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  • 30 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

forthcoming Compensation & Benefits Review The Power of Workplace Rewards: Using Self-Determination Theory to Understand Why Reward Satisfaction Matters for Workers Around the World By: Landry, Anais Thibault, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • Book

Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

career” allows you to change paths every now and then while applying the skills you have to a next step. Big idea 2: Beware work addiction Many successful people lean in to extra time at the office to mask emotional pain, the authors... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Author-Level Eigenfactor Metrics: Evaluating the Influence of Authors, Institutions and Countries within the SSRN community

By: Jevin D. West, Michael C. Jensen, Ralph J. Dandrea, Gregg Gordon and Carl T. Bergstrom
In this paper, we show how the Eigenfactor® score, originally designed for ranking scholarly journals, can be adapted to rank the scholarly output of authors, institutions, and countries based on author-level citation data. Using the methods described herein, we... View Details
Keywords: Body of Literature; Measurement and Metrics; Networks; Rank and Position; Research; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

each situation, the actions he took, the results achieved, and the specific lessons he learned. He provides a helpful, realistic picture of what it means to achieve a rewarding View Details
  • 26 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

we try and find other reasons to explain it,” Gallani says. Which rewards motivate workers? In a new working paper written with doctoral student Wei Cai, Subjectivity in Tournaments: Implicit View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing
  • 08 Jan 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Leading Amidst Competing Technical and Institutional Demands: Revisiting Selznick’s Conception of Leadership

Keywords: by Marya L. Besharov & Rakesh Khurana
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • What Do You Think?

How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

standing behind them (to) look behind you and remember that you are also just a human being.” Dolembo said it another way: “If managers listen and they are rewarded for it,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2018
  • Chapter

The Orphan Drug Act at 35: Observations and an Outlook for the Twenty-First Century

By: Nicholas Bagley, Benjamin Berger, Amitabh Chandra, Craig Garthwaite and Ariel Dora Stern
On the 35th anniversary of the adoption of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA), we describe the enormous changes in the markets for therapies for rare diseases that have emerged over recent decades. The most prominent example is the fact that the profit-maximizing price of new... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Laws and Statutes; Research and Development; Investment; Markets; Monopoly
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  • August 2018
  • Article

Creative Sparks or Paralysis Traps? The Effects of Contradictions on Creative Processing and Creative Products

By: Goran Calic and Sébastien Hélie
Paradoxes are an unavoidable part of work life. The unusualness of attempting to simultaneously satisfy contradictory imperatives can result in creative outcomes that simultaneously satisfy both imperatives by inducing search for, and selection of, novel and useful... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Business or Company Management; Performance
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  • 04 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

on income and deforestation, but diverged on chemicals and legality, leading to low uptake. The Alliance responded by launching a second sustainability standard called the CRAFT Code in 2018. Whereas... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

“second HQ” in India to exemplify our core proposition. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54978 The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores By: Coffman, Katherine B.,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

chapters so that students are prepared for the rewards and challenges they will face in the professional cost accounting world of today and tomorrow. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

developed a strong reputation among consumers due in part to its Membership Rewards (MR) loyalty program, first established in 1991. Through MR, all Amex cardholders could accumulate and redeem “points”... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits

in an uncertain economy. Navigating an industry in crisis Working in the field of journalism has never been financially rewarding or secure. But the field enjoyed a “golden age” from the mid-to-late 20th century, with newspapers,... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • December 2004 (Revised August 2007)
  • Background Note

LTCM's Profit Motive

By: Henry B. Reiling and Kevin Wall
This case summarizes the finding and reasoning inherent in the economic substance and penalty imposition holdings of the district court decision in Long Term Capital Holdings v. United States. The court upheld the IRS's contention that a transaction between Long Term... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Laws and Statutes; United States
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  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

proposals, and quality evaluations for more than 12,000 evaluator-proposal pairs. The analysis shows that solicitations offering a personal reward for top submissions boost participation rates without... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

Retail Chain By: Deller, Carolyn, Susanna Gallani, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—We analyze the effects of a field experiment introducing a values-based 360-degree assessment system at an Indian retailer. The director intended to encourage... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

find evidence of lessened gender penalties for female-led ventures that are presented using a social impact frame. In a second study, we experimentally validate this effect and show that it is mediated by... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

being. Moreover, he shows how companies can embed purpose much more deeply than they currently do, delivering impressive performance benefits that reward customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders, and... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals

independent sounding board and provides informal advice on the direction of the School. Chairman C.D. ("Dick") Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), president emeritus of The University of North Carolina, finds his work on the committee both View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg; boards; alumni; planning; leadership; advice; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools