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      • 1979
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      Incentives in Public Decision Making

      By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
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      Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. Incentives in Public Decision Making. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1979.
      • 1978
      • Article

      An Incentive Compatible Planning Procedure for Public Good Production

      By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
      It is only recently that economic theorists have faced the fact that the proposed allocation mechanisms in economies with public goods might have bad incentive properties. In this paper we introduce a new planning procedure such that truthful revelation of the marginal... View Details
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      Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "An Incentive Compatible Planning Procedure for Public Good Production." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 80, no. 1 (1978): 20–33.
      • June 1977 (Revised May 1997)
      • Case

      University of Trent

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger
      Focuses on two issues: 1) technical systems that can be employed in nonprofit organizations for control and motivational purposes. Systems discussed range from payroll monitoring systems to zero-base budgeting and 2) the managerial environment needed for serious... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Motivation and Incentives; Business or Company Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Governance Controls; Education Industry
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      Herzlinger, Regina E. "University of Trent." Harvard Business School Case 177-245, June 1977. (Revised May 1997.)
      • October 1976 (Revised May 1985)
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      Raytheon Co.: Diversification

      By: Michael E. Porter
      Centers on the question of whether Raytheon should enter the electronic component distribution industry in the context of its broad diversification approach and acquisition criteria. This industry represents a vertical integration area for Raytheon, so the analytical... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Policy; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution; Diversification; Vertical Integration; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry
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      Porter, Michael E. "Raytheon Co.: Diversification." Harvard Business School Case 377-055, October 1976. (Revised May 1985.)
      • 01 Apr 1976
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      Deadlines: Their Effect on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation

      By: W. DeJong, Teresa M. Amabile and M. R. Lepper
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives
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      DeJong, W., Teresa M. Amabile, and M. R. Lepper. "Deadlines: Their Effect on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation." Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Annual Convention, Los Angeles, April 01, 1976.
      • July 1976
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      Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation

      By: T. M. Amabile, W. DeJong and M. R. Lepper
      Studied the effects of externally imposed deadlines on individuals' task performance and their subsequent interest in the task. In 1 deadline condition, 20 male undergraduates were given an explicit time limit for solving a series of initially interesting word games.... View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Time Management; Social Psychology; Situation or Environment
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      Amabile, T. M., W. DeJong, and M. R. Lepper. "Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 34, no. 1 (July 1976): 92–98.
      • January 1976 (Revised June 1984)
      • Case

      Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (A)

      By: John P. Kotter
      In 1969, Megalith centralized its financial and control functions. John Boyd, senior vice president for finance, hired four brilliant young managers to "bring the group out of the stone age." By 1975, this management team had created a near-perfect finance office of... View Details
      Keywords: Management Teams; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Problems and Challenges
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      Kotter, John P. "Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (A)." Harvard Business School Case 476-107, January 1976. (Revised June 1984.)
      • January 1975 (Revised September 1982)
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      First Federal Savings (A)

      By: Jay W. Lorsch
      Raises questions about basing a reward system on profit and changing MBO indicators through time. View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Banking Industry
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      Lorsch, Jay W. "First Federal Savings (A)." Harvard Business School Case 475-072, January 1975. (Revised September 1982.)
      • summer 1972
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      Further Thoughts on Patient Incentives

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Lester Lave
      Keywords: Health; Motivation and Incentives
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Lester Lave. "Further Thoughts on Patient Incentives." Health Services Research 7 (summer 1972): 148–150. (see first article, "Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance," Health Services Research (winter 1971): 288-300.)
      • winter 1971
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      Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Lester Lave
      Keywords: Health; Insurance; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Lester Lave. "Patient Incentives and Hospital Insurance." Health Services Research 6 (winter 1971): 288–300. (see also "Further Thoughts on Patient Incentives," Health Services Research (summer 1972): 148-150.)
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      Managing and Motivating Engineers

      By: Michael Beer
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      Beer, Michael. "Managing and Motivating Engineers." Joint Engineering Management Conference Proceedings 15th (1967): 82–95. (Managing Engineering Manpower.)
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      New Interest in Incentive Financing

      By: Samuel Hayes
      The article presents the findings of a study on incentive financings as they apply to institutional investors, particularly life insurance company investors. The author made contact with investment officers in 29 insurance companies, and have collected a considerable... View Details
      Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Financing and Loans; Institutional Investing
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      Hayes, Samuel. "New Interest in Incentive Financing." Harvard Business Review 44, no. 4 (July–August 1966): 99–112. (Reprinted: Brigham, Earl, Ricks, R. B., Readings in the Essentials of Managerial Finance. Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1968.)
      • 1966
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      Leadership, Employee Needs, and Motivation

      By: Michael Beer
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      Beer, Michael. Leadership, Employee Needs, and Motivation. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University, Bureau of Business Research, 1966.
      • Research Summary

      By: Srikant M. Datar
      Datar's research interests are in the cost management and management control areas. He has published his research on activity-based management, quality, productivity, time-based competition, new product development, bottleneck management, incentives and ... View Details
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      A History of Green Entrepreneurship

      By: Geoffrey G. Jones
      This research recovers the history of the entrepreneurs and firms who developed green or “sustainable” businesses, identifies the multiple motivations behind their strategies, explores the clustering of green business in specific locations, and shows how the concept of... View Details
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      Business Leaders and the Social Sector

      By: James E. Austin
      This research involed a multifaceted, multi-year study of corporate and business leader involvement in the social sector. This examined: the extent and nature of, and motivation for, Harvard Business School graduates' involvement with nonprofit and social-sector ... View Details
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      Compensation Committees

      By: Suraj Srinivasan
      Executive compensation has become a flashpoint issue for board members, institutional investors, regulators, and the media. Compensation committees are challenged to design compensation programs that not only tie business or corporate strategies to company performance,... View Details
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      Competitive Arousal

      By: Deepak Malhotra
      A fourth stream of research examines a phenomenon that my co-authors and I have termed Competitive Arousal. We find that some features of competitive contexts (e.g., time pressure, perceptions of rivalry, and the presence of an audience) can heighten... View Details
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      Control in Inter-organizational Settings

      By: V.G. Narayanan
      Professor Narayanan is studying how franchise owners use measurement tools such as the Balanced Scorecard and mystery shopper survyes to mitigate incentive and information frictions that arise between franchisors and franchisees. He is also studying control issues that... View Details
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      Corporate Governance

      By: Charles C.Y. Wang

      The characteristics and structure of boards of directors have important implications for firm performance. Professor Wang has found that firms with well-connected boards whose members have strong network connections provide economic benefits that are not immediately... View Details

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