Motivation And Incentives - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Sep 2011
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Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

throw at us. The book is designed not only to inspire individuals who work in organizations to think and do things differently, but also to motivate structured discussions regarding how a team, division, or... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

July – August 2008
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Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model

By: Nitin Nohria, Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee

Keywords: Employees; Motivation and Incentives

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Strategy Execution

By: Dennis Campbell

This course takes strategy as given and teaches what students need to know to execute and win in highly competitive markets. Using fundamental building blocks based on accountability systems and structures, this course is divided into seven modules:

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Standards of Conduct - Recruiting

are no longer being considered in the interview process. Learn more about events and interviews . Job Offers Organizations may offer incentives to students to accept offers early. The base offer (base... View Details

07 Jun 2012
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How Short-Termism Invites Corruption--And What to Do About It

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter

18 Apr 2023
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The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

cumulative 22 percent and an annualized 5 percent, the authors note. And CEOs of PE-funded companies receive lucrative incentives that can include up to 10 percent of equity... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

The Venture Capital Cycle

In The Venture Capital Cycle, Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner correct widespread misperceptions about the nature and role of the venture capitalist and provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of the venture capital industry. Bringing together fifteen... View Details

18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

between creativity and dishonesty, thus highlighting a dark side of creativity. Anxiety, Advice, and the Ability to Discern: Feeling Anxious Motivates Individuals to Seek View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

W. Earl Sasser

Earl Sasser is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and has been a member of the faculty there since 1969. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1965, an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1967, and a Ph.D. in... View Details

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Al Dunlap at Sunbeam

By: Brian J. Hall, Rakesh Khurana and Carleen Madigan

Al Dunlap was one of the best-known corporate turnaround artists of the 1990s. In 1996, he was hired at Sunbeam to effect a restructuring, but was fired almost two years later when the company's financial performance and stock price began to decline. Many of the... View Details

Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Restructuring; Stock Shares; Performance Evaluation; Leadership Style; Resignation and Termination; Motivation and Incentives; Executive Compensation; Outcome or Result; Consumer Products Industry; United States

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01 Dec 2023
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Thinking Ahead

As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

07 Mar 2022
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Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

create an inclusive culture for employees so that they have the psychological safety to be motivated to contribute to the company.” Zou coauthored the paper Inclusive Managers with Ethan Rouen, assistant professor of business... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

25 Nov 2019
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When Your Passion Works Against You

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 after a 12-year absence, the company he co-founded was dispirited, rudderless, and near bankruptcy. In a staff meeting, Jobs shared his plan for revitalizing the struggling brand, touching on one... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Creating Trust in International Joint Ventures in Asia: An Empirical Comparative Study

In the wake of the currently ongoing financial crisis in Asia, we anticipate a rapid increase of international joint ventures between Asian and Western firms. However, so far, the sources of success in international joint ventures have not been well understood. Why do... View Details

Alvin E. Roth

Al Roth is the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, and in the Harvard Business School. His research, teaching, and consulting interests are in game theory, experimental economics, and... View Details

Keywords: e-commerce industry; education industry; health care; information; internet; legal services

05 Aug 2015
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How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

every problem they solved correctly. The participants graded their own papers and reported their own performance, meaning they had both an opportunity and an incentive to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Mar 2003
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Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

integrated mill left the market, the price of angle iron collapsed. Once again, the minimills had to move up to the next tier of the industry in order to survive. And so on. At each stage of the minimills' climb up-market, an asymmetry of... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

22 Mar 2021
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How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make

safety go hand-in-hand with a strong sense of shared organizational purpose, Edmondson explains, and that makes for a powerful combination. In some settings, such as radiation oncology, the team is highly View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Health

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Faculty & Research - Health Care

health care Research Collections Advancing Global, Public, and Societal Health Building Entrepreneurial Organizations Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences Increasing Value in Care Delivery Understanding Health Systems, Payors, View Details

14 Jun 2012
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“Power from Sunshine”: A Business History of Solar Energy

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Loubna Bouamane; Energy; Utilities

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