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- 1993
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Trading Blocs and the Incentive to Protect: Implications for Japan and East Asia
By: Kenneth A. Froot and David B. Yoffie
Froot, Kenneth A., and David B. Yoffie. "Trading Blocs and the Incentive to Protect: Implications for Japan and East Asia." Chap. 4 in Regionalism and Rivalry: Japan and the United States in Pacific Asia, edited by Jeffrey A. Frankel and M. Kahler, 125–156. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
- 28 Jan 2019
- News
Forget Cash. Here are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
- 15 Dec 2021
- News
Pandemic Sweetens Lure of Smaller Cities’ Relocation Incentives
- 02 Nov 2005
- Conference Presentation
Wage Policies and Incentives to Invest in Firm-Specific Human Capital
By: George P. Baker, Nancy D. Beaulieu and Cristian Voicu
- 2019
- Working Paper
Status Pivoting: Coping with Status Threats through Motivated Trade-off Beliefs and Consumption across Domains
By: Dafna Goor, Anat Keinan and Nailya Ordabayeva
Prior research established that status threat leads consumers to display status-related products such as luxury brands. While compensatory consumption in the domain of the status threat (e.g., products associated with financial and professional success) is the most... View Details
- 01 Apr 1976
- Conference Presentation
Deadlines: Their Effect on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation
By: W. DeJong, Teresa M. Amabile and M. R. Lepper
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives
- 2013
- Article
Achievement Motivation, Strategic Orientations and Business Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms: How Different are Japanese and American Founders?
By: Rohit Deshpandé, Amir Grinstein, Elie Ofek and Sang-Hoon Kim
Purpose: There is lack of research on the link between the personal disposition of an entrepreneurial firm's founder, the firm's strategic orientation, and its performance outcomes. Also, there is lack of cross-national research on entrepreneurial firms' strategic... View Details
Keywords: Motivation; Entrepreneurs; Japan; Motivation and Incentives; Entrepreneurship; Japan; United States
Deshpandé, Rohit, Amir Grinstein, Elie Ofek, and Sang-Hoon Kim. "Achievement Motivation, Strategic Orientations and Business Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms: How Different are Japanese and American Founders?" International Marketing Review 30, no. 3 (2013).
- March 1997
- Article
Incentives and Cooperation: The Joint Effects of Task and Reward Interdependence on Group Performance
By: George P. Baker and Ruth Wageman
Baker, George P., and Ruth Wageman. "Incentives and Cooperation: The Joint Effects of Task and Reward Interdependence on Group Performance." Journal of Organizational Behavior 18, no. 2 (March 1997).
- July 2010
- Article
Is a Higher Calling Enough? Incentives Effects in the Church
By: Christopher Parsons, J. Hartzell and D. Yermack
We study the compensation and productivity of more than 2,000 Methodist ministers in a 43‐year panel data set. The church appears to use pay‐for‐performance incentives for its clergy, as their compensation follows a sharing rule by which pastors receive approximately... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Organizations; Religion; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits
Parsons, Christopher, J. Hartzell, and D. Yermack. "Is a Higher Calling Enough? Incentives Effects in the Church." Journal of Labor Economics 28, no. 3 (July 2010): 509–538.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment
By: Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas
We conduct a field experiment in which we vary the sales force compensation scheme at an Asian enterprise that sells consumer durable goods. With variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Sales Force Compensation; Field Experiment; Heterogeneity; Loss Aversion; Reciprocity; Motivation and Incentives; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits
Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas. "Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-084, April 2015. (Revised November 2015.)
- November 2012
- Article
Empirical Observations on Longer-term Use of Incentives for Weight Loss
By: Leslie K. John, George Loewenstein and Kevin Volpp
Behavioral economic-based interventions are emerging as powerful tools to help individuals accomplish their own goals, including weight loss. Deposit contract incentive systems give participants the opportunity to put their money down toward losing weight, which they... View Details
Keywords: Weight Loss; Obesity; Behavioral Economics; Intervention; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives
John, Leslie K., George Loewenstein, and Kevin Volpp. "Empirical Observations on Longer-term Use of Incentives for Weight Loss." Preventive Medicine 55, Supplement 1 (November 2012): S68–S74.
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
contact us.” The organization also sent the original letter without the additional line to a different set of delinquent taxpayers, allowing the government to measure the change. The intervention proved to be valuable. More people began stepping up View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- November–December 2012
- Article
Toward a Theory of Extended Contact: The Incentives and Opportunities for Bridging Across Network Communities
By: Maxim Sytch, Adam Tatarynowicz and Ranjay Gulati
This study investigates the determinants of bridging ties within networks of interconnected firms. Bridging ties are defined as nonredundant connections between firms located in different network communities. We highlight how firms can enter into these relationships... View Details
Sytch, Maxim, Adam Tatarynowicz, and Ranjay Gulati. "Toward a Theory of Extended Contact: The Incentives and Opportunities for Bridging Across Network Communities." Organization Science 23, no. 6 (November–December 2012): 1658–1681.
Motivating Effort in Contributing to Public Goods Inside Organizations: Field Experimental Evidence
We investigate the factors driving workers’ decisions to generate public goods inside an organization through a randomized solicitation of workplace improvement proposals in a medical center with 1200 employees. We find that pecuniary incentives, such as winning... View Details
- May 2013
- Article
Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Shoes Are Cute: Cognition Can Both Hurt and Help Motivated Moral Reasoning
By: Neeru Paharia, Kathleen Vohs and Rohit Deshpandé
The present research investigated the dual role of cognition as either an enabler of moral reasoning or self-interested motivated reasoning for endorsing sweatshop labor. Experiment 1A showed motivated reasoning: participants were more likely to endorse the use of... View Details
Paharia, Neeru, Kathleen Vohs, and Rohit Deshpandé. "Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Shoes Are Cute: Cognition Can Both Hurt and Help Motivated Moral Reasoning." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 121, no. 1 (May 2013): 81–88.
- 1 Dec 2021
- Interview
Hubert Joly on Humanizing the Profit Motive
Can businesses afford to see employees in terms other than unit labor cost? How do you factor the Golden Rule into a profit and loss statement? Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly explains how unlearning business orthodoxies helped him prove that a human-centered approach... View Details
"Hubert Joly on Humanizing the Profit Motive." Managing the Future of Work (podcast), Harvard Business School, December 1, 2021.
- December 2005
- Article
Adaptation in Vertical Relationships: Beyond Incentive Conflict
By: Ranjay Gulati, P. Lawrence and P. Puranam
Gulati, Ranjay, P. Lawrence, and P. Puranam. "Adaptation in Vertical Relationships: Beyond Incentive Conflict." Strategic Management Journal 26, no. 12 (December 2005): 415–440.
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
working to understand their motivations and tracking their reactions to cultural and political events. Her unique insights have made her a regular on CNN View Details
- 15 Dec 2006
- Working Paper Summaries