Financial Incentives - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

incentives to do that. At the time of entering the collaboration with the JLCM, it held an oligopolistic leading position in its industry on a global level, reaching almost 80 percent of the Mexican market. Moreover, increasing its market... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

exiting shareholders receive fair value in MBOs. This article identifies four factors that create an unlevel playing field in that market check: information asymmetries, valuable management, management financial View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

high tax costs when repatriating earnings. Estimates indicate that a one standard deviation increase in the tax burden from repatriating foreign income is associated with a 7.9% increase in the ratio of cash to net assets. In addition, certain firms, specifically those... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas Pitt, savior of the East India... View Details

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

already dominated by Microsoft, and given that the financial motive is secondary, it will be very hard for anyone to oust Linux. The organizational stream of research on OSS has identified several drivers of motivation to contribute to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

tax system can help us get there" On a recent and unexpectedly warm day for a New England fall, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge sat down to discuss tax policy in general and reform in particular with Professor Matthew C. Weinzierl and Mihir A. Desai,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

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