Rewards - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

that people asked to resist temptation in anticipation of reward become less productive and make more mistakes in their current tasks. The research paper Temptation at Work, by Harvard Business School research fellow Marco Piovesan and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Jan 2011
HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

selecting, training, and rewarding Taj employees for their work. Mandate To Delight Awards are given for longer terms of service, for example, with Group Chairman Ratan Tata (HBS AMP 71, 1975) personally recognizing those who have served... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

articles on emerging markets—despite their now huge importance in the global economy. The reason is that journal editors reward the authors of papers employing rigorous testing of rigorous datasets. Once you leave North America, Europe,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

sure employees were being honest in their beliefs about others’ compensation, the researchers, working with the bank’s HR department, offered monetary rewards for employees who accurately guessed the average salaries of others. They found... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

first time that the high school has had an African-American debate coach. It’s a win-win for the workers and the community. I expect many towns to try something similar.” Ultimately, Choudhury says, employees, companies, and local economies reap View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

train in the sport that had taught him the rewards of continuous physical, mental, and emotional self-improvement? Most of the gyms he toured were “dark and dingy, behind a noodle shop in Chinatown,” mirroring martial arts’ marginalized... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

unlikely to stick their necks out unless they feel very strongly that misconduct is occurring and that there will be some reward for coming forward,” Campbell says. On the other hand, sites such as Glassdoor allow employees to freely vent... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

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

judged or rewarded on the engagement levels of their charges? The challenge begins with hiring the right people. When Amazon announces, as it did last month, that it plans to hire 50,000 people in one day into an organization with about... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)

demographic characteristics. Motivated Managers That is one of the biggest decisions a business can make, Campbell says. Franchising creates a strong motivation for local managers to maximize performance, since they're rewarded with a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

impact, the incentive model will reward the farmers leading the cooperative on sustainable dairy production. In parallel, Arla HQ is offering technical assistance and support for farmers, sharing resources and best practices so that... View Details

Profile

Ethan Li

"There's always something unexpected that happens that can be very valuable. When I'm rewarded for taking risk, I want to take more risk. Ethan’s work at Alibaba "involved a lot of work between cultures and mindsets – Asia... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Manufacturing/Energy

12 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?

The rewards of research Do those investments pay off? Researchers examined revenue, stock returns, clinical value, and the population impacted by the novel drug. And they quantified the risk of those investments, coming up with a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Pharmaceutical

Web

5 Facts about Clubs at HBS - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

managers from pursuing value-destroying opportunities within the firm just for the sake of deploying capital or because they want to run larger companies. And, distributing cash through buybacks can help reward loyal shareholders who... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

through a flat fee also propel them to produce more interesting content. The findings may prompt publishers to consider changing their pay structure in ways that reward writers for originality. Beyond publishing, the research sheds light... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

Web

Research - Health Care

Neurology Clinical Practices with Performance Outcomes By: Peter N. Hadar, Susanna Gallani and Lidia Moura Physician burnout, which is prevalent in neurology, has accelerated in recent years. While multifactorial, a major contributing factor to burnout is a payment... View Details

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

access to professional networks. After launching a successful pilot as a Social Enterprise Fellow this summer, it is so rewarding to see Advisors who share our mission of racial equity go out of their way to advocate for others — and to... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Stan O’Neal

native. “I find it terribly rewarding and humbling. It is hard for me to imagine anything I’d enjoy more.” O’Neal, named one of the “25 Most Powerful People in Business” by Fortune magazine this year, joined Merrill in 1986 as director of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

succeed. The first intervention aimed to overcome reticence among lower-performing employees by giving them a structured process to speak with their colleagues. The second sought to overcome resistance from higher-performing employees by View Details