Obese employees shed more pounds and reaped bigger cash rewards when they were offered a group incentive vs an individual one in a short, randomized controlled trial. Weight loss at 6 months, the ...

Teacher incentive pay programs with a hybrid structure involving both individual and group incentives can have good results. Multiple and understandable performance metrics, combined with regular ...

Group incentive travel likely will be one of the last industry segments to recover from the economic downturn that has plagued the meetings industry for nearly three years, illustrated by a new ...

Q: Thanks to a yearlong sales effort, my agency just won a large incentive group contract. The corporation will host its top salespeople at a luxury resort, and we will be in charge of arranging ...

A study by Professor Stephan Meier, Assistant Professor, Management at Columbia Business School, and co-author Andreas Fuster, Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University Department of Economics, which was ...

WHY IT RATES: Throughout its 50-plus years in business, Central Holidays has capitalized on strategies designed to help travel advisors boost their sales, and the group business is no exception to ...

Anandi Mani is an associate professor of economics at the University of Warwick, currently visiting at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford. Updated June 2, 2016, 10:49 AM Policies to tackle ...

All businesses need employees who will work hard to increase the company's profitability. While some workers are naturally loyal and dedicated, incentives can increase motivation to improve ...

New research co-authored by a UC Riverside business professor provides some sound advice for managers of retail outlets that limit their product selection to a particular brand: Managers should factor ...

Anandi Mani is an associate professor of economics at the University of Warwick, currently visiting at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford. Updated June 2, 2016, 10:49 AM Policies to tackle ...