Pay-for-Performance - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Apr 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Pooling on Throughput Time in Discretionary Work Settings: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay

Keywords: by Hummy Song, Anita L. Tucker & Karen L. Murrell; Health

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

09 Apr 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

more ethically when focused on what not to do. Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation Be Replaced? In spite of its naysayers, pay-for-performance compensation still makes sense to most of us. But there is a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

look more carefully at how budgets drive compensation and, in turn, behavior. In a traditional pay-for-performance incentive system, a manager's total cash compensation (salary plus bonus) is constant until a minimum performance hurdle is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

be higher and the pay-for-performance sensitivity will be lower relative to a scenario in which the measure is not mandated. In contrast, if the mandated measure's informativeness dominates the measure's sensitivity to effort, then effort... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

assembly line, marketing, sales, and after-sales service channels) A management model (the hierarchy) A social or regulatory system (specialized work, pay-for-performance incentives, worker education, unions, antitrust laws) As we enter... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

02 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 2

Andrew Huang and the Center had worked with the Taiwan National Health Insurance system to create a pay-for-performance reimbursement program for breast cancer care that has since been adopted by five other providers. The program issues... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

executives. Healy: To put it in context, we live in a society in which the stars—entertainers, professional athletes, the top performers in any industry—make all the money. That includes the executive market as well. The irony about View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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