Motivation and Incentives - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

incentives that encourage them to give back, as skepticism about corporate America remains high and the world faces widespread global challenges brought on by COVID-19 and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Editor's Note: Christian Ketels wrote this paper for the World Bank's Development Debate, "What Do We Mean by Export Competitiveness and How Do Countries Achieve it in an Uncertain World?" held March 29, 2010. Ketels is... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

28 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

publishing platform, the site tended to promote those books more aggressively, and in turn, flat-fee books received more views. The message, Zhu says, is simple: “The contractual agreement changes the View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

incentives and tracking for embodied emissions:While EcoWorld was full of cutting-edge innovations to minimize the carbon footprint of its operations (see Figure 5), the approach to reducing embodied... View Details

Research Summary

Overview

By: Feng Zhu

Professor Zhu’s research focuses on the design of platform business models and its impact on platform performance. Platforms have become central to our economy. A platform is a product or service that enables two or more customer groups to interact. For example,... View Details

05 Sep 2014
News

Keeping Education in Check

practice.) It’s not just Berman’s own history and hope for the future success of children that motivates him—he notes that there is real science behind his belief. In 2000, for example, researchers found... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

Profile

Brandon Lovell

When pushed, Brandon Lovell fights back. In his high school years in the South Bronx ("not the worst neighborhood, but pretty bad"), Brandon saw many students being bullied. The experience was formative: on the one hand, it View Details

Keywords: Tech; Financial Services

04 Jun 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?

value of their lifetime revenue streams, can provide a strong incentive for continued product and service excellence. At the same time that former manufacturing enterprises are adopting the subscription... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Why You Are Unhappy at Work

tampatra Some 71 percent of American workers are hunting for new jobs, and a hefty percentage feel they are not paid fairly or get enough recognition, according to the 2017 Mind the Workplace report. Time pressure, megalomaniacal... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

capital structure, as permitted under the Bankruptcy Code. In general, this is how Chapter 11 gives new lenders the incentive to lend to a financially distressed business; even if the company ultimately fails View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

26 Jun 2023
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

business and policy realms. Climate is a space where you need to lean into policies to shape incentives, which can, in turn, create incentives for new business models and... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

deployment in scale to have an impact. It is industry that knows how to scale things—not government, and not the public. My final comment about these actions—they required leadership and desire on the part... View Details

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

How can a company from an emerging economy manage to make waves in global business? Ask Embraer. The Brazilian firm also known as Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. is the fourth largest commercial aircraft manufacturer in the world, behind Boeing, Airbus View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

07 Nov 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

the heart of his long-run success” Ferguson's career indeed is an impressive feat. Look around for leading executives in any industry who have managed to succeed with the same firm at the highest levels for nearly three decades. Ferguson's talents include deft... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

as a motivation for their philanthropic support. “When we consider the impact that we personally can have on society versus the impact that HBS can have, the School wins, hands down,” says Ben. The couple has designated their recent... View Details

02 Nov 2018
Blog Post

When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

and everything else in life, but the iLab is our startup sanctuary that keeps us motivated and accountable. The space allows us to shift focus mentally from being students to... View Details

19 Dec 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

New Year, New Habits

entrepreneurs. Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior Psychological nudges can be a cost-effective way for governments to get citizens to do the right thing. 5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists Behavioral... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Web

Electricity - Business & Environment

combating it.” Trevor Hill HBS MBA 2020, Co-President, Energy & Environment Club Alla Jezmir HBS MBA 2013, Managing Director, Energy, CCM Group “Being part of the collective effort to reduce and mitigate the adverse consequences of... View Details

07 Feb 2019
Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

innovation strategy, design a system for creativity, and build up an enterprise’s cultural DNA. Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, shares insights in our Q&A. Martha Lagace: Your title, Creative... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

understand what to do. For organizations that want to change, it’s completely accessible. You see both the capability and the motivation, whereas before maybe you had the motivation but not the capability.... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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