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- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
Review, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase the book: http://hbr.org/product/guide-to-managing-up-and-across/an/11126-PDF-ENG Empirical Observations on Incentives for Weight Loss Authors:Leslie John, George Lowenstein,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- July 2012
- Case
Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee
By: Linda A. Hill and Mark Rennella
Johannes Linden is the Director of the Washer and Dryer division of Fluss, a large Swiss appliance manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its revenue projections and bonus targets for the upcoming year, Linden shares some good news with his leadership team, the... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Multinational Firms and Management; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland
Hill, Linda A., and Mark Rennella. "Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-509, July 2012.
- February 2004 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Orchid Partners: A Venture Capital Start-up
By: Myra M. Hart and Kristin Lieb
The development of a new venture partnership and the challenges associated with raising its first fund are chronicled. The decision to focus on early-stage investments, the determination of the appropriate size of the fund, the fund-raising process, and the steps in... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Motivation and Incentives; Financing and Loans; Personal Development and Career
Hart, Myra M., and Kristin Lieb. "Orchid Partners: A Venture Capital Start-up." Harvard Business School Case 804-138, February 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
Issue Focus: Ideas & Impact Deepak Malhotra Thinking outside the maze Malhotra Photographs by Webb Chappell Negotiations expert Professor Deepak Malhotra is the author of the recent international bestseller I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
incentives to collaborate would remain intact. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718422-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-423 Tempur Sealy International (B) Analyzes the commercial relationship between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
Piecemeal attempts to fix elements of corporate governance will fail. The problem, to illustrate, is not just the structure of compensation. Nor will increasing required capital prevent problems at companies with strong incentives and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
products, as well as the regulations that sometimes stood in the way. Throughout, the case identifies incentives for both consumers and merchants, including direct costs, efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2003
- Conference Paper
Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction
By: John D. Macomber
Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain
Macomber, John D. "Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction." Paper presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
more counterintuitive, says Ngwe. According to his research, VIP shoppers were less sensitive to paying a higher shipping fee, presumably because their desire for the products was stronger. "Whereas online sellers might think of a shipping View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
predictable irrationality in citizens and consumers by "nudging" them by means of economic incentives to act in ways that regulators believe are in citizens' best interests. Lest we underplay the significance of this or somehow... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
order to do so, they need the help of foreign "investors" that are familiar with the frontier. Of course, these foreign partners will not do all the work. Domestic companies need to provide certain inputs and exert effort. However, these companies will not... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
months. Marketing for the program was also eliminated. While all banks sell bonds, the $.50 to $.85 they earn for each transaction gives them little financial incentive to make the process easy for consumers. Finally, the Treasury's... View Details
- 08 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Cutting in Line
Their behavior is motivated by a norm that says you should help others when they are in need, but you must not exploit this situation. Monetary incentives "work" in this instance because people read them as a sign for the needs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
devices. That simple step, in Schreck's opinion, "changed the nature of where we're going, I think, with global computing. It depends on what behavior you're asking [people] to change, and what the incentive and benefit is to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
sufficiently generous to support inefficiencies. Therefore providers must turn to other incentives to motivate a shift in costing practices. Medical Conditions Q: How is the medical condition defined? A: A medical condition is defined by... View Details
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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog
also examine the role of Singapore in the evolving geopolitical environment. We will spend time on the various ways in which the Singapore Government has helped create the infrastructure, workforce, policies and incentives that attract... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
a common language? Top management needs to place a higher value on legal literacy. Training and incentives are important. Potential problem areas can vary depending on industry and functional role, but they are easily recognizable if... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (TN)
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
Teaching Note for 611057. View Details
- 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