The canonical principal–agent setting used to model the incentives embedded in various
employment relationships like fixed and variable pay, bonuses and tournaments and even …

Problem definition: Agile project management, in particular Scrum, is enjoying increased
use in practice despite only scant scientific validation. This article explores how agile project …

On-demand service platforms are interested in having gig workers use self-set, nonbinding
performance goals to improve efforts and performance. To examine the effects of such self …

We examine the motivational effects of setting both assigned and personal nonbinding goals
on a real‐effort laboratory experiment. In order to derive conjectures for our experiment, we …

This dissertation studies supplier performance management and explores practical
approaches to improve supplier performance. We use the theoretical model prediction as a …

This paper investigates the capacity decisions of complementary suppliers who produce
different components of a final product. The suppliers solicit private forecast information from …

Enhancing workforce performance is the key to success for professional firms. Firms often
evaluate workers based on their performance compared with their peers or against an …

In the early 1900s, Albert Einstein (1916) revolutionized modern physics by introducing his
special relativity and general relativity theories. More than half a century later, Kahneman …

This dissertation presents two studies that experimentally compare behavioral effects of
agile project management and traditional waterfall project management on project …

Interfirm innovation projects often require tight collaboration among firms with
complementary skills and resources. The success of such projects depends on all firms …