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.
Economics & Business
Jun 23, 2011
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News tagged with performance incentives
More female board directors add up to improved sustainability performance
As a corporate responsibility consultant, Kellie McElhaney publicly criticized Apple's recent appointment of another man to an already all-male executive team. McElhaney's new research goes one step further, indicating that ...
Economics & Business
Nov 19, 2012
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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 ...
Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2010
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How do financial incentives for CEOs affect business outcomes? Bonuses have minimal effect, stock options have none
Financial incentives for chief executive officers (CEOs) are thought to motivate them to lead their company toward achieving important business objectives. In the first systematic review of all research on CEO incentives, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 19, 2023
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Pay-for-performance incentives may put innovation at risk
Managers looking to create social conditions that lead to open, diversified and large networks—which are known to spur innovation—should avoid implementing pay-for-performance incentives that rest on short-term and quantitative ...
Economics & Business
Nov 10, 2021
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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
Apr 6, 2009
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The future of work is hybrid: An expert's recommendations for success
COVID-19 has changed the way we work.
Economics & Business
Oct 25, 2021
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Study finds male, female responses to performance pay similar across contexts, programs
Past studies have raised the possibility that performance pay—programs that give employees incentives to be productive by offering rewards for achieving performance objectives—may widen the gender earnings gap because ...
Economics & Business
Oct 14, 2021
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Study finds disincentives to energy efficiency can be fixed
A new study finds that utilities aren't rewarded for adopting energy efficiency programs, and that reforms are needed to make energy efficiency as attractive as renewables.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 4, 2013
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Vital Signs: The power of not being too clear
Incentives, in one form or other, are central to our lives.
Economics & Business
Jan 18, 2019
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