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Business Definition for: Incentive Program

  • an award or reward program designed to improve sales force or retail performance

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Creating A Successful Premium Incentive Program
An incentive program is a tool towards building employee motivation at the workplace. Before developing an incentive program, the key issue is to recognize and take into account all the factors that affect performance. They include motivation, skills, recognition, and ability to measure progress. The paper discusses the steps involved...
Tags: Incentive Program, Incentive, Selling Communications, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers 2003-01-01
-DELTA AIR LINES: Austrian, Delta, Sabena & Swissair introduce combined meeting and incentive program
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 July 1998-DELTA AIR LINES: Austrian, Delta, Sabena & Swissair introduce combined meeting and incentive program C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:060798 Austrian Airlines,Delta Air Lines, Sabena and Swissair, are introducing a combined meeting and incentive program for travel from the U.S. to Europe, the Middle...
Tags: Delta Air Lines Inc., incentive, SALES
Research articles 1998-07-07
Incentive bills die in Albany - Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program, J-51 and Relocation Employee Assistance Program expire on floor of New York State Senate
Three revisions of New York City property incentive programs died in the final hours of the New York State Senate session. The Industrial and Commercial Incentive Program ICIP, the J-51 and REAP, the Relocation Employee Assistance Program, were among the casualties of the standoff between the governor and the...
Tags: incentive, SALES, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1992-07-08
NJ revives incentives; city vows to compete; Downtown could lose big; Moody's move shows risks.(News)(Business Employment Incentive Program)
Byline: lore croghan New Jersey is reinstating a crucial incentive program, dealing a blow to the Bloomberg administration's economic development strategies. Last week, New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey revived the Business Employment Incentive P Byline: lore croghan ...
Tags: Bloomberg L.P., incentive, incentive program, Moody's Corp.
Research articles 2003-06-16
MHI starts incentive program.(Jerry Grabosh receives MHI Corrugating Machinery Co.'s Golden Box Award)(Brief Article)
MHI employee Jerry Grabosh recently received MHI's Golden Box Award as part of the company's new incentive program, designed to further improve customer service. The program awards service personnel for outstanding service work with Mitsubishi cust MHI employee Jerry Grabosh recently received MHI's Golden...
Tags: incentive, incentive program, Mitsubishi Corp.
Research articles 2002-09-07
Disney Completes Update of Executive Compensation With Revision of Long-Term Incentive Program
BURBANK, Calif. -- The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) announced today that it has completed an update of the Company's senior executive compensation program with the approval by the Company's Board of Directors and its Compensation Committee of a revised long term incentive program. Coupled with last September's revision of the...
Tags: compensation, Disney Corp.
Research articles 2004-12-23
Annual General Meeting in ASSA ABLOY AB - The board proposes global incentive program
The Board of ASSA ABLOY AB convenes the Annual General Meeting on Thursday April 26, 2007, at 3.00 p.m. in the Auditorium of Moderna Museet at Skeppsholmen in Stockholm. The meeting is, in addition to ordinary matters to be considered at an annual meeting, proposed to approve the recommendation by...
Tags: Assa Abloy AB
Research articles 2007-03-28
Ethanol Tax Incentive Program Is Top Priority
WITH CONGRESS returning to work, the nation's corn farmers say they are making an extension of the federal ethanol tax incentive program a top legislative priority for this year. The National Corn Growers Association, which represents some 30,000 WITH CONGRESS returning to...
Tags: tax, tax incentive, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1998-02-09
Charter Urges Staffers to KO Competition.(Charter Communications Inc.'s employee incentive program)(Brief Article)
Boxing stars Sugar Ray Leonard and John Ruiz recently helped Charter Communications Inc.'s national region kick off its new "Knockout" employee-incentive program, designed to help instill a competitive spirit and a sense of team building. Boxing stars Sugar Ray Leonard and John Ruiz recently...
Tags: Charter Communications Inc.
Research articles 2001-02-19
Is emissions trading an economic incentive program?: Replacing the command and control/economic incentive dichotomy
David M. Driesen I. Introduction Is an emissions trading program' an economic incentive program? Emissions trading programs allow polluters to avoid pollution reductions at a regulated pollution source, if they provide an equivalent reduction elsewhere.2 Most scholars, government officials, and practitioners equate emissions trading with economic incentives, but they do...
Tags: Cir, compliance, dichotomy, EcoN, emission, Environmental, Government, incentive, innovation, performance, pollution, REFORM, Regulations, SALES, standards, tax, technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 1998-04-01
Swissair and Sabena August News Briefs; New Incentive Program To Mileage Offers
Business Editors MELVILLE, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--August 6, 2001 Swissair and Sabena launch a new incentive program this month along with individual carrier news about a new advertising campaign, special fares to Switzerland, a new Sabena Business Class lounge and more. Click onto www.swissairsabenaairrewards.com Managers across the U.S....
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., incentive, SALES, Switzerland
Research articles 2001-08-06
Swissair and Sabena August News Briefs; New Incentive Program To Mileage Offers
Business Editors MELVILLE, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--August 6, 2001 Swissair and Sabena launch a new incentive program this month along with individual carrier news about a new advertising campaign, special fares to Switzerland, a new Sabena Business Class lounge and more. Click onto www.swissairsabenaairrewards.com Managers across the U.S....
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., incentive, SALES, Switzerland
Research articles 2003-04-01
CANACCORD CAPITAL INC. - Canaccord Capital Inc. New Incentive Program.
Canaccord Capital Inc. discloses significant shareholders' dealings Manulife Financial Corporation and Canaccord Chairman sell Canaccord shares for new incentive program VANCOUVER,...
Tags: Canaccord Capital Inc.
Research articles 2005-08-15
KFC initiates employee-incentive program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It might not be long before restaurant managers at Kentucky Fried Chicken start driving to work in pink Cadillacs.Taking a cue from Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc., the direct-sales cosmetics company that built its business with an incentive-driven sales force -- recognition includes pink Cadillacs, diamonds and luxury...
Tags: KFC Corp.
Research articles 1996-04-01
Valley pumps up with gas.(Valley Media launches customer incentive program)(Brief Article)
Distributor Valley Media recently launched a customer incentive program that rewards retailers who order select titles with free gas. Retailers who signed up to participate in the program received their Valley Rewards cards in August. The gas debit cards, which arrived ...
Tags: Valley Media Inc.
Research articles 2000-09-04
Reformulating the Tax Incentive Program in Jordan: Analysis and Recommendations
The primary objective of this paper is to assist Jordan's Minister of Industry & Trade and Minister of Finance to formulate a new program of investment incentives, based on international best practice, to be used as the basis for regulations to support "The Investment Law of 2003" (hereafter The Investment...
Tags: Incentive, Tax Incentive, Analysis, University Of Toronto, Taxes, Free Trade, Sales Force Management, Financial Planning, Finance, Sales
White papers 2004-12-01
Pacificare Health Systems announces completion of first phase of provider incentive program
CYPRESS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 1, 1994--PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:PHSYA and PHSYB) announced today the completion of the first phase of its provider incentive program. The program, launched in August by the company's California HMO subsidiary, PacifiCare of California, is being offered to certain contracting health care providers.
Tags: incentive, incentive program
Research articles 1994-12-01
Knights Franchise Systems, a subsidiary of Cendant Corp., launched an incentive program to encourage development
* Knights Franchise Systems, a subsidiary of Cendant Corp., launched an incentive program to encourage development. The program offers a $20.80 per room fixed monthly charge that includes royalty and marketing fees. The agreement features a three-year renewable term for up to four renewal terms. There is a fixed $1...
Tags: Cendant Corp., incentive, incentive program
Research articles 2004-09-20
8e6 Technologies Announces Incentive Program for K-12 Market; New and Renewing Education Customers Save Up to 40 Percent Through June 30
ORANGE, Calif. -- To help ease school budget constraints, 8e6 Technologies, a security company dedicated to Internet filtering and reporting, today announced an incentive program that allows K-12 schools to implement a high-end solution on a limited budget. Under the terms of the program, 8e6 Technologies' customers who purchase the...
Tags: incentive, incentive program, K-12
Research articles 2006-03-22
Mayor announces first time use of Downtown Employment Incentive Program
Last June, Mayor Jack Ford and Councilman Wade Kapszukiewicz announced their intention to implement a new program designed to attract and retain businesses in downtown Toledo. Legislation was recently forwarded to City Council for the first use of the Downtown Employment Incentive Program for two Toledo companies: Pilkington North America...
Tags: downtown, Ford Motor Co., incentive, job, SALES
Research articles 2003-07-01