We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company …. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the …

environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender …

online experiment. We observe high levels of cooperation and the typical conditional contribution patterns in a modified … public goods game. When linking experiment and company record data, we observe that cooperative attitudes of employees do not … financial incentives. …

online experiment. We observe high levels of cooperation and the typical conditional contribution patterns in a modified … public goods game. When linking experiment and company record data, we observe that cooperative attitudes of employees do not … financial incentives. …

online experiment. We observe high levels of cooperation and the typical conditional contribution patterns in a modified … public goods game. When linking experiment and company record data, we observe that cooperative attitudes of employees do not … financial incentives. …

This paper reports the results from a large-scale laboratory experiment investigating the impact of tournament … incentives and wage gifts on creativity. We find that tournaments substantially increase creative output, with no evidence for … crowding out of intrinsic motivation. By comparison, wage gifts are ineffective. Additional treatments show that it is the …

This paper reports the results from a large-scale laboratory experiment investigating the impact of tournament … incentives and wage gifts on creativity. We find that tournaments substantially increase creative output, with no evidence for … crowding out of intrinsic motivation. By comparison, wage gifts are ineffective. Additional treatments show that it is the …

evidence. We briefly discuss promising directions for future research. -- executive compensation ; managerial incentives …

incentives of the tax director and GAAP and cash effective tax rates, the book-tax gap, and measures of tax aggressiveness. We … directors are provided with incentives to reduce the level of tax expense reported in the financial statements …