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Managing Workplace Reforms and Organization-Wide Transformations
Richard E. Walton is studying (with doctoral candidate Scott
Hamlin and research associate Kathleen Scharf) the development and
diffusion of new forms of union-management partnership together with
other new practices in the steel industry. To test and elaborate... View Details
- 22 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers
the research results to their advantage in attracting talent. For instance, companies competing for in-demand workers, such as tech firms, might consider offering job candidates help with paying off their student loans. POLL Should the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jan 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Testing Coleman’s Social-Norm Enforcement Mechanism: Evidence from Wikipedia
- 11 Jan 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Does Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge
- March 2023
- Case
Between Two Minds: The Staglin Family
By: Lauren Cohen, Ronnie Stangler and Grace Headinger
Garen Staglin, Founder and Chairman of One Mind, reflected on his life’s work in brain health. As he contemplated stepping down in the next few years, he weighed how to pass along this legacy to his son, Brandon Staglin, the impetus behind and next generation of the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Well-being; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry
Cohen, Lauren, Ronnie Stangler, and Grace Headinger. "Between Two Minds: The Staglin Family." Harvard Business School Case 223-053, March 2023.
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
Feedback you receive from colleagues about any job candidate will reveal as much about the managers doing the interviewing as it does about the candidate. And if you do make an external hire who doesn’t work out (possibly because those... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
more. Candidates said the “softer” rewards described in the job ads gave them the impression the company cared about its employees and was more considerate with helping workers find a healthy work-life balance—and that mattered more to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Information Risk and Fair Value: An Examination of Equity Betas and Bid-Ask Spreads
- Research Summary
Job Market Paper
When to Take the Leap:
The Antecedents and Consequences of Leapfrog CEOs
Much of the prior research on CEO successions focuses on differences between CEOs appointed from within the firm and those appointed from outside;... View Details
The Antecedents and Consequences of Leapfrog CEOs
Much of the prior research on CEO successions focuses on differences between CEOs appointed from within the firm and those appointed from outside;... View Details
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
organizations look for candidates with a “growth mindset,” who can adapt to changing conditions. One participant said their business assesses each employee’s “AQ”—adaptability quotient—to gauge their capacity to be agile and grow even... View Details
- October 2021 (Revised January 2022)
- Supplement
Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (C)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
This case is the third installment in a series about the 10-year cultural and digital transformation of Pfizer’s Global Clinical Supply organization. In 2011, Michael Ku became Pfizer’s Vice President of Global Clinical Supply (GCS) after the company had undergone... View Details
Keywords: Clinical Supply Chain; COVID-19; Vaccine; Agile; Innovation and Invention; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Leadership; Corporate Strategy; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Health Care and Treatment; Supply Chain Management; Digital Transformation
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-041, October 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Sam Walton: Great From the Start
States in 1945. Why wouldn't this one be among the many that didn't make it? Surely, any analyst of the situation in 1945 would have found in Walton a good candidate for failure. As he himself put it, "For all of my confidence I... View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change
managers exposed to the business case were less inclined to promote a Black candidate than those who weren’t exposed to this messaging. Superficial efforts don’t stick, even if they generate early results Standing up an effective... View Details
- 04 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness
conducted experiments online, telling participants the makeup of a board of directors, as well as the identity of a departing board member, and asking them to recommend a replacement from a list of available candidates of different races... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- September 2019 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
pymetrics: International Expansion
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In August 2018, pymetrics, a solution offering neuroscience-based recruiting tests, closed a $40 million funding round that valued the business at $160 million. Over 60 companies around the globe were using pymetrics tests in their recruiting process, including... View Details
Keywords: BrainTech; Psychodynamics; Psychology; Hiring Of Employees; Hiring; Strategic Evolution; Strategy And Execution; Startup; Start-up; Startups; Start-ups; Entrepreneur; Bias; Rapid Growth Stage; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Strategy; Business Startups; Employment; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Strategy
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "pymetrics: International Expansion." Harvard Business School Case 720-376, September 2019. (Revised May 2021.)
- 24 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?
when they see someone with too much time (five-plus years) at mature companies, since they can question whether the candidate will be able to transition to startup life. Not that it’s impossible, but it’s something to consider. For these... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- January–February 2023
- Article
Forecasting COVID-19 and Analyzing the Effect of Government Interventions
By: Michael Lingzhi Li, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Omar Skali Lami, Thomas Trikalinos, Nikolaos Trichakis and Dimitris Bertsimas
We developed DELPHI, a novel epidemiological model for predicting detected cases and deaths in the prevaccination era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The model allows for underdetection of infections and effects of government interventions. We have applied DELPHI across more... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Epidemics; Analytics and Data Science; Health Pandemics; AI and Machine Learning; Forecasting and Prediction
Li, Michael Lingzhi, Hamza Tazi Bouardi, Omar Skali Lami, Thomas Trikalinos, Nikolaos Trichakis, and Dimitris Bertsimas. "Forecasting COVID-19 and Analyzing the Effect of Government Interventions." Operations Research 71, no. 1 (January–February 2023): 184–201.
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
fish become extinct. If elected, I will do everything possible to enact an across-the-board fifteen percent tax reduction. Undoubtedly, some of these positions appeal to you more than others. Some you simply do not like. Now consider the ones you like best. What is... View Details
- 10 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back
Oliver Hauser; Molly Moore, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School; and John-Henry Pezzuto, a doctoral candidate at UC San Diego. We believe women will be more generous Exley and colleagues... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
seem to get past, no matter how qualified and reformed a job candidate may seem. It’s time for business leaders to rethink their hiring practices and start giving the formerly incarcerated more opportunities to prove themselves, the... View Details