jobs training - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

School Case 406-118 General Electric thrived in every decade of the 20th century. Since its founding in 1892, GE has placed a high value on picking and training the best people. Staff members worked with other scientists in the company's... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

return rather than the perhaps easier task of increasing dollars under management. Judging by how fast the typical private equity firm has grown over the past several years, Yudkoff and his firm may well be in the minority in how they viewed this choice. "The... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

06 Nov 2017
Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

over a period of months.” With or without government support or collaboration, technology will continue to disrupt cities. “Autonomous driving, electric cars, it’s all happening,” said Christian Irmisch, sales manager for commuter and regional View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

02 Feb 2004
What Do You Think?

Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?

people: 1) those who "will never agree with the CEO and are always in the minority," 2) those who help "clean up the decision-making process," and 3) "true 'yes men' ... [who] get the job done." Cheryl Price... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

are large potential employers in fields where jobs are accessible to currently underemployed citizens. Sound government policy can build on these by investing in job training... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

interviewed were struck by Gerstner's interest and active involvement in the development of high-potential minority and female senior managers and junior executives; he took a personal interest in how they were being mentored and what their next View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

electronics company Philips; the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk; the Brazilian cosmetics company Natura; and the U.S.-based technology and aerospace company United Technologies all come to mind. All have done a very good job... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

management practices. Using data for 58 countries, we show that after the adoption of mandatory sustainability reporting laws and regulations, the social responsibility of business leaders increases. We also document that both sustainable development and employee View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

high-status people who have gained a wide-ranging knowledge of the business based on long, varied experience across clients and even industries, as well as their formal training and education. Customer-specific experts know their client... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games

national championship game from being played if the number 1 and 2 teams were in conferences committed to different bowls. While the current organization of bowl games leaves much to be desired, it does a much better job of producing good... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

Q: Your case leaves off around 2001. The current Mars Lander program has apparently been a success. Do you think the program is back on track? A: NASA certainly did a good job recovering from the failures of 1999. They had to cancel a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

Happold developed its first formal internal training programs under the name of "Archimedes Academy." The first two programs were (1) the Job Leader Program, targeted for senior engineers and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Manager in Red Sneakers

than those who dress conventionally. “You're saying, 'I'm so autonomous and successful that I can afford to dress in a nonconforming way'” Think Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his hoodie, or the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs in black... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

02 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

death. Professor Alvin Roth has used his expertise in game theory, experimental economics, and market design to create a program that helps match kidney donors with potential recipients. His work also matches medical residents with jobs... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

16 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 16

at baseline (18%, 28%, and 33%, respectively, p0.05 for interaction between race or job type and intervention). Mean calories per beverage decreased similarly over the study period for all racial groups and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

trying to build institutions is like building sandcastles. There is no foundation," he said, citing the analogy of a bricklayer and an architect. "The ones appearing to do the job initially are bricklayers," he said.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

costly for both employees and employers, in terms of direct medical costs as well as costs stemming from lost productive time and missed days at work. Resilience training has been shown to improve workplace functioning for employees,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

diversity training programs aimed at attitudes are less effective than putting men and women together to accomplish tasks, which makes both competence and compatibility salient. FOSO is reasonable for some women in circumstances where... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

effort? If so, what kind of training would be required for those teaching "judgment"? To what degree could this supplement and perhaps accelerate a process of individual self-discovery in the real world? What do you think?... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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