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- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
about kind of non-financial rewards and kind of put out some nice benefits for you. And we’ll give you leave of absence, we’ll engage in parental leave, we’ll do this and the other. But we haven’t understood that human beings, we are also... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
some $130 million each to join the major-league fraternity. Since these teams will largely consist of players existing clubs deemed expendable, backers can have few illusions that their investment will be rewarded - on the field or at the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
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Past Issues - Alumni
Representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza Drive-In Nation Judgment Day for the U.S. Auto Industry? The Producers What’s it like to make movies in Hollywood outside the big-budget studios? A handful of independent producers talk about the risky... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
of the setting and that participants who pool are rewarded by the less informed party with higher payoffs. Finally, we demonstrate through a reexamination of Lai et al. (2012) and Cachon and Lariviere (2001) how pooling outcomes can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
improvement. Yet a vigorous tradition in the accounting literature establishes that firms routinely sacrifice long-term investment to manage earnings and are rewarded for doing so. This paper presents a model that reconciles these... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
same department in my new dealership. He did, until he retired for the second time. The great lesson learned for me was, anyone can go fire someone. It takes more effort, but the rewards are so much greater, to solve the problem that... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
usage migrates from broadcasting to interactivity. The new marketplace rewards more participatory, more sincere, and less directive marketing styles than the old. See No Evil: Why We Fail to Notice Unethical Behavior Authors: Francesca... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
prompt feedback on the performance of its products. Make an effort to incorporate improvements in the code (fix bugs and introduce new features) as soon as possible. Reward those who propose improvements for the code. At the very least,... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
company-level values and goals, without gaming the BSC metrics for short-term rewards or without focusing exclusively on local, narrow results. This case illustrates how executive teams can develop incentive systems that increase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
first truly comprehensive endowment management vehicle offered under the TIFF banner. The recent large capital losses suffered by most endowments, including those of Harvard and Yale, had motivated some to question the two basic premises of the endowment investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
"It has been very rewarding doing this work. These companies have been through so much horror, and then they have to figure out how to start up all over again. They really appreciate even the littlest things we do for them. It's inspired... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
reward firms for practices that go above and beyond the requirements of the law. "Self-policing" programs adopted by several agencies shift the burden of monitoring regulatory compliance and reporting noncompliance from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
procurement policies. General Médica, a vendor of high-complexity medical equipment, knew that their products were competitive, but it was also aware that they could not compete on price. A demanding market would reward General Médica,... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
help Black unicorns ‘team up’ and find innovative ways to support one another as they climb, what research shows, are lonely, stressful, jagged yet ultimately rewarding ladders of opportunity.” “Teaming up is a mindset,” Stewart observes... View Details
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shareholders; the changing rights and powers of shareholders; different theories of corporate governance and their practical implications; the legal, financial, managerial, and behavioral issues that directors must contend with; the classic dilemmas that boards... View Details