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- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
apprenticeships, internships, or work-based learning. That figure pales in comparison to other OECD countries like Germany or Switzerland, where 40-70 percent of students split their time between traditional school settings and learning in a workplace. Technical and... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 01 Dec 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?
two or three parameters like attitude and sincerity towards work; it should also measure domain knowledge, soft skills like leadership and managerial quality, creativity, and the ability to learn and adapt... View Details
Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
kindness is one of the most essential soft skills for good leadership. But in these times, it might be the most crucial one. To paraphrase Henry David Thoreau, kindness is an investment that never fails.... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- 27 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance
What’s the best way to run a company? The question has bedeviled economists as long as companies have existed. How, after all, do you measure something as soft as management style across the range of different types and sizes of companies... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
countries serving on the board are rewarded with an average $60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans. This is more likely driven by soft forces like boardroom culture rather than by the power of the vote itself. We find no significant... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
Specialisterne. So-called soft skills training, like social interaction and professional norms, is a crucial piece provided by public or private organizations already working with the ASD population. Issues... View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Group to add healthier products to its lineup. When soft drink sales declined in 2010, shareholders criticized PepsiCo’s execution. Nooyi responded by beefing up PepsiCo’s marketing and strengthening her leadership team—but held firm to... View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
degrees, a particularly important credential in America. “Many people see the four-year degree, in effect as a proxy for the hard and soft skills that are necessary to be successful in the workplace,”... View Details
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
studying world-class companies in developing countries. For me and my colleague Krishna Palepu, India has served as an intellectual laboratory. So I've always been anecdotally aware of the possibility that people could benefit from India's View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
small open economy, final goods production is carried out by foreign and domestic firms, which compete for skilled labor, unskilled labor, and intermediate products. To operate a firm in the intermediate goods sector, entrepreneurs must... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
their children's or relatives' college educations. The business would require a huge technology infrastructure, to capture millions of consumers' purchases and to direct company rebates on their spending (for credit-card and telephone services, automobiles, clothing,... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
can't be taught in a classroom, he contends. Mihnea Moldoveanu (DBA '97) of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management maintains that the MBA is in crisis "because it selects for and cultivates traits and skills [tied to... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
being mindful of constraints, focusing on the tangible impact of actions while recognizing their symbolic significance and combining formal power with legitimacy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54691 Making Sense of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
But the leadership development industry is in a state of upheaval. The number of players offering courses to impart the hard and soft skills required of corporate managers has expanded well beyond... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
product range and a broad customer base. Kvadrat's internal organization had grown and transformed to support this larger business. Now Kvadrat's management team was focused on a number of key initiatives: expansion into Asia, improved sales trends in its curtain and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
traditional approach, which focused primarily on skills training. To confirm causation and explore the mechanisms underlying the effects, we replicated the results in a laboratory experiment. We found that individuals working temporarily... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
which job assignment is based on comparative advantage. Crucially, and consistent with almost all realistic hiring contexts, being hired and assigned to a job depends not only on one’s own skill but also on the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
negotiation. Yet unlike professionals such as litigators, journalists, and doctors, who are taught how to ask questions as an essential part of their training, few executives think of questioning as a skill that can be honed—or consider... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman