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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
- News
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
- News
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
- News
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
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
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 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
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
bought into that, too, until one day he had a transformational insight. “The conductor’s power depends on his ability to make other people powerful. I started paying attention to how I was enabling my musicians to be the best performers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
pressure is the fear of losing an adequately performing CEO. To make sure this does not happen, compensation committees rely on surveys by compensation consultants about CEO pay in similar companies but without regard to company... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
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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
- 03 Apr 2012
- News
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
- 08 May 2015
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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) 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
- 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 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
incentives and compensation systems, is investigating his theory that effective measurement of performance must use subjective judgment and qualitative assessments in combination with objective measures.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 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
- 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 Sep 2013
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Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet
Finding your passions. What tasks do your really enjoy? Which activities bring out your best? It is difficult to perform at a high level without having a passion for key elements of the job. Understanding yourself. What is your life... View Details