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  • 09 May 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

technology, management processes that they already have, and probably the culture.” Who’s in your talent pool? So what’s a remote job-seeker to do? Finding the right job depends on profession and, perhaps... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 04 Nov 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

Summing Up Three themes appear to characterize many of the responses to this month's column: (1) leadership talent is portable, (2) the reasons that we chase stars are traceable to human nature, and (3)... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 03 May 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 20 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce

activities, moving away from your original business. If you can't consider diversification and entrepreneurial efforts, you are probably not going to survive long-term. Identify And View Details
  • January 2009
  • Journal Article

The Fiscal Impact of High-skilled Emigration: Flows of Indians to the U.S.

By: Mihir Desai, D. Kapur, J. McHale and K Rogers
Easing immigration restrictions for the highly skilled in developed countries portends a future of increased human capital outflows from developing countries. The myriad consequences of these developments for developing countries include the direct loss of the fiscal... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Diasporas; Developing Countries and Economies; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Human Capital; Mathematical Methods; India; United States
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Desai, Mihir, D. Kapur, J. McHale, and K Rogers. "The Fiscal Impact of High-skilled Emigration: Flows of Indians to the U.S." Journal of Development Economics 88, no. 1 (January 2009).
  • 14 Aug 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

gene therapy startup. It was spun out of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The company had taken with it much of the intellectual property and talent that CHOP had View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Hernando, María Luz González-Gadea, Rafael Di Tella, Agustín Ibáñez, and Mariano Sigman Abstract—Previous studies in adults demonstrated that beliefs and sharing decisions in social scenarios are closely... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2008
  • Case

A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products

By: Larry E. Greiner and Elizabeth Collins
Alex Sander is a new product manager whose drive and talents are attractive to management, but whose intolerant style has alienated employees. This tension is presented against the backdrop of a 360° performance review process. Sander works in the Toiletries Division... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Conflict Management; Behavior; Management Practices and Processes; Talent and Talent Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Problems and Challenges; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Europe
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Greiner, Larry E., and Elizabeth Collins. "A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-177, April 2008.
  • July 2002 (Revised October 2002)
  • Case

Cirque du Soleil

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
Retaining talent is an issue for any company whose success relies on the creativity and excellence of its employees. This is especially true for Cirque du Soleil, the spectacularly successful "circus without animals," whose 2,100 employees include 500 artists--mimes,... View Details
Keywords: Retention; Employee Relationship Management; Business Strategy; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Culture; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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DeLong, Thomas J., and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan. "Cirque du Soleil." Harvard Business School Case 403-006, July 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Multi-location Workers in Multinational Firms? Tradeoffs in Contextual Specialization of Employees and Organizational Outcomes

By: Hise O. Gibson, Ryan W. Buell and Prithwiraj Choudhury
We study how “contextual specialization,” the act of focusing workers’ organizational tasks within a particular locational context, and “contextual non-specialization,” the practice of diversifying workers’ organizational tasks among multiple locational contexts,... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Performance; Experience and Expertise; Selection and Staffing; Strength and Weakness; Personal Development and Career
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Gibson, Hise O., Ryan W. Buell, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Multi-location Workers in Multinational Firms? Tradeoffs in Contextual Specialization of Employees and Organizational Outcomes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-007, August 2021.
  • March 2000
  • Case

Lockheed Martin: The Employer of Choice Mission

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Michael D Overdorf
A Lockheed Martin manager is faced with the decision of where to focus the organization's resources in order to develop a world-class employee development system. The manager's recommendation will serve as the basis for the company's goal of becoming an Employer of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Employees; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Cost Management; Organizational Design; Aerospace Industry
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Christensen, Clayton M., and Michael D Overdorf. "Lockheed Martin: The Employer of Choice Mission." Harvard Business School Case 300-032, March 2000.
  • September 2006 (Revised May 2007)
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GE's Jeff Immelt: The Voyage from MBA to CEO

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Andrew N. McLean
GE believes its ability to develop management talent is a core competency that represents a source of sustainable competitive advantage. Traces the development of a 25-year-old MBA named Jeff Immelt, who 18 years later is named as CEO of GE, arguably the biggest and... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Energy Industry; Technology Industry
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Bartlett, Christopher A., and Andrew N. McLean. "GE's Jeff Immelt: The Voyage from MBA to CEO." Harvard Business School Case 307-056, September 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
  • 05 Nov 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

institutionalize the idea of regular face time between employees and their managers once-removed (that) high potentials 'suddenly appear' So in the case of the board, they should be accountable for assessing potential View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • March 2023 (Revised March 2025)
  • Case

Accelerating AI Adoption in the U.S. Air Force

By: Maria P. Roche and Alexander Farrow
In August 2022, the Pentagon tasked U.S. Air Force Captain Victor Lopez to launch a new office for AFWERX, an Air Force innovation unit that leveraged commercial developers and military talent to acquire advanced technologies. This task was particularly arduous because... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Organizational Design; AI and Machine Learning; Adoption; Technology Adoption; United States
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Roche, Maria P., and Alexander Farrow. "Accelerating AI Adoption in the U.S. Air Force." Harvard Business School Case 723-429, March 2023. (Revised March 2025.)
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

highly successful businessman, the authors say, should serve as an example of the potential talent companies can uncover when they look beyond job candidates with squeaky-clean credentials and consider... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories
  • April 2011 (Revised July 2011)
  • Case

Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A)

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary
This case profiles the evolution of General Electric's African American Form (AAF), an employee affinity group, and its efforts to increase the company's involvement in Africa. The AAF formed in 1991 to help advance GE's recruitment, retention and development of black... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Africa; United States
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Thomas, David A., and Stephanie J. Creary. "Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-093, April 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
  • February 1999 (Revised June 2000)
  • Case

Cimetrics Technology (A-1)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jose Royo
Jim Lee, president of Cimetrics (a young, fast growing, software start-up) is reevaluating his small company's geographically dispersed product development model. To take advantage of talented low-cost labor in Russia, the company has relied on two software engineering... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Applications and Software; Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Labor and Management Relations; Product Development; Performance Evaluation; Information Technology Industry; Russia; Canada; United States
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Paine, Lynn S., and Jose Royo. "Cimetrics Technology (A-1)." Harvard Business School Case 399-108, February 1999. (Revised June 2000.)
  • 02 Apr 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

responsibility for poor performance and continue to get highly paid, it's no wonder there is widespread dissatisfaction." E. Shields stated that it may be the result of disappointed expectations: "People believe that their work... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

mind? A: A few trends stand out in policymaking. First, income tax schedules have "flattened out" in most developed countries, so that marginal tax rates don't rise nearly as much at high incomes as they did 30 years ago. This... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Article

Why Leadership Training Fails—and What to Do about It

By: Michael Beer, Magnus Finnström and Derek Schrader
U.S. corporations spend enormous amounts of money—some $456 billion globally in 2015 alone—on employee training and education, but they aren't getting a good return on their investment. People soon revert to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Organizational Design; Employees; Business Processes; United States
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Beer, Michael, Magnus Finnström, and Derek Schrader. "Why Leadership Training Fails—and What to Do about It." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 10 (October 2016): 50–57.
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