Motivation and Incentives - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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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

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

13 Feb 2020
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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

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

15 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change

Keywords: by Chonnikarn Fern Jira & Michael W. Toffel

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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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Understand your motivational drivers, emotional intelligence, and communication methods to establish a personal leadership style Apply or adapt your leadership... View Details

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Research & Teaching - Creating Emerging Markets

might include: How do entrepreneurs in emerging markets build world-class brands? Why and how do entrepreneurs in emerging markets think about 'going global'? Are the motivating factors for them different... View Details

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

February 2006 (Revised September 2006)
Case

Sippican Corporation (A)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Presents a time-driven version of the Wilkerson Co. activity-based costing case (101092). Faced with declining profits, Sippican Corp. is struggling to understand why it is encountering severe price competition on one product line. The controller collects data that... View Details

Keywords: History; Business Model; Strategic Planning; Cost Accounting; Motivation and Incentives; Resource Allocation; Activity Based Costing and Management; Profit; Business Strategy; Budgets and Budgeting

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03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

What do you do when the people with whom you are negotiating act in ways that can best be called counterproductive? Before throwing up your hands, take a deep breath and ask yourself 3 questions. Do these people lack good information? Are... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

14 Jun 2021
Op-Ed

When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative

consultants in a wide range of organizations, and they had taught in executive education for years. I had neither a consulting nor a teaching background. Walking to class, knowing that more than 90 executives were waiting for my wisdom, I... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

believe that surgery is the proper course of action, but her perception is biased: She has an incentive and makes money off the decision to operate. Another surgeon might just as easily come to the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

and motivating others. She recruited her brothers to tutor students, her Princeton alumni club to paint classrooms, her investment banker friends to help write a budget, and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

level-setting on terminology and definitions; major policy drivers and incentives in the US; and examples of EJ being applied by businesses,... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

of contract. "And there are usually financial incentives attached: Career prospects and bonuses ride on this contract—incentives for hitting the targets amount to as much as 97 percent of a U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

late William H. Meckling note these issues: The cost of delegating decision rights to those who have the relevant information but whose motivations and goals don't align with those of the company. The cost... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

Fairygodboss Fairygodboss is the largest female career community where highly motivated and authentic women can connect with other career-minded individuals to share real-life experiences View Details

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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

financial stability? Do the banking and shadow banking sectors contribute to financial instability? Do novel financial products contribute to instability? Governance, Incentives, and Culture How important... View Details

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