Labor Allocation - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

mere agent for shareholders, it will likely find it hard to justify significant resource allocations resulting from decisions based primarily on altruistic motives rather than company-related needs. Several of these companies were founded... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

evidence on a key mechanism: how employees allocate their time to work-related activities and to visiting distant family. To do so, we use field interviews, sub-sample analyses, and micro-data on the number of optional skill-development... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract To remain a leader in innovation, the United States needs the support of foundational institutions that help seed, grow, and renew enterprises. Historically, these institutions-such as universities,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

illustrate the process and power of market design through three examples: the design of medical residency matching programs, a scrip system to allocate food donations to food banks, and the recent “Incentive Auction” that reallocated... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

up to the point where the benefit of the marginal project is just equal to the cost. Because labor is a key input to innovation when the opportunity cost of time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, we find that... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

emissions can have a positive return on investment but hurt earnings and cash flow in the short term. Some commitments may actually result in a wealth transfer from shareholders to another stakeholder group, such as paying a "living wage" that is above market View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

http://hbr.org/2014/01/the-new-patterns-of-innovation/ar/1 January 2014 Journal of Labor Economics Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms By: Pekkala Kerr, Sari, William R. Kerr, and William F. Lincoln Abstract—We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

of mine, Carl Kester. He takes some offense when I beat up on it. Sorry, Carl!” Sahlman’s perspective was influenced by his father, a successful manager who had dealt with similar kinds of resource allocation issues. Sahlman knew that in... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

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alternatives? Over the course of the semester, we develop a set of interconnected frameworks that will be a useful toolbox for the future general manager. Grading / Course Administration: The grade allocation for this class will be 50%... View Details

November 2017
Teaching Note

Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455. On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details