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- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
Job seekers who want to be paid commensurate with their talent level might want to pursue a career in high finance. Recent research finds that the finance industry compensates employees largely according to how talented they are. Other high-paying industries? Not so... View Details
- October 2015
- Article
The Value of Bosses
By: Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
How and by how much do supervisors enhance worker productivity? Using a company-based data set on the productivity of technology-based services workers, supervisor effects are estimated and found to be large. Replacing a boss who is in the lower 10% of boss quality... View Details
Lazear, Edward P., Kathryn L. Shaw, and Christopher Stanton. "The Value of Bosses." Journal of Labor Economics 33, no. 4 (October 2015): 823–861.
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Chicago's difficult decision recently to close a number of schools, given that there were too many facilities for too few students. The goal is for the remaining students to thrive with more resources per capita, with a focus on... View Details
- November 2020
- Case
Truebird—An AlleyCorp Venture
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
In December 2018, Kevin Ryan and Wendy Tsu faced an important decision – to finalize the CEO candidate for Truebird, an innovative, automated coffee café concept. Like many of AlleyCorp and Ryan’s companies, Truebird started with the observation of an unmet need – an... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Hiring; Staffing; Recruiting; Business Startups; Finance; Leadership; Management Skills; Management Teams; Jobs and Positions; Job Interviews; Human Resources; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Technology Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Truebird—An AlleyCorp Venture." Harvard Business School Case 821-030, November 2020.
- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Hitting the High Notes
Resource Executive magazine’s “HR Product of the Year” award. Sheridan is a regularly featured presenter at HBS, the Society for Human Resources View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- September 2023 (Revised June 2024)
- Technical Note
Note on the Evolving Landscape of HR Tech
By: Joseph Pacelli and Alexis Lefort
Keywords: Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; United States
Pacelli, Joseph, and Alexis Lefort. "Note on the Evolving Landscape of HR Tech." Harvard Business School Technical Note 124-012, September 2023. (Revised June 2024.)
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
often, then, companies will adopt diversity policies more out of fear than anything else, the researchers argue. And this can lead to nonproductive situations. For example, a manager may shy away from constructively criticizing a minority... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Nov 2023
- News
Navigating Changing Careers
- 31 Oct 2017
- News
New Report On The Harmful Effects Of Degree Inflation
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Departments | Employment
agility, and working towards strategic objectives. Managers work together to set strategy, priorities, and policies, determine resource allocation, View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Surveying Students’ Summer Plans
group in the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management area. My husband and I plan to eat our way through the incredible Toronto food scene, in addition to taking... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Feb 2025
- News
To Break the Cycle of Low-Wage Work, Redesign the Workforce System
- 06 Jun 2024
- News
How to Get Hired in the Age of AI
- 13 May 2024
- News
What Companies Get Wrong About Skills-Based Hiring
- 01 Dec 1985
- Conference Presentation
Risk Sharing and Corporate Pension Policy
By: André Perold and Jay O. Light
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
talent that we know is on the way. A personal experience, however anecdotal it is, may provide food for thought. Last month, a female acquaintance with a long work record, a positive attitude, a high level of motivation, and familiarity with View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Gender and Free Speech at Google (A), (B), & (C)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Sarah Mehta
Teaching Note for HBS No. 318-085, 319-095, and 319-097. View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
HBS has shaped me as a leader is by showing that the right technical answer might not do you much good at all if you can't also manage the very real people challenges." Spencer describes his other duties as a combination of financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
Frei and Morriss: No heroics, please—partner with customers to make strategic service choices instead of trying to be the best at everything. In their new book, Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your... View Details