News tagged with performance incentives

High technology, not low taxes, may drive states' economic growth

High-tech training may trump tax breaks for creating more jobs and improving a state's economy, according to a team of economists.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 43

Rewarding higher marks with money doesn't make the grade

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rewarding good grades with money has only a modest effect on students, says a new study conducted by researchers Tony Chambers (OISE) and Philip Oreopoulos (economics and U of T Mississauga) at the University ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teacher-designed performance pay programs offer smaller incentives to more teachers

Performance pay programs designed by teachers, for teachers, tend to offer small incentives to a large number of teachers, new research indicates.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Computer model used to pinpoint prime materials for efficient carbon capture

When power plants begin capturing their carbon emissions to reduce greenhouse gases – and to most in the electric power industry, it's a question of when, not if – it will be an expensive undertaking.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New mathematical framework formalizes oddball programming techniques

Two years ago, Martin Rinard's group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory proposed a surprisingly simple way to make some computer procedures more efficient: Just skip a bunch of ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

SpaceX poised for high-stakes space station launch

SpaceX on Saturday aims to become the first private company to send its own cargo ship to the International Space Station, a feat that only a handful of world governments have pulled off.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Optimal planning of solar power plants

The photovoltaics industry is booming, and the market for solar farms is growing quickly all over the world. Yet, the task of planning PV power plants to make them as effi cient as possible is far from trivial. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Report: 8th-grade students still lag in science

Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal government said Thursday.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 22

Self interested managers more likely to manipulate the books: study

(Phys.org) -- Accounting manipulation occurs more often in firms that have a work culture that is centered on self-interest, according to a joint University of Melbourne and Tilburg University study.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Unique research on inner life of Google

Google is one of the world's most innovative companies. Why? Ask Swedish researcher Annika Steiber at Chalmers University of Technology. She has been seeking answers inside the company's headquarters Googleplex ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Motorola Mobility CEO's pay more than triples

(AP) -- Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. CEO and Chairman Sanjay Jha's compensation more than tripled in 2011 to $47.2 million, including awards tied to the company's split from Motorola Solutions.

Technology / Business

created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Assessing protected area effectiveness

A new study published in Conservation Letters aims to measure whether parks and reserves in the tropics succeed in protecting forests.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Solar water heaters use 1/3 energy, Progress Energy study finds

Progress Energy customers saved an average of $235 a year by switching to solar thermal water heater, representing an average annual savings of 63 percent on the water heater portion of their power bill.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4


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