The keys to effective teamwork in firms are (1) carefully designed team-formation policies that take into account what level of diversity of skills, knowledge, and demographics is desirable and (2) balanced team-based incentives. Employers need to choose policies that maximize the gains from...

The paper outlines the importance of balanced management of hard and soft key success factors, combining the economic logic of corporate performance and human capital through an integrated approach to mergers and acquisitions. The study, based on a questionnaire and interviews, suggests that the...

Stakeholder metrics translate strategic objectives into actionable targets. We analyze this dual role of performance metrics: they communicate the target outcomes (i.e., which project outcomes are considered "successful"), and they incentivize the organizational impetus (i.e., stakeholder effort...