Rewards And Penalties - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

accountable to senior management for employing the process regularly, and second, rewarding those who do with recognition and promotion. That is exactly what Southwest Airlines... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

26 Aug 2024
Blog Post

HBS Lingo 101

understanding of engineering. SA: The HBS Student Association represents and advocates for the student body and serves as the main interface between students and the... View Details

02 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 2

Publications Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance Authors: Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim Publication: Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

inclusive CEO increased a company’s average three-day return by 0.8 percent. This is likely because these managers retain staff, which may result in increased operating efficiency and innovation, Zou says, View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

22 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

Business leaders can't develop and execute effective strategy without first gathering the right information, says Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons. In his new book, Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

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Japan - Global

modern Japanese culture through various immersive activities. The program provided an enjoyable and rewarding experience, fostering a deeper understanding of Japan's innovation landscape View Details

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

time is also effective. Employers could consider supplementing financial incentives with time-based rewards, like extra vacation time or flex days, or health perks, like gym memberships, says Whillans, author of the book Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

non-financial reward. The analysis yields three main findings. First, non-financial rewards are more effective at eliciting effort than either financial rewards or the volunteer contract View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

its infancy was lucky, he will tell you, although hard work also played a part. Taking care of his family and returning the financial rewards of that success to the greater good makes cosmic sense to Kim:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

Managers today have a problem. They know their companies must grow. But growth is hard, especially given today's economic environment where investment capital is difficult to come by and firms are reluctant to take risks. Managers know... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

05 Mar 2009
What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

some comforting words? We applaud candor while sometimes penalizing those who pursue it. Exhibit A is President Barack Obama, whose candor (assuming he really believes what he is saying about the potential length and depth of the current... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

by Sears auto mechanics, to disappearing New York cab drivers, to Enron. Do you see goals as a contributor to our current economic collapse? A: There are lots of culprits, which certainly include dysfunctional reward systems. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

hidden biases embedded in internal systems, organizational structures, and decision-making processes. It's often hard, for example, to get the kind of cost information you need to think strategically. Or the company's incentive system... View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

independent decisions and to find ways to improve operations—including their own. Reward achievement with pay based on performance, but keep raising the performance bar. Pay psychological View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

start a company after receiving funding from the South Park Commons Founder Fellowship, a program designed to support entrepreneurs at the pre-idea stage. Alongside two former colleagues, I co-founded an on-campus rewards platform for... View Details

22 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture

frequent celebrations. In addition, BHC rewards individual accomplishments through such things as "WOW (Workers becoming Owners and Winners) Super Service Certificates," appreciation cards for... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Joe Wheeler

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Brian Knutson and Uma R. Karmarkar Although linked, researchers have long distinguished appetitive from consummatory phases of reward processing. Recent improvements in the spatial View Details

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

personal lives, but they often need the help of well-managed social institutions to succeed. Leaders have several structural devices they can use to promote this balance. For example, they can balance financial and symbolic View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

learning programs) to help the lower income groups and the under-privileged Government could launch reward programs to both groups to encourage their willingness to participate." Peter McCann said that,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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