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State Activism and the Hidden Incentives behind Bank Acquisitions
By: Christopher Marquis and Doug Guthrie
Marquis, Christopher, and Doug Guthrie. "State Activism and the Hidden Incentives behind Bank Acquisitions."
- 1995
- Chapter
Incentive Problems in Financial Contracting: Impacts on Corporate Financing, Investment, and Risk Management Policies
By: K. Froot
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry
Froot, K. "Incentive Problems in Financial Contracting: Impacts on Corporate Financing, Investment, and Risk Management Policies." Chap. 7 in The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, by D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano, 225–261. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995. (Revised from Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 95-020.)
- Article
Deception and Its Detection: Effects of Monetary Incentives and Personal Relationship History
By: Lyn M. Van Swol, Deepak Malhotra and Michael T. Braun
The study examined detection of deception in unsanctioned, consequential lies between either friends or strangers using an ultimatum game. The sender was given an amount of money to divide with the receiver. The receiver did not know the precise amount the sender had... View Details
Van Swol, Lyn M., Deepak Malhotra, and Michael T. Braun. "Deception and Its Detection: Effects of Monetary Incentives and Personal Relationship History." Communication Research 39, no. 2 (April 2012): 217–238.
- 15 Jan 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations
Keywords: by Christine L. Exley
- 17 Jul 2014
- News
Motivating Corporations to Do Good
- July–August 2006
- Article
Give Me That Old-Time Motivation
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives
Friedman, Walter A. "Give Me That Old-Time Motivation." Harvard Business Review 84, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2006).
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Regulation of Medical AI: Policy Approaches, Data, and Innovation Incentives
By: Ariel Dora Stern
For those who follow health and technology news, it is difficult to go more than a few days without reading about a compelling new application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to health care. AI has myriad applications in medicine and its adjacent industries, with... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Health Care and Treatment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technological Innovation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Stern, Ariel Dora. "The Regulation of Medical AI: Policy Approaches, Data, and Innovation Incentives." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30639, December 2022.
- January 1998
- Article
Tradeoffs within Costing Systems between Incentives and Measurement Objectives
By: M. Alles, S. Datar and M. Gupta
Alles, M., S. Datar, and M. Gupta. "Tradeoffs within Costing Systems between Incentives and Measurement Objectives." Managerial Finance 24, no. 1 (January 1998): 1–18.
- Web
Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog
(ii) designing incentive systems, broadly defined, that motivate both individual performance and organizational behavior. Students will learn to apply these concepts to enhance... View Details
- 1986
- Chapter
Incentive Theory with Data Compression
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Incentive Theory with Data Compression." In Uncertainty, Information and Communication: Essays in Honor of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume 3, edited by Walter P. Heller, Ross M. Starr, and David A. Starrett. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
- Research Summary
Choice Amnesia: Motivated Forgetting of Difficult Choices
Imagine having to choose between your two favorite flavors of ice cream, chocolate and mint chip. Previous work suggests that whichever option you pick (say, chocolate) will become even more appealing after your decision, and the rejected option (mint chip) will get... View Details
- 19 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior
incentive or an educational campaign,” says Beshears. “But we were surprised to see the extent to which it is true.” According to behavioral scientists, nudges are dollar for dollar a hugely cost-effective way of causing people to change... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- fall 2007
- Article
Store Manager Incentive Design and Retail Performance: An Exploratory Investigation
By: Nicole DeHoratius and Ananth Raman
DeHoratius, Nicole, and Ananth Raman. "Store Manager Incentive Design and Retail Performance: An Exploratory Investigation." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007).
- Article
Contingent Match Incentives Increase Donations
By: Lalin Anik, Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely
We propose a new means by which non-profits can induce donors to give today and commit to giving in the future: contingent match incentives, in which matching is made contingent on the percentage of others who give (e.g., "if X% of others give, we will match all... View Details
Keywords: Matching Donations; Social Proof; Prosocial Behavior; Charitable Giving; Plausibility; Motivation and Incentives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Anik, Lalin, Michael I. Norton, and Dan Ariely. "Contingent Match Incentives Increase Donations." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 51, no. 6 (December 2014): 790–801.
- 1 May 1995
- Conference Presentation
The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives
- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Wage Policies and Incentives to Invest in Firm-Specific Human Capital
By: George P. Baker and Cristian Voicu
- 03 Jan 2022
- News
‘Get It Done’ Review: A Mindset for Motivation
- November 2020 (Revised March 2022)
- Teaching Note
Social Salary Setting at Spiber
By: Ashley Whillans and John Beshears
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 920-050. The case tells the story of Spiber, a Japanese technology start-up company. To reflect the company’s values, the leadership team implemented a new and unique salary-setting process: each employee had the authority to choose their... View Details
- April 2021
- Case
The Incentive for Legacy: Tsinghua University Education Foundation
By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao and Spencer C.N. Hagist
Vivian Yuan seeks to bolster the Tsinghua University Education Foundation's fundraising efforts and investment goals in a new era of Chinese higher education. Competing with elite members of China's C9 League of top universities, she must develop a set of incentives... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Marketing; Strategy; Negotiation; Organizations; Markets; Higher Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Motivation and Incentives; China
Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, and Spencer C.N. Hagist. "The Incentive for Legacy: Tsinghua University Education Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 221-100, April 2021.