This paper proposes decentralized resource-aware coordination schemes for solving network optimization problems defined by objective functions which combine locally evaluable costs with network-wide coupling components. These methods are well suited a group of supervised agents trying to solve an problem under mild requirements. Each agent has information on its local cost and coordinates the s...

Many firms use forced rating systems in which supervisors must evaluate employees according to a predefined distribution. We develop new theory suggesting that ratings are less likely enhance performance when assess subjective dimensions of employee (e.g., creativity), but can have some harmful side effects. In laboratory experiment, work on creative task, and rate their performance. do not fin...

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