The case details the UAE’s progress through February 2018. The class discussion gives students a chance to reflect on the role of government in promoting happiness and wellbeing and how a government could go about encouraging happiness. The UAE in effect implemented a complex incentive scheme with the aim of coordinating attempts to increase happiness and wellbeing. The connection between the UAE’s efforts and incentive schemes emerges in the course of the class discussion, which enables students to reflect on concrete managerial implications of the analysis.
Keywords: happiness; UAE; wellbeing; wellness; Government initiatives; Happiness; Welfare or Wellbeing; Governance; Motivation and Incentives; United Arab Emirates;
Citation:
Schwartzstein, Joshua. "Happy UAE." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 918-042, April 2018. View Details