incentive - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2023
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The Latest Model

Unlike some consultancies, Prysm is industry-agnostic. Rather than working in siloed practice areas like transportation or financial services, Barrera and Hurder use their understanding of fundamental economic principles—and their technical expertise in disciplines... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2011
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Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform

quality of care. Traditionally, doctors and hospitals have been paid separate fees for their services, an approach widely criticized for rewarding overuse of diagnostic tests and procedures while providing no incentives to integrate care.... View Details

Keywords: bundling; Health, Social Assistance

15 Nov 2016
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Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders

two reasons for management failures to heed shareholder proposals for greater action on ESG issues: processes within the organization may not be sufficiently developed, and performance incentives may be misaligned. “I went back to the... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Faculty Research Symposium

Pay Check: Equity-Based Compensation and Incentives Creativity in a Crunch Nobody's Perfect. Now What? Last spring, a special symposium was held on campus in celebration of faculty research. The one-day event, sponsored by the Division of... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Alumni Books

Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie R. Crutchfield (MBA ’01) and Heather McLeod Grant (Jossey-Bass) What makes nonprofits great? The authors studied twelve nonprofits that have extraordinary influence — from Habitat for Humanity to... View Details

Keywords: Noel Capon; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

31 Dec 2013
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Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick

Keywords: behavioral change; new year's resolutions

01 Mar 2003
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Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

efforts center on issues affecting entrepreneurial firms and their investors. Gompers studies the structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; the sources of financing, incentive design, and performance of private... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 Apr 2011
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Management Matters In Health Care, Too

results in one in five Medicare patients who are admitted to the hospital ending up back in the hospital in less than a month after discharge. “The incentives are all wrong,” he added. “No one gets paid to do follow-up care.” Amid all the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

"Soul." "Spirit." A host of organizations - among them Lucent Technologies, the Boeing Company, and Southwest Airlines - have recently begun to ponder such intangibles in an effort to attract and maintain a motivated, performance-boosting workforce. Books about the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Sep 2009
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Over the Top

everything else.” That culture, critics maintain, spawned executive compensation plans with incentives that encouraged the excessive risk-taking that led to the financial crisis. And while the intricate details of pay plans don’t evoke... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government

14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

to catch up to the technology of today.” She cited the Seaport District as an example, where small condominiums sell for more than $1 million, but builders are not required to make their projects energy efficient, nor are incentives... View Details

21 Mar 2018
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How Money Can Buy Happiness

01 Dec 2011
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Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices

Professor Ashraf (center) with members of the study implementation team at Chipata Clinic, Lusaka, Zambia, including fi eld managers, surveyors, community health workers, and a study nurse. (click for larger view) Read a summary of Ashraf's recent presentation at HBS... View Details

Keywords: birth control; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Sep 2003
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From Control to the Uncontrollable: Faculty Research Symposium Offers Range of Ideas

presentations follow. Incentives and Operational Excellence: HBS associate professor V.G. Narayanan The Power of National Identity: Assistant Professor Rawi E. Abdelal Lessons from Everest: Assistant Professor Michael Roberto View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2022
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Road to Recovery

options to assist people with substance use issues. Then he learned that there were better treatments available—a category of interventions known as contingency management, which offer motivational incentives for staying sober. “But no... View Details

Keywords: April White; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2008
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Immersion Program Digs Deep

was charged with discovering what happens to all of the uneaten prepared food in the city; they came away with a government incentive scheme to reduce the leakage of untreated food waste into the animal feed supply chain. “International... View Details

Keywords: immersion; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

12 Apr 2015
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Colliers Executive Tries to Quell Relationship Wars

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Sep 2008
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Faculty Research Online

governance and financial incentives as well as organizational processes that strengthen ethical discipline, says Professor Emeritus Malcolm Salter. His new book, Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron’s Collapse, is a deep... View Details