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incentive system

incentive system An incentive system is an organized set of rewards, supports, and disciplinary constraints used to shape behavior toward desired goals.

An incentive system is an organized set of rewards, supports, and disciplinary constraints used to shape behavior toward desired goals. In this source, it refers to a collaborative arrangement that encourages cooperation by combining longer-term empowerment with short-term efficiency gains and by discouraging uncooperative or speculative behavior through supervision and penalties.