Motivation and Incentives - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

motivate people. The top team ideally spends time discussing the legacy they want to leave: This develops the sense of long term purpose required for a successful journey to HCHP. Engage key people below the leadership team. Ask them if... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

careers began when men dominated the workforce and women shouldered all caregiving needs. Now a vicious cycle persists: Employees suffer in silence and eschew potentially helpful benefits, View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

01 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

On Facebook and a myriad of other social media platforms, you can find out who your friends are dating, see pictures of their last vacation, and even know what they had for lunch yesterday. It is now... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

different resources to accomplish something productive,” says Khanna. “That means you are motivating people to do things, and the only way to motivate people is to communicate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

matters. If people lack that meaning, it's very hard for them to stay intrinsically motivated and creative. Many managers don't realize how necessary it is to help people understand the importance of their... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Aug 2017
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Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

leadership talent with the attitude, training, and willingness to devote the time to this difficult task of engagement, which can have a significant impact on performance. Too much emphasis on “making the numbers” to the exclusion of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2023
News

Drop Everything, Read This

The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader to be open to clues and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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V.G. Narayanan | About

research focuses on management accounting with an interest in performance evaluation and incentives. He uses field experiments to understand how firms can use incentives and... View Details

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

challenge is going to be and I can't get motivated about it." Q: Are there particular experiences that lead to an impasse? A: No. Our lives are unique. We all experience impasse, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Competition Make Us More Creative?

Competition can bring out the best in salespeople, athletes, and participants in hot dog eating contests—but can it make employees more creative? A recent working paper by Daniel P. Gross finds that competition can View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

30 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies

It's not often that a best seller inspires academic research. If anything, it's usually the other way around. But Harvard Business School Associate Professor Diego A. Comin was motivated by reading Guns, Germs, View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

2021
Chapter

Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s

By: Sabine Pitteloud

This chapter focuses on the role of Industrie-Holding, the Federation of Swiss Industrial Multinational Companies, in the introduction of an investment risk guarantee during the 1960s. The chapter therefore contributes to a) the growing body of literature on how... View Details

Keywords: Investments; Multinational Companies; Political Risk; Business ＆ Government Relations; Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Switzerland

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20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

early Facebook fad, planking is the act of lying face-down in an incongruous place. It is the epitome of digital narcissism and any hint of motive other than "look at me" just clouds the picture.... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton

1996
Book

Creativity in Context

By: T. M. Amabile

Keywords: Creativity; Theory; Research; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment; Organizational Culture; Measurement and Metrics; Personal Characteristics; Cognition and Thinking; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Social Psychology

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

financial performance of corporations, the design of incentive and control systems to guide strategy execution, corporate reporting, and the role of investors in this new... View Details

31 Jul 2017
HBS Case

It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family

at hand was relatively easy,” says Raiche. “The minutia required to make it happen was the difficult part.” Many cases studied at HBS show an existing system, with processes, hierarchy, and incentives that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

I've experienced first-hand the excitement and pain that come as companies with a few founders scale to hundreds or thousands of employees. At somewhere around 75 to 100 employees, running a business becomes more complicated, demanding... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

advocating for the action plan, they should again ask for input about the pros and cons. This helps employees feel as if they own the plan, which, in turn, motivates them to do their part to help it succeed.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Nov 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS MyTake?

your favorite MyTakes with us? Of course! While some are quite private, we have some really outstanding stories that I can't help but share. One of my classmates told a story of how her high school track and field coach really pushed... View Details

28 Apr 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Payout Policy

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely & Martin C. Schmalz

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