whillans earned her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of... View Details
- 2006
- Working Paper
Too Motivated?
I show that an agent's motivation to do well (objectively) may be unambiguously bad in a world with differing priors, i.e., when people openly disagree on the optimal course of action. The reason is that an agent who is strongly motivated is more likely to follow... View Details
- October 2010 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Volkswagen do Brasil: Driving Strategy with the Balanced Scorecard
- April 2018
- Article
Compromised Ethics in Hiring Processes? How Referrers' Power Affects Employees' Reactions to Referral Practices
- 09 Oct 2015
- News