[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Indian Politician/Bureaucrat incentive systemWalking Away From a $3 Billion Deal

Mon Aug 25 20:42:25 PDT 2008

Working paper: Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5992.html

Download the PDF.
Politicians and bureaucrats are two important pillars of governance,
but while politicians are motivated by short-term electoral pressures,
bureaucrats are driven by long-term career concerns. Professors Iyer
and Mani address two key questions in this paper: How do politicians
facing short-term electoral pressures control bureaucrats with
low-powered incentives? In turn, how do bureaucrats respond to these
incentives?

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Date: Monday, 25 August, 2008, 10:33 AM

HBS Working Knowledge Newsletter

Highlights this Week

Walking Away From a $3 Billion Deal
The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
Working paper: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
What Do You Think? Has the Time Come for "Stretch" in Management?

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HBS Cases: Walking Away From a $3 Billion Deal
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The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5988.html

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Working paper: Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5992.html

Download the PDF. Politicians and bureaucrats are two important pillars of governance, but while politicians are motivated by short-term electoral pressures, bureaucrats are driven by long-term career concerns. Professors Iyer and Mani address two key questions in this paper: How do politicians facing short-term electoral pressures control bureaucrats with low-powered incentives? In turn, how do bureaucrats respond to these incentives?

What Do You Think? Has the Time Come for "Stretch" in Management?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5989.html

Online forum OPEN until August 27. The leadership of General Electric introduced the management concept of "stretch"—setting seemingly impossible goals—in the 1990s, writes HBS professor Jim Heskett. Does stretch still make sense as an organizing principle? What, if anything, should be done to ensure that stretch is allowed to flourish in companies today?

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