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- 2019
- Working Paper
Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain
By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit’s circumstances. Our research site, a US retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by business...
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Control;
Selection;
Decentralization;
Company Values;
Retail Chains;
Decision Making;
Economics;
Geography;
Employees;
Selection and Staffing;
Organizational Design;
Situation or Environment;
Retail Industry
Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain." Harvard Business School Series in Accounting and Control, No. 16-088, January 2016. (Revised August 2019. Forthcoming in The Accounting Review.)
- 27 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Guts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur
become staples of our modern country and economy: beauty products, national sales forces, and corporate social responsibility. Who Owns Space? Entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are tapping into their vast personal wealth to make...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2017
- News
Faculty Advice for Graduates
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System
Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) reflects on his decision to come to HBS, what motivates him to make a difference in the world by using technology to build a...
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- 17 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Through The Eyes of The Patient: A Recap of The 13th Annual Health Care Conference
Engagement”. Oriented around the consumerization of health care and patients as more engaged stakeholders, 40 panelists across different 8 panels and 2 keynotes delivered their thoughts about what adding a...
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Health Care
- May 1993
- Case
Alan Stein
By: Carl S. Sloane, Shoshana Zuboff and R.Keith Giarman
Deals with issues of adult and career development at mid-life. Describes the career and personal history of an adult male, choice points in his life, and how he made critical career and personal choices. Focuses in on his decision to "retire" from Goldman, Sachs at an...
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Transition;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Personal Development and Career;
Retirement;
Satisfaction
Sloane, Carl S., Shoshana Zuboff, and R.Keith Giarman. "Alan Stein." Harvard Business School Case 493-088, May 1993.
- 2009
- Introduction
Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments: Touchpoints and Touchdowns in a Distinguished Scholarly Career
By: R. M. Kramer, A. E. Tenbrunsel and M. H. Bazerman
Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Values and Beliefs;
Social Issues;
Civil Society or Community
Kramer, R. M., A. E. Tenbrunsel, and M. H. Bazerman. "Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments: Touchpoints and Touchdowns in a Distinguished Scholarly Career." Introduction to Chap. 1 Social Decision Making: Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments, edited by R. M. Kramer, A. E. Tenbrunsel, and M. H. Bazerman, 1–9. Routledge, 2009.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The power of storytelling can be a catalyst in advocating for the rights of women
Khana and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women and Foreign Policy program, Lemmon uses this power to make the case that investing in women is an economic, security and development...
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- July 2020
- Article
Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain
By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit’s circumstances. Our research site, a U.S. retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by...
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Keywords:
Control;
Selection;
Decentralization;
Company Values;
Retail Chains;
Employees;
Selection and Staffing;
Local Range;
Business Headquarters;
Decision Making
Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain." Accounting Review 95, no. 4 (July 2020): 173–198.
- summer 2001
- Article
The Impact of Activity-Based Costing on Managerial Decisions at Insteel Industries - A Field Study
By: V.G. Narayanan and Ratna G. Sarkar
Narayanan, V.G., and Ratna G. Sarkar. "The Impact of Activity-Based Costing on Managerial Decisions at Insteel Industries - A Field Study." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 11, no. 2 (summer 2001).
- 18 May 2018
- News
Faculty Advice for Graduates
- Web
Doubling Down on Women’s Health Innovation and Leveraging the Private Sector in a Post-Roe v. Wade Era - Blog: Health Supplement
Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care Investment Health Care at HBS Insurance/payor Medical devices/diagnostics Precision Medicine Public Health 29 Jul 2022 Doubling Down on Women’s Health Innovation and Leveraging the Private Sector in View Details
- 28 Oct 2022
- News
HBS Announces New RISE Career Fellow Program
- 28 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Tackling Inequality: An HBS Independent Project
At HBS, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I would become a “leader who makes a difference in the world.” It...
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- 19 May 2016
- News
Faculty Offer Words of Wisdom for Graduates
- Web
Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent Course Number 1555 Senior Lecturer Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 6 Sessions Paper This short course is...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Betting big on star power can be a winning strategy in business—not just show business
Researching the entertainment industry, Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, has found that blockbuster strategies work. Content producers who pursue these strategies make huge investments in View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) reflects on his decision to come to HBS, what motivates him to make a difference in the world by using technology to build a...
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- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) reflects on his decision to come to HBS, what motivates him to make a difference in the world by using technology to build a...
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- Web
IT Strategy: Creating a Frictionless Experience with Federated Identity and Access Management | Information Technology
manual processes, custom solutions, and isolated systems. Users are burdened with maintaining multiple sets of credentials to access different resources and tools, slowing them down, inhibiting collaboration, and causing frustration. The...
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