Rewards And Penalties - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Apr 2015
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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... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

26 Sep 2011
HBS Case

larger, but the potential rewards increase, too." “The risks increase as the size of the venue increases, but the potential revenue goes up as well” With arena performances, the Gaga team was looking at some $12 million in start-up... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

product." 14 EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War

explains. "They did not realize that less than 20 percent of the population in Vietnam live in the cities; the other 80 percent live in the countryside and are among the poorest people in the world." For Hoa, one of the most View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)

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Leading Successful Digital Transformation

during this interim period of upskilling, and the incentive and reward system should be adjusted to allow current employees to go through this U-curve of performance. A final... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

Founder, Chairman & CEO, Boston Culinary Group, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Harvard College, 1967 A.B., Government and Economics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The analytical process I learned at HBS... View Details

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Why HBS? - Doctoral

300 Academic Publications $ 140 m. Investment in Research Student Research Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers By: Mengjie Cheng and Shunyuan Zhang 01 JUL 2025 | Management Science... View Details

28 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?

rewards for their efforts, workers may have low incentives to boost the quantity or novelty of what they create. And if the platforms choose to maximize their own profits by opting for a fixed-price View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

01 Jan 2011
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Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

working in the public sector to be extremely rewarding and is deeply committed to helping small US manufacturers who operate in large corporate supply chains. "We cannot lose their expertise," she... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

Now Key Concepts Identify a business opportunity Evaluate an idea and assess the market Explore the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship Leverage experiments to validate... View Details

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

professors are evaluated in part on the number of papers they publish in peer-reviewed journals. Primarily written for and read by other academics, many of those journals tend to reward novelty over... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

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Yung Winata

airplane (probably a clichéd analogy for an Air Force Veteran). The take-off can be a bit unsteady and there is a steep climb. But the climb levels out before you know it. You settle into your seat and you... View Details

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

developing. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A View Details

Portrait Project

Josh Bronstein

organizations. The right to a rewarding career — one that engages the mind and fills the heart with joy — shouldn't be limited to just a privileged few; everyone has dreams. I want to fundamentally change... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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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... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance

02 Aug 2017
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Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

leadership talent with the attitude, training, and willingness to devote the time to this difficult task of engagement, which can have a significant impact on performance. Too much emphasis on “making the numbers” to the exclusion of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Box Office Power of Stars

We all understand at some level that stars in the worlds of film, sports, and even business create results. If you want big box office for Pirates of the Caribbean, it probably pays to sign Johnny Depp to play the lead. But Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

30 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?

leadership for an organization. Robert Kaplan and David Norton, in their books, The Balanced Scorecard and The Strategy-Focused Organization, have argued for performance measures View Details