middle skills gap - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52312 Equality and Equity in Compensation By: Bao, Jiayi, and Andy Wu Abstract—Equity compensation is widely used for incentivizing skilled employees, particularly in new technology... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

are not proactively evaluating potential gaps in their knowledge or addressing their shortcomings.” In addition, Groysberg and Cheng’s survey found that age can be a factor in keeping up with new technology. Among older directors, 39... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Jun 2016
Blog Post

From Africa to HBS

industry, I needed some time to refocus on my career goals. In particular, I wanted to use the MBA to fill some of the gaps I had identified in my skill set. I wanted to pursue an MBA in the U.S. because I... View Details

27 May 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered Are global brands effective? How should I think about strategy in a flat... View Details

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Field Course: Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog

students develop the managerial skills required to identify and implement transformational change. It will draw upon a range of approaches for improving value in health care delivery, including continuous improvement, organizational... View Details

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

difficult tasks. Second, overestimation of ability by both men and women varies across categories. To understand these patterns, we develop a model that separates gender stereotypes from misestimation of ability related to the difficulty of the task. We find that... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Jun 2016
News

Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

71, 1975), chairman of Tata Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates. With Tata’s support, Gandhi started the Indian chapter of AIESEC, a nonprofit organization that helps young people learn leadership skills through global internships... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

07 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience

me graduating with a specialization in computing. In my senior year, I picked up a job at a small business selling open source services. This combination of baseline coding skills and open source knowledge got me to my first job at Red... View Details

30 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

doesn't distinguish between different levels of income. Wealthy, middle class, or poor, you pay the same rate. Also, a flat tax system is often completely free of deductions, exemptions, and exceptions. These efforts aim to make the tax... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2012
News

Taking Time to Make Time

takes a lot more than organizing your schedule to be productive. I wanted to discuss skills that have been critical in my own career. Communication is one—reading, writing, and speaking. Another is how you operate within your organization... View Details

Keywords: Time management

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Africa - Global Activities 2021

Africa Africa Developing the Skills to Drive Change in Africa Pictured: When disease outbreaks and other macro shocks occur, many African nations run the risk of falling deeper into poverty. As countries across the globe grapple with the... View Details

31 Mar 2023
News

How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we're going to highlight another one of the great podcasts here at HBS: Managing the Future of Work, hosted by professor and visiting fellow at the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

11 Jan 2024
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

photographer, so many of my favorite childhood and adult memories took place in national parks. I spent 80% of the pandemic going up and down parks along the Pacific Coast Highway. Using business skills to give back to an organization... View Details

23 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Break the Expert’s Curse

Unfortunately, though, experts frequently make lousy teachers. Experts are sometimes so steeped in expertise that they don't remember what it was like to be a newbie—in terms of both how much they knew and how they felt back then. The memory View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

07 Oct 2015
What Do You Think?

What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?

seeking asylum who bring different skills and behaviors than immigrants. Germany’s problems, opportunities, and solutions are so different from those of the US, that its “model” for handling new arrivals has limited application. That’s... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

to economic growth and used my first summer internship to put my newly acquired skills to use. That summer, I worked at the Rwanda Development Board, a government agency whose mandate is to facilitate private investment into the country.... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Research & Ideas

'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making

biggest variety in solutions, ranging from very good to very bad, but with a low average quality. Those theories were borne out. Rather than falling somewhere in the middle of those results, the intermittent groups combined the benefits... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

stumble when tasked with closing the gap between a desired end-state and executing an action plan. LEAP is designed to give students pattern recognition and practice in developing action plans across a variety of challenges they are... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

remain unfilled? Because companies cannot find people with the skills they need. This skills gap presents opportunities for people seeking successful careers, to be found in... View Details

13 Jan 2021
News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

shape Energicity’s future as it expands from 25 communities in mid-2020 to 50 communities by the middle of 2021 and beyond. Poindexter: Ultimately for a business like mine, the rules and the context of Silicon Valley are still applicable.... View Details

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