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Alumni Achievement Awards
Since 1968, with the help of suggestions from alumni, students, faculty, and friends,
the School has selected a number of outstanding men and women to receive its most
important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. View Details
- April 2014
- Article
Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
By: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Scott S. Lee
Organizations often use non-monetary awards to incentivize performance. Awards may affect behavior through several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker... View Details
Keywords: Social Comparison; Awards; Optimal Expectactions; Zambia; Status and Position; Performance Expectations; Motivation and Incentives; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, Oriana Bandiera, and Scott S. Lee. "Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 100 (April 2014): 44–63.
- October 2013
- Case
Equity Awards at GulfShore Rigging
By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas W. Goodman
Pozen, Robert C., and Lucas W. Goodman. "Equity Awards at GulfShore Rigging." Harvard Business School Case 314-005, October 2013.
- December 1989 (Revised January 1991)
- Background Note
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Hart, Christopher. "Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award." Harvard Business School Background Note 690-001, December 1989. (Revised January 1991.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field
By: Timothy Gubler, Ian I. Larkin and Lamar Pierce
Many scholars and practitioners have recently argued that corporate awards are a "free" way to motivate employees. We use field data from an attendance award program implemented at one of five industrial laundry plants to show that awards can carry significant... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Failure; Service Industry
Gubler, Timothy, Ian I. Larkin, and Lamar Pierce. "The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-069, February 2013.
- November–December 2024
- Article
High-Status Teammates: Award Evaluation in the National Basketball Association
By: Dominika Kinga Randle and Letian Zhang
Social evaluations proceed in stages. First, judges filter a broad pool of candidates and pick a subset for detailed assessment. Then, the chosen group undergoes a closer examination, during which winners are selected. At both stages of the process, judges are... View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Prejudice and Bias; Groups and Teams; Status and Position; Sports Industry
Randle, Dominika Kinga, and Letian Zhang. "High-Status Teammates: Award Evaluation in the National Basketball Association." Organization Science 35, no. 6 (November–December 2024): 2294–2308.
- October 2013
- Teaching Note
Equity Awards at GulfShore Rigging
By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas W. Goodman
- July 2003
- Article
Fair Value Accounting For Restricted Stock Awards
By: David Hawkins
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting
Hawkins, David. "Fair Value Accounting For Restricted Stock Awards." Accounting Bulletin, no. 122 (July 2003).
- November–December 1991
- Article
How the Baldrige Award Really Works
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "How the Baldrige Award Really Works." Harvard Business Review 69, no. 6 (November–December 1991): 80–93.
- 04 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field
- September 2013
- Article
Prizes, Publicity, and Patents: Non-Monetary Awards as a Mechanism to Encourage Innovation
By: Petra Moser and Tom Nicholas
This paper exploits the selection of prize-winning technologies among exhibitors at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 to examine whether—and how—ex post prizes that are awarded to high-quality innovations may encourage future innovation. U.S. patent data... View Details
Moser, Petra, and Tom Nicholas. "Prizes, Publicity, and Patents: Non-Monetary Awards as a Mechanism to Encourage Innovation." Journal of Industrial Economics 61, no. 3 (September 2013): 763–788.
- November 1989 (Revised January 1990)
- Case
Paul Revere Insurance Co. (C): Competing For the Baldrige Award--The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Exercise
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award requires firms to submit applications that conform to a rigorous quality-assessment system. This case consists of several parts of a service company's 1988 Baldrige application together with material from the Malcolm Baldrige... View Details
Hart, Christopher. "Paul Revere Insurance Co. (C): Competing For the Baldrige Award--The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Exercise." Harvard Business School Case 690-002, November 1989. (Revised January 1990.)
- February 2011
- Supplement
Volkswagen do Brasil Case Supplement: Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony (Video)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Volkswagen do Brasil Case Supplement: Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony (Video)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 111-708, February 2011.
- March 2003
- Article
An Economist Questions the Arbitration Award to Karaha Bodas Company in Indonesia
By: Louis T. Wells
Keywords: Indonesia
Wells, Louis T. "An Economist Questions the Arbitration Award to Karaha Bodas Company in Indonesia." Oil, Gas & Energy Law 1, no. 2 (March 2003): 47 – 57.
- 2003
- Article
Double Dipping in Arbitration Awards? An Economist Questions Damages Awarded to Karaha Bodas Company in Indonesia
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Double Dipping in Arbitration Awards? An Economist Questions Damages Awarded to Karaha Bodas Company in Indonesia." Arbitration International 19, no. 4 (2003): 471–481.
- 2021
- Other Unpublished Work
As Healthcare Costs Escalate, A New George and Regi Herzlinger Industry Award Shines a Spotlight on Innovation Education
The winners of the first ever CAHME/George and Regi Herzlinger Innovation Education Award have just been announced. Regi Herzlinger explains why rewarding, supporting, and encouraging innovation education is so critical to solving the challenges of our industry. View Details
"As Healthcare Costs Escalate, A New George and Regi Herzlinger Industry Award Shines a Spotlight on Innovation Education." Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), March 2021.
- 2001
- Working Paper
The Efficiency of Equity-Linked Compensation: Understanding the Full Cost of Awarding Executive Stock Options
Meulbroek, Lisa K. "The Efficiency of Equity-Linked Compensation: Understanding the Full Cost of Awarding Executive Stock Options." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-056, March 2001.
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees
productivity. More than 80 percent of companies dole out work-related awards like "employee of the month" or "top salesperson." Managers often view these awards as inexpensive ways to improve worker... View Details
- March–April 1979
- Article
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
By: M. E. Porter
Many factors determine the nature of competition, including not only rivals, but also the economics of particular industries, new entrants, the bargaining power of customers and suppliers, and the threat of substitute services or products. A strategic plan of action... View Details
Porter, M. E. "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 2 (March–April 1979): 137–145.
- May 1992
- Article
Coordination in Split-Award Auctions
By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao
We analyze split award procurement auctions in which a buyer divides full production between two suppliers or awards all production to a single supplier, and suppliers have private cost information. An intriguing feature of split awards is that the equilibrium bids are... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Balance and Stability; Cost; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Production; Five Forces Framework; Supply and Industry; Situation or Environment; Information; Manufacturing Industry
Anton, James J., and Dennis Yao. "Coordination in Split-Award Auctions." Quarterly Journal of Economics 107, no. 2 (May 1992): 681–707. (Reprinted in P. Klemperer, ed., The Economic Theory of Auctions, Elgar, 2000.) Harvard users click here for full text.)