Employee Motivation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1997
News

Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

than 35 Israeli-Jordanian and Israeli- Egyptian joint ventures are already up and running. Why are top Middle Eastern business leaders now seeking out strategic alliances with their neighbors? What benefits can regional cooperation at the company level bring about? In... View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

01 Sep 2012
News

What’s the Big Idea?

Issue Focus: Ideas & Impact Illustration by Timothy Cook An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance Pleasure in Progress Teresa Amabile It sounds so obvious: Employees who make meaningful progress in their work enjoy... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

to and even surpass its established success. In parallel, Ilkbahar also needed to make sure that employee motivation at HBC’s original Fethiye location did not drop and the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

ultimate measure of performance is total return to the investor. There is passing reference to the fact that, without new thinking, this philosophy can be tough on employees (and one might add communities). There is recognition that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 May 2019
News

Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966

see,” says Dan Napoli, a retired Merrill partner. Bloomberg LP has grown into a global company with nearly 20,000 employees in 120 countries and is the primary source of information for the global financial system. By all accounts,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

Martha Lagace: What is missing in leadership models today? Michael Beer: Most formal leadership models do not incorporate institution-building in their definition of leadership. Leadership is thought of as a means for activating change, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Feb 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

Freeman would ask, "... how will the selected individual handle power?" Edward Hare suggested that results fall short of expectations "... because we don't understand motives (of the candidate for the leadership position)... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

shape standards, and promoting modularity. An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units Author:A. L. Tucker Periodical:Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007): 492-505... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About

fostering a culture of experimentation, or of inclusion, can also be powerful, as is giving employees a feeling of kinship and opportunities to put smiles on customers’ faces by enriching and improving their lives. Whatever the mechanism,... View Details

11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks Bringing Agency Back Into Network Research: Constrained Agency and Network Action By: Gulati, Ranjay, and Sameer B. Srivastava Abstract—We propose a framework of constrained agency grounded in the actors' resources and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

to the educational and developmental processes. Through this alliance, HP has enhanced its reputation in the educational community, and participating employees have enjoyed highly motivating and satisfying... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

contribution rates differ between employees hired before versus after the Roth introduction, which means that the amount of retirement consumption being purchased by 401(k) contributions increases after the Roth introduction. A survey... View Details

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

could lead to substantial growth.” But new research suggests that small businesses are far more fiscally conservative than banks realize. In fact, firms with up to 10 employees hold back spending on their revolving credit lines to create... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

01 Jun 2009
News

Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

ask questions or to appear vulnerable, and pressuring coworkers to prove themselves through acts of physical bravery. The goal of this company’s training was to enhance employee safety and reliability in a very hazardous workplace. We... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

Transparency: Its official motive of transparency allows citizens more control of information that affects them. Giving "power to the people" puts a new set of eyes and ears on government and holds officials more accountable.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

01 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

product managers spent on average only three percent of their time in contact with end consumers. Terry Leahy, CEO of Tesco, the UK supermarket chain, spends two days a week in stores interacting with employees and customers. But how far... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

22 Feb 2022
News

Vision: Learning Curve

cares that provide nutrition, health care, and educational support for mothers and young children—represent a particularly rich target. Rocket is currently working with the Ministry of Women and Child Development, which runs the centers, to help the country’s 1.4... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; education; entrepreneurship; startup; India; Educational Services

19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Investment This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 14, 2007

clients and employees who felt betrayed by the firm's apparent misconduct. He must confront some tough decisions about recently uncovered questions concerning the handling of certain accounting transactions three years earlier and about... View Details