Also, Wendy's tends to prefer "instant-win incentives" like games in which customers peel off stickers on food packages or beverage cups, he added, rather than the "collect-and-win" type of game favored by McDonald's.
Our study aimed to examine the effect of an instant lottery ticket incentive on the response rate to a mailed questionnaire in a population of trauma patients.
"Realizing I wasn't the only one in the room dealing with cancer created a feeling of instant sisterhood and gave me incentive to continue and write about going through the cancer treatment process," Ms. Gupta of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., said.
"Realizing I wasn't the only one in the room dealing with cancer created a feeling of instant sisterhood and gave me incentive to continue and write about going through the cancer treatment process," Ms. Gupta said.
If options are backdated, the receiver has an instant profit and even less incentive to move the company forward in the long run the rationale for options in the first place.
Many practices, including the size of some vials used, suddenly changed, providing an instant case study of how financial incentives can influence treatment choices.
Other critics of the new program, like Sol Stern, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, think Mr. Klein should put the incentives into college funds, saying instant cash undermines the idea of learning for its own sake.
Responses to electronic surveys were found to be increased with non-monetary incentives, shorter surveys, a lottery with instant notification of results, and exclusion of the word 'survey' in the email invitation subject line.
If executives know that their options will be automatically accelerated when leaving, thus giving them an instant cash boost at the expense of shareholders, their incentive to remain focused on the company's long-term health is greatly reduced.
If AOL dominates the instant messaging business, with the majority of users, it has an incentive to keep its network separate from competitors because its relative size is a competitive advantage.
