Motivation and Incentives - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jul 2017
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Pushing the Next Generation Forward

know how best to deploy their talents and motivate them in circumstances that can be discouraging.” He also cites the value of the HBS case method in preparing him for decision-making in a pressure-filled,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Apr 1997
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Manager's Notebook

Professor Jeffrey F. Rayport and John Hagel III (MBA '77, JD '78), a principal in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office, detail how managers will resolve the upcoming tug-of-war over this valuable information asset. Until recently,... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

16 Jan 2018
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Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

SPNM scholarship program a primary focus of its fundraising activities because the program’s impact in the region is so far-reaching. “Our members have been most motivated to give back to the community through SPNM,” says Panoff. “This is... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 Sep 2017
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Living the Quantitative Life

our business, we get a lot of emails and we deal with a lot of emails. And so being able to chart that and almost be able to celebrate as you able to just make small dents in... View Details

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

Jennings was reduced to ending the show by acknowledging “our new computer overlords.” At IBM, the mood was euphoric, but Ferrucci had always had an ulterior motive for developing Watson. “I actually was pre-med in college View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

29 Apr 2016
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The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

situations—gives them energy and motivation to fill out housing applications or job applications that they simply didn’t have before.” What does your role at ArtLifting involve? “A little bit of everything!... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

and measure yourself against accordingly. Learn quickly what your true "drivers" are—what really motivates and energizes you—and then pursue a career that is coherent with... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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A Conversation with Dean Clark

information technology, and new developments in our MBA Program have motivated us to take a close look at our plans for the campus over the next decade. These plans have focused on several needs that we see... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 response. In a recent blog post, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative connected with several first and second year fellows to hear about their work. “Being able to see the impact my work is creating on people on a day-to-day... View Details

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

incentive award was announced for the best new application of technology, he set his sights on winning it—and did. "AutoCAD had been around, but it wasn't being used at Bath Iron Works," he recalls. "I ran the numbers on the cost savings... View Details

13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending

least for very long. For the last 14 months she has been running circles around Hollywood, since signing on as employee number one of a startup called Quibi. After devoting the previous two decades to Silicon Valley’s Fortune 500 scene—first growing eBay from a staff... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

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