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- December 24, 2019
- Article
Why It's So Hard to Change People's Commuting Behavior
By: Ariella S. Kristal and A. V. Whillans
Car commuters report higher levels of stress and lower job satisfaction compared to train commuters—in large part because car commuting can involve driving in traffic and navigating tense road situations. Some employers are trying to get involved and reduce car...
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Sustainability;
Motivating People;
Time And Wellbeing;
Time Stress;
Commuting;
Behavior;
Change;
Motivation and Incentives
Kristal, Ariella S., and A. V. Whillans. "Why It's So Hard to Change People's Commuting Behavior." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (December 24, 2019).
- June 14, 2023
- Article
Research: Your Love for Work May Alienate Your Colleagues
By: Mijeong Kwon, Julia Lee Cunningham and Jon M. Jachimowicz
Research shows that employees who are passionate about their work are more productive, innovative, and collaborative. New research suggests that these employees also see passion for work as a moral imperative, and they’re more likely to judge colleagues who are...
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Kwon, Mijeong, Julia Lee Cunningham, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Research: Your Love for Work May Alienate Your Colleagues." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 14, 2023).
- 1999
- Dictionary Entry
Motivation/Drive
By: R. Conti and T. M. Amabile
Conti, R., and T. M. Amabile. "Motivation/Drive." In Encyclopedia of Creativity. Vol. 2, edited by M. A. Runco and S. R. Pritzker. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1999.
- 15 Aug 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
accelerate discoveries. “We built an organization we would want to invest in ourselves,” observes Greg. “We need to broaden the net and provide incentives for scientists to work together within food allergies and across disease states to...
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- 16 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Driven by Social Comparisons: How Feedback about Coworkers’ Effort Influences Individual Productivity
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
Self-confidence is not the real secret of leadership. The more essential ingredient is confidence in other people. Leadership involves motivating others to their finest efforts and channeling those efforts in a coherent direction. Leaders must believe that they can...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
increase medical business skills and raise clinical performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53281 Tournament Incentive Plans Incorporating Objective and Subjective Criteria: Implications for a...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
How Much is Fair?
with 170,000 employees that’s critical to our national defense,” Tobias noted that description fits both the CEO of Boeing ($4 million annual salary, plus incentives compensation) and the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps ($169,860...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Life of Bailey
routine,” he told the “What’s Your Workout?” column in the Wall Street Journal Online (November 13, 2006). When not traveling, Bailey alternates between regular swims and at-home workouts with weights and a rowing machine (he rowed at HBS). Bailey has extra View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
show that the combination of preference for variety and consumption complementarities gives rise to (i) a commons problem (to better satisfy their individual preference for variety, users have an incentive to consume more applications...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2015
- News
An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society
a need for additional research on topics such as sustainability metrics, how executives design incentive and control systems, and how companies report their performance and position. (Published May 2015)
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- 2016
- Working Paper
Markets for Ideas: Prize Structure, Entry Limits, and the Design of Ideation Contests
By: Pavel Kireyev
Contests are a popular mechanism for the procurement of innovation. In marketing, design, and other creative industries, firms use freelance marketplaces to organize contests and obtain high-quality ideas for ads, new products, and even business strategies from...
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Idea Generation;
Crowdsourcing;
Contest Design;
Structural Estimation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Competition;
Innovation and Invention
Kireyev, Pavel. "Markets for Ideas: Prize Structure, Entry Limits, and the Design of Ideation Contests." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-129, May 2016.
- February 2011
- Article
Welfare Payments and Crime
By: C. Fritz Foley
Analysis of daily reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare payment cycles. This increase reflects an increase in crimes that are likely to have a direct financial motivation like burglary,...
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Foley, C. Fritz. "Welfare Payments and Crime." Review of Economics and Statistics 93, no. 1 (February 2011): 97–112.
- January 1975 (Revised September 1982)
- Case
First Federal Savings (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Raises questions about basing a reward system on profit and changing MBO indicators through time.
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Lorsch, Jay W. "First Federal Savings (A)." Harvard Business School Case 475-072, January 1975. (Revised September 1982.)
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?
Chair of the Finance unit, has spent the past four years investigating ways to help low-income families break out of this cycle and thus gain some of the benefits of being connected to the world of financial services. Programs providing View Details
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by Carla Tishler