Productivity Incentives - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

psychological safety, and embracing failure and conflict. Individuals who learn to team well acquire knowledge, skills, and networks. Organizations learn to solve complex, cross-disciplinary problems, build stronger and more unified cultures, deliver a wide variety of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

from consumption complementarities. We show that the combination of preference for variety and consumption complementarities gives rise to (1) a commons problem (to better satisfy their individual preference for variety, users have an View Details

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

incentives make a difference in whether global warming and its fallout are contained. A growing number of climate solution startups count on government spending to give their customers purchasing power and a reason to buy. State and local... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

Business Review What’s the Right Kind of Bonus to Motivate Your Sales Force? By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—Companies typically compensate their sales force by using some combination of salary, commission, and bonuses, but executives are often unsure... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

to write about globalization, accounting standards and, in particular, Indian accounting standards? Gregory Miller: Globalization is the major issue in determining the future of financial reporting. As financial and product markets become... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services

31 Mar 2023
News

How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we're going to highlight another one of the great podcasts here at HBS: Managing the Future of Work, hosted by professor and visiting fellow at the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

02 Sep 2018
News

Havana Rising

them in their home, meeting their family.” That human connection, she says, is often valued above the financial incentive in Cuba. Gordon gives an example: When hiring a group of economists from the University of Havana for a consulting... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

royalties from content sales. We consider a game-theoretic model in which two platforms offer different standalone utilities to users. We find that incentives to establish one-way compatibility—the platform owner with smaller standalone... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

bank's shares. This contrasts with outside shareholders who are more likely to expose their bank to higher risk levels when regulation protects the bank against default. Managerial equity incentives may, therefore, serve as a risk... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise Zoe Cullen Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Product Management Sara McKinley Torti Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management) Mitchell Weiss Fall 2024 Q1Q2... View Details

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

externalities, two traditionally under-emphasized forces, exert consistently strong effects. Within each macro network, there is a large heterogeneity across subsidiaries. Subsidiaries with greater size and higher productivity attract... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2019
Case

Shell: A Company of Opportunity?

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Emer Moloney

The Opportunity Hub was a cloud-based platform that enabled managers to market projects they were working on and associated resourcing needs as “Opportunity Owners” and employees, or “Opportunity Seekers,” to browse these statements of need and engage when they had... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Change Management; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Energy; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Human Resources; Employees; Retention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Labor; Human Capital; Labor Unions; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Performance Productivity; Strategic Planning; Projects; Motivation and Incentives; Business Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks; Technology Platform; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United Kingdom; Netherlands

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09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

process itself can actually shape the realized strategy of the firm. This can include internal reporting structures and incentive systems, but it can also reflect external factors such as capital markets and customers. One of the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

feature advertisements, and aisle displays) at the fiscal quarter end when they have greater incentive to boost earnings. Our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth earnings (Graham,... View Details