But how precisely these inputs are converted into a test score is a mystery, and without knowing which lever to pull, it is difficult to design an effective incentive scheme.

但是这些投入究竟是如何精确地转化为测试成绩却是一个谜。如果不知道需要去撬起哪个杠杆，那么是很难设计出一个有效的激励计划的。

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Mechanism design has “incentive efficiency”: given compatible incentives, no one can do better without someone doing worse.

机制设计则具有“激励有效”：在激励相容的情况下，没有人的境况可以在其他人的境况都不变差的情况下有所改善。

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That gives manufacturers no incentive to build easy disposal into the design of a product.

这使得制造商没有动力将易于处理的理念纳入产品设计之中。

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"It's really important to change up the incentive design and keep people on their toes, " she says.

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While specific industry knowledge can be an asset, it also can result in failure to sufficiently consider other approaches to incentive design and performance measurement that may better fit the strategy of the company.

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Instead, experience in the strategic aspects of compensation, including performance measurement, peer group selection, and methods of aligning pay and performance in incentive design, have become much more important in providing sound compensation advice.

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