hiring practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

industry are human talent and alignment. The work of professional service firms depends exclusively on the talent and intelligence of the people delivering it. Good firms hire the absolute best people and develop them, motivate them, and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

issues. In short, it posits that when hired managers, or "agents," are faced with a conflict between their organization's best interests and their personal best interests, the agents will choose the latter. Therefore, the owners... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

flows across these links—that that's the lifeblood of research and creativity. At the other extreme, we found two CEO managers in Silicon Valley who were vehemently opposed to these ideas and complained about how they hired their... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

enable him or her to solicit support, hire employees, seek partners—to build a business. PM: The second half of the course focuses on practices and applications. We do very mundane things, such as look at... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

the umber of people who can lead the largest organizations in his country is so small that most search consultants can practically recite them by name. By Khurana's reckoning, however, scarcity of CEO talent is hardly the case. When... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

California pharmacist and drugstore owner who balked at the price-slashing practices of chain store competitors and spearheaded a local price-control movement to protect her own bottom line—a crusade that would ultimately gain such... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

05 Dec 2006
First Look

First Look: December 5, 2006

partners. What's more, they need to collaborate with Professional Services, the new consulting unit whose mission is to jump-start the solutions-centric approach. Whom should MacLeod hire for the top sales job, and what should he do to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

Working PapersThe New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks Authors:Christopher Avery, Christine Jolls, Richard Posner, and Alvin E. Roth Abstract In the past, judges have often hired applicants for judicial clerkships as early as the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

misconduct disclosures may be higher. Near the top for best ethical practices was USAA Financial Advisors, which serves military families and had only a 3 percent rate of misconduct. More distressing than the rates of financial... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

organizations that really ends up with no trend line” “For decades, we’ve been in this cycle where an organization hires a consulting firm to help design and execute a restructuring, and then, as soon as they’re done, they start that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

have already failed, the next most important step is to present a fully articulated case to their government. Vague complaints about "unfair" practices will not mobilize the resources of the government. But presenting a... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

powerful insights and practical guidelines that allow managers to bridge professional divides and organizational boundaries in order to work together effectively, this is a new exploration of the challenges involved in today's global... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

passed, often twelve to twenty-four months. Such a clause, for instance, sparked a public legal battle two years ago when Google hired away a top Microsoft executive, Kai-Fu Lee. But disputes and tensions over noncompetes are not isolated... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?

approach to sleep, diet, and exercise." Clearly, telecommuting, according to those who practice it, is a work in progress. As one telecommuter's bittersweet comment put it, "In many ways telecommuting allows me to "have my... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 20, 2008

from economics and sociology on intra-household bargaining elucidates how negotiations over the allocation of domestic labor at Level 2 influence labor force participation at Level 1. In conclusion, we integrate practical implications... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

practices creating a learning and innovative organization; and tracking results in terms of the "four Rs" of retention, referrals, returns to labor, and relationships with customers. It shows "the culture cycle" at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

can also play an important role in facilitating within-country migration. In the face of physical, informational and social barriers to migration, firms with nationwide hiring practices can benefit from... View Details

02 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

suggestions, including: 1) designing "a practicum where MBA students [with a focus] on ethics ... practice ... hiring/interviewing skills ... by interviewing 'short list' candidates that are being strongly considered for admission by... View Details