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  • 03 Jan 2017
  • First Look

January 3, 2017

extrinsic rewards and includes a discussion of short-term incentives such as bonuses or public recognition and long-term incentives such as deferred payments or stock options. Because performance goals and incentives define success (and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

worker-management culture. However, the company was best known for its compensation system, paying its workers on a piecework basis, coupled with bonuses based on company revenues. Although this often resulted in average annual pay for... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

Go-Jek announced it was mulling a partnership with Blue Bird to allow users to hail and pay for taxis through its app. Such an alliance would likely smooth over ruffled feathers at Blue Bird and with the regulators. About the same time, Makarim took to YouTube offering... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

Answering the Call

worker-management culture. However, the company was best known for its compensation system, paying its workers on a piecework basis, coupled with bonuses based on company revenues. Although this often resulted in average annual pay for... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 24 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

shape of the compensation function—the bonuses offered to advertising partners as volume increases. Typically the more you sell, the more you get paid, and disproportionately so. Sell 20 percent more and you might get paid 25 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services
  • 24 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

on, it pays its key cast and crew members the minimum salary stipulated by industry unions and only pays out sizeable bonuses if a movie’s box-office reaches certain levels, it gives its directors a great deal of creative control, and it... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

bond markets, commodity markets, and derivatives markets. In fact, so did all asset classes — not to mention those that benefit when bonuses are big, from vintage Bordeaux to luxury yachts. But these boom years were also misery years,... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 19 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 19, 2008

spend some or all of their bonuses on others—thereby creating what the authors call a "prosocial" workplace—are happier as a result. Managers can enhance that effect by providing opportunities to share the wealth. Aurora Capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

explore the consequences of scientific publication-an instance of public disclosure-for a core set of activities within the firm. Specifically, we link publications to human capital management practices, showing that scientists' bonuses... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

a "10-year journey" to reshape the culture of the firm. After a significant investment of senior leadership time to explain the new program to employees, a significant new challenge arose. On December 9, the U.K. government announced it would impose a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 29

principals. Educators whose students performed well on standardized tests received bonuses and public recognition; educators whose students fell short received reprimands, warnings, and eventually termination. With so much riding on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne