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- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
through affective mechanisms. Working Papers Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom, and William Kerr Abstract—We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
Larkin showed that salespeople at a software firm seemed to care more about belonging to the company's nominal "president's club" than they cared about significant financial bonuses. "Human beings are biased, prejudiced, and react to View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
"Why is it so costly to produce? It shouldn't be. Where's the inefficiency in our production by reinsurance companies? Why can't they produce enough of this coverage at a lower price? A lot of the research goes into trying to...
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- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
firms to make certain enhancements public, creating an incentive for firms to free ride on the contributions of others. This practice raises a number of puzzling issues. First, why should a firm further develop a View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007
effects more than doubled or had consumers' discount factor increased by fifty percent. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-031.pdf PublicationsIdentity Incentives as an Engaging Form of Control: Revisiting Leniencies...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28
therapy innovations. To bolster Medtronic's near-term prospects, he has supported creative product and business model innovations aimed at overcoming adoption barriers in emerging economies. Ishrak restructured his executive team and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
and are highly work-engaged. All of this suggests a multi-pronged solution to contagious presenteeism: Remove financial incentives for it by providing paid sick leave, audit work designs for features that evoke undue pressure for...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Business Review What’s the Right Kind of Bonus to Motivate Your Sales Force? By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—Companies typically compensate their sales force by using some combination of salary, commission, and bonuses, but executives are often unsure...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17
bank's shares. This contrasts with outside shareholders who are more likely to expose their bank to higher risk levels when regulation protects the bank against default. Managerial equity incentives may, therefore, serve as a risk...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
externalities, two traditionally under-emphasized forces, exert consistently strong effects. Within each macro network, there is a large heterogeneity across subsidiaries. Subsidiaries with greater size and higher productivity attract...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
process itself can actually shape the realized strategy of the firm. This can include internal reporting structures and incentive systems, but it can also reflect external factors such as capital markets and customers. One of the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12
feature advertisements, and aisle displays) at the fiscal quarter end when they have greater incentive to boost earnings. Our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth earnings (Graham,...
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Martha Lagace