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  • August 1991 (Revised February 1992)
  • Case

Gain Sharing at Star Cablevision Group

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Sarah Ann Greene
Describes Star's experiment with gain sharing over a three-year period. Background on the industry and company's history are provided to establish the context for the shift to pay-for-performance. Describes the three different gain sharing programs, the resulting... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Television Entertainment; Compensation and Benefits; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Sarah Ann Greene. "Gain Sharing at Star Cablevision Group." Harvard Business School Case 692-012, August 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
  • February 1996
  • Background Note

Managing for Creativity

By: Teresa M. Amabile
Organizational stimulants and obstacles to creativity are summarized. The management tasks of supporting creativity and encouraging innovation are described as a delicate balance between over-control and chaos. A technology used to assess the climate for creativity is... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Technology
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Amabile, Teresa M. "Managing for Creativity." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-271, February 1996.
  • December 2010 (Revised March 2012)
  • Teaching Note

Alibaba Group

By: Julie M. Wulf
Teaching Note for 710436. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Subsidiaries; Competition; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Structure; Retail Industry; China
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Wulf, Julie M. "Alibaba Group." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 711-466, December 2010. (Revised March 2012.)
  • April 2010
  • Teaching Note

Global Talent Management at Novartis (TN)

By: Jordan I. Siegel
Teaching Note for 708486. View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Talent and Talent Management; System; Multinational Firms and Management; Motivation and Incentives; Developing Countries and Economies; Pharmaceutical Industry; China
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Siegel, Jordan I. "Global Talent Management at Novartis (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 710-482, April 2010.
  • July 1993 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

Sears Auto Centers (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
The CEO of Sears must decide how to respond to allegations that the company's auto repair division has been misleading consumers and charging them for unnecessary repairs. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Compensation and Benefits; Management Teams; Employees; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Improvement; Auto Industry
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Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Sears Auto Centers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-009, July 1993. (Revised December 2003.)
  • 01 Aug 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

improved job training and relocation incentives for workers, he sees a future of continued market expansion, business profitability, greater social equality, and the increased social stability that this can produce. Kuttner argues that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 31 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

that could also make niche content more profitable, according to researchers Feng Zhu and Monic Sun. "Many media scholars think this revenue model is detrimental to society because it provides incentive for the content provider to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News
  • 03 Dec 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

"greed and corruption helped create the crisis, ... simple human frailty played a vital role." They suggest providing incentives to make financial products easier, not more difficult, to understand. This would involve, among... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications

companies. For years, he said, the media industry has operated in a very fragmented economic structure that gave an individual company "a perverse incentive to defend its territory instead of attacking globally." That is coming... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting
  • 16 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

legislation should enable record-level of government investment in decarbonization. The U.S. is ripe for the transition. Business and government need to get better at collaboration, but leaders must also simultaneously provide adequate guardrails to ensure risk is... View Details
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Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising

with whatever advertising materials he might agree to use in dealing with his customers,” historian Robert Jay explains. “The generous supply of chromolithographed trade cards and other advertising materials was in fact a powerful View Details
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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

creating new forms of value capture (NFT’s for example) and, most of all, moving the provision of trust from institutions and governments to network protocols that have no central authority. They challenge the core notions of brand value, scale, regulatory guardrails,... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

The Exchange: Venture Forth

entrepreneurs to think about those dynamics as they build their board. Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, for instance, have a very different incentive for exit than some of the more traditional VC firms. They would be much more willing to... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

A New Approach to Health-Care Reform

the fixed-fee system, filling cavities is a cost, not a revenue opportunity. So the financial incentive supports preventive care. So a system where health providers offer comprehensive care for a fixed fee is the disruptive innovation... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance
  • December 1999
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Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity during Downsizing

By: T. M. Amabile and Regina Conti
This study examined the work environment for creativity at a large high-technology firm before, during, and after a major downsizing. Creativity and most creativity-supporting aspects of the perceived work environment declined significantly during the downsizing but... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Management Practices and Processes; Crisis Management; Groups and Teams; Communication; Announcements; Interpersonal Communication
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Amabile, T. M., and Regina Conti. "Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity during Downsizing." Academy of Management Journal 42, no. 6 (December 1999): 630–640.
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

products are developed. This article introduces a fundamental tension between incentives and improvement in the provision of feedback. Using a sample of 4,294 commercial logo design tournaments, I show that feedback reduces participation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

achieve better outcomes in competitive contexts.   Working PapersAre There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production Authors:Samuel G. Hanson and Adi Sunderam Abstract We present a model that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2012
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Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank

By: B. Staats and F. Gino
Sustaining operational productivity in the completion of repetitive tasks is critical to many organizations' success. Yet research points to two different work-design-related strategies for accomplishing this goal: specialization to capture the benefits of repetition... View Details
Keywords: Motivation; Productivity; Specialization; Variety; Work Fragmentation; Boundaries; Performance Productivity; Organizations; Research; Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Opportunities; Market Transactions; Resource Allocation; Performance; Goals and Objectives; Learning
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Staats, B., and F. Gino. "Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank." Management Science 58, no. 6 (June 2012): 1141–1159.
  • September 1998 (Revised April 2001)
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Sealed Air Taiwan (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Robert J. Crawford
The general manager for U.S.-based Sealed Air Corp.'s Taiwan subsidiary must decide whether he's hired the right person to bridge the gap between Sealed Air's corporate culture and Taiwan's business culture. This case details Bob Kayser's experiences in trying to... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Relationships; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Management Skills; Compensation and Benefits; Taiwan; United States
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Paine, Lynn S., and Robert J. Crawford. "Sealed Air Taiwan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-058, September 1998. (Revised April 2001.)
  • February 2008 (Revised November 2008)
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Global Talent Management at Novartis

By: Jordan Siegel
This case tackles the topic of global talent management. It can be used to analyze the performance measurement, incentive, and talent development system used at a major multinational company. This case can also be used to analyze the extent to which this system should... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Multinational Firms and Management; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Adaptation
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Siegel, Jordan. "Global Talent Management at Novartis." Harvard Business School Case 708-486, February 2008. (Revised November 2008.)
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