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  • 10 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 10

those created by well-designed policy (the PPF). Specifically, this note analyzes how differences in governance structure, termination capabilities, funding mechanisms, and asset management policies created distinctly different financial outcomes and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

Publisher's Link: http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470392509.html How to Catch a Tiger: Understanding Putting Performance on the PGA TOUR Authors:Douglas Fearing, Jason Acimovic, and Stephen C. Graves... View Details
  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

profitability in Japan, the JPX-Nikkei400 Index was introduced in 2014. Each year the Index selected 400 large and liquid firms deemed best performing in terms of profitability; membership is considered highly prestigious. We document... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

compensation plan. Substantively, the paper sheds insights on how different elements of the compensation plan enhance productivity. We find evidence that: (1) bonuses enhance productivity across all segments; (2) overachievement commissions help sustain the high... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 08 Mar 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

ecosystem. It charges users only a moderate fee to coordinate their trading activities. Incentives such as the PowerSeller label reinforce standards for sellers that benefit the entire ecosystem. These View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
  • 07 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

examination of behavioral dynamics in supply chains examining demand and supply planning processes. In particular we were interested in how behavioral biases, e.g., psychological, incentive related, etc., affect both the making of... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

in America, and Work in Progress (co-authored with Michael Eisner, chairman of the Walt Disney Company). Schwartz is now president of LGE Performance Systems and co-created its Corporate Athlete training program, which aims to apply the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
  • March 1998 (Revised October 2015)
  • Case

Hamptonshire Express

By: V. G. Narayanan and Ananth Raman
Presents a series of problems that face a newspaper publisher, including inventory level, effort level, subsidy for unsold inventory, and commission for sales. Each problem is accompanied by one or more spreadsheets. Students must make various operational decisions. View Details
Keywords: Marketing Channels; Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Decision Making; Sales; Demand and Consumers; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; United States
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  • 26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26

April 2002, started providing its branch managers with customer lifetime value (CLV) information about mortgage applicants. The data allow us to gauge the effects of enriching the information set of these employees in an environment where View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

Incentive But the real advantage of open source, Lerner and Tirole discovered, is in the delayed or signaling incentives, where the visibility of the programmer's contribution counts most. Open source projects measure individual View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology
  • October 1996
  • Article

Assessing the Work Environment for Creativity

By: T. M. Amabile, R. Conti, H. Coon, J. Lazenby and M. Herron
We describe the development and validation of a new instrument, KEYS: Assessing the Climate for Creativity, designed to assess perceived stimulants and obstacles to creativity in organizational work environments. The KEYS scales have acceptable factor structures,... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Performance; Research; Theory
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  • April 2019
  • Case

Barber Cardiosystems

By: Ranjay Gulati and Paul S. Myers
Barber Cardiosystems, based in Melbourne, Australia, designs and manufactures therapeutic devices used for treatment of coronary conditions. Over four decades, it has grown to be among the top 200 medical device companies in the world. It competes against much larger... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Strategic Alignment; Cost Management; Performance Productivity; Organizational Culture; Motivation and Incentives; Organizational Design; Strategy; Leadership; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Australia
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  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

percent said that caregivers are perceived as less committed to their careers 55 percent said caregivers are less likely to progress as fast as their peers, even if they put forth the same effort 47 percent said that caregiving affected their work View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health
  • 16 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

or what their personal incentives might be for listing it. (Oftentimes by the time scripts are listed, they’ve already been sold to studios, who might want to list their own scripts in order to attract top actors and directors.) “If you... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

very lowest grade would have the incentive to disclose," says Luca. Despite that theory of "information unraveling," however, in reality that is generally not what happens. In the case of restaurants, very few voluntarily... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 31 Jul 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

getting up from their desks and taking a long walk. Companies can even build in incentives or rewards for workers who follow through. “Employees aren’t going to ask for time to work on their own wellness. In fact, workers will say they... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health
  • 16 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

making their own self-selection to continuously work from home. So companies should have the right processes and incentives in place to allow for that flexibility. Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury (@prithwic) is the Lumry Family Associate... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

when you're not in the room," he says. "The last thing we need when things are tough is to have people tell us what they think we want to hear." Manage Up "Remind your superiors about your added responsibilities," says Susan Battley, CEO of... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
  • 23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

year gains. We evaluate the performance of all policies under consideration using the same statistical and simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2021
  • HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

1990s to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem that could harness its business-minded immigrant population. Strategic investment had given rise to creative events and spaces, like the international Art Basel fair in Miami, new performing... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

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