Motivation - Publications - Faculty & Research

Portrait Project

Jason Gurwin

it hurts every single time. But, when you're an entrepreneur, the pain has to be temporary. It can't stop you. It can't distract you. It has to motivate you. Because if you don't keep fighting, there isn't anyone else that will. I've... View Details

01 Jan 2009
News

Henry M. Paulson Jr., MBA 1970

and motivating others to do difficult and important things.” Hank Paulson’s leadership spans the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. During his 32 years at Goldman Sachs, Paulson rose through the ranks, becoming head of investment... View Details

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Richard Lou

he is, "experiencing everything I expected — and then some. I expected diversity and immense learning, but never expected the emotional attachment I have to cases. Being in the shoes of the protagonist and forced to make decisions makes me more engaged and gives... View Details

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

to be clarified. You have to make them when you have to make them. And try not to get too depressed in the journey, because there's a professional responsibility. If you are depressed, you can't motivate your staff to extraordinary... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology

12 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

immediately despite not knowing what the incumbent is up to based on the preannouncement observed. Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Shoes Are Cute: Cognition Can Both Hurt and Help Motivated Moral Reasoning Authors:Paharia, Neeru,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2019
Case

Clean Energy for the Future

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Howaida Kamel

This is an industry note on renewable energy – wind, solar, governmental incentives and storage. It covers the recent history of both the wind and solar industries, an extensive look at governmental policies in the United States, including the Green New Deal, and... View Details

Keywords: Green New Deal; Renewable Energy; Energy Policy; Industry Growth; Supply and Industry; Price; Motivation and Incentives; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States

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2011
Working Paper

Management Practices Across Firms and Countries

By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in manufacturing, American, Japanese, and German firms are the best... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Business Ventures; Public Sector; Private Sector; Country; Performance; Motivation and Incentives

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02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

motivation for working all these hours is not actually to produce high-quality work. In fact, there’s a lot of evidence to suggest that it’s going to undermine the quality of the work.” Confronting deeply held beliefs has been part of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

13 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

The manufacturing sector is one that encompasses many different facets including highly diversified manufacturing, aerospace and defense, transportation, and airlines. As such, students interested in the field have varied backgrounds and View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

Web

Latin America - Global Activities 2020

conversation with them about the problems they face. One stream of work is thinking about how they manage their internal organization—understanding how changing the ways that they reward their loan officers can motivate them to better... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

communicate with and motivate its citizens to make them agents of change to a market-driven economy? —Jaime Fortuño (MBA 1988) MORE Brunell offers an inside look at Myanmar’s historic transition on our new Skydeck podcast MORE Brunell... View Details

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Willa Zhou

motivated productive change in their health." She uncovered three critical factors—peer support, encouragement from authority figures, and access to coaching—that she incorporated into her program. After a year, Willa sought a way to... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media; Tech

Profile

Stephen Temple

four-and-a-half year run with Procter & Gamble. Stephen likens his time at P&G and in consulting to what he appreciates most about HBS. “It is a beautiful intersection of complex problems and highly motivated teams working... View Details

Keywords: CPG; Consulting

16 Mar 2017
News

Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer

what’s our strategy for doing so, how we’re going to partner with organizations around the world, and how we build and motivate a team of scientists, doctors, as well as fundraisers, to deliver that mission collectively. “If I give you... View Details

Portrait Project

Lorrayne Ward

profit motive directly clashes with doing what's right. The stakes of this conflict – between individual gain and broader societal benefit – are nowhere higher than in the field of health care. Profits are necessary so that hospitals can... View Details

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

Entrepreneur's Dilemma Author:Noam Wasserman Periodical:The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (August 2006) Abstract The two major motivations to start a new venture are the profit motive and the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Latinx Women in the Spotlight: Marimar Pérez-Riera (MBA 1994)

intending to minimize my entrepreneurial ventures, or my governmental service. However, over the years I have become an advocate for condominium titleholders’ rights. I defend, teach, and motivate thousands of titleholders who are abused... View Details

27 Apr 2017
News

Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World

service these men and women do for us and our country. It enables me to honor that commitment even though I did not serve,” he says. York was motivated to make this gift because of his experiences interacting with veterans who were his... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Jennifer L. Scott

Fisher Associates in San Francisco, which invests in early-stage technology and telecommunications ventures. What will motivate Scott in her new job is what has inspired her in all of her endeavors - the pleasure she gets from bringing... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1998
News

Putting on the Wheels

capital to highly motivated workers anxious to put aside the past and to justify the decision by GM - the world's largest automobile manufacturer - to invest in them and their community. Eisenach, Hughes believes, is an example of how GM... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

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