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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Incentive Bubble
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Incentives and Operational Excellence
Rentrak kept track of the scanner data and performed audits and spot-checks to ensure compliance with the revenue-sharing contracts, thus enabling the new system to thrive. “In this case,” said Narayanan, “the solution was win-win-win.... View Details
- 24 Jun 2022
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A Masterclass in Sustaining High Performance
- 23 Mar 2017
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Incentives Don’t Help People Change, but Peer Pressure Does
- 01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader
under pressure from my boss, and the information technology doesn't give me what I need in order to do my job, and every time I take a risk I get shot down by the performance appraisal system, obviously I'm not going to make any... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 26 Nov 2019
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The Ritual Effect
practice them. KEY THEMES He suggests that rituals are not only surprisingly pervasive and highly effective, they are also immensely versatile. Remarkably, rituals seem to work by helping us exactly wherever we need help most. From alleviating View Details
Keywords: rituals
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
dollars in lost sales and customer goodwill. Ton is currently working with a nationwide chain to estimate the magnitude of this problem and identify its drivers. "We have found large and systematic variation in performance in 250 stores... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
urgent systemic changes needed to address climate change. By doing what’s right for people and the planet, pep+ will help position our company as a consistent top market performer by generating stronger, more loyal connections with our... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
positive motivational value, how employees at lower levels viewed the fairness of incentive plans, and whether incentives had an effect on corporate performance. The results were surprising. Most noteworthy:... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
both the movement of capital markets and gains in the price of competitors’ stock can provide executives with unearned windfalls for uncompetitive performance and promote unwarranted overconfidence. Awarding stock grants without... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
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3-Minute Briefing: Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014)
The first time I stepped on the ice, I was seven years old. When I saw my younger brother, Billy, in his goalie gear I thought it looked really fun and cool and asked if I could try. It was terrifying. I was crying. But by the end of that first practice, I remember... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
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Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
efforts center on issues affecting entrepreneurial firms and their investors. Gompers studies the structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; the sources of financing, incentive design,... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
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Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders
two reasons for management failures to heed shareholder proposals for greater action on ESG issues: processes within the organization may not be sufficiently developed, and performance incentives may be... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
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Over the Top
search for answers about the past and future of executive compensation and corporate governance. In recent conversations, they reflected on key issues. Edited excerpts follow. Brian Hall focuses his teaching and research on performance... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
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Management Matters In Health Care, Too
field. Although they come from very different backgrounds, the three panel members presented a unified view of why management really matters. HBS assistant professor Raffaella Sadun described her groundbreaking research on the impact of management on hospital View Details
- 03 Apr 2012
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Just Compensation
a business strategist at Booz & Company (then, Booz, Allen & Hamilton). “I got into executive compensation and performance because incentives are a way to help drive corporate strategy,” she explains. “A lot... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
"That is a big mistake." Predictability allows everyone to know what the rules are, establishing an atmosphere of trust so that people can work together productively in an organization, Stevenson argues. Companies can provide more stable environments by, among other... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
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Noted & Quoted
"People like to see other people do outlandish things." —Barry Frank (MBA 1957), legendary sports-media dealmaker and producer of Battle of the Network Stars and American Gladiators. (Variety, September 24, 2012) View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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Alumni Books
James M. Citrin (MBA ’86) (Rodale) Citrin identifies essential characteristics and disciplines that have led many outstanding athletes and performers to equally significant accomplishments in business. His interviews with these... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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Invest in the New Abnormal
need to adjust to the new reality that customers prefer not to come into their stores. B2C firms must enhance their delivery and pickup options and provide incentives [such as rewards points for using a mobile app] to customers to... View Details