Hiring Of Employees - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?

To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Interviewing - Alumni

experience in interviewing hundreds of MBA candidates and in hiring for HBS, Bain & Company, and Goldman Sachs. Are you preparing for an interview? Or do you have one on the horizon? Read insights on what it... View Details

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All Functions - Recruiting

Part 16 Sep 2020 Becca Carnahan MBA Hiring Organizations View hiring organizations for the Classes of 2023 and 2024. View MBA Hiring... View Details

22 Jun 2022
Book

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

Reinvent Your Career How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Four Keys of Enduring Success: How... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

General Manager of E-Commerce role and later GM of North America position, leading thousands of employees and a billion-dollar business. During... View Details

15 Oct 2008
Working Paper Summaries

The Artful Dodger: Answering the Wrong Question the Right Way

Keywords: by Todd Rogers & Michael I. Norton

01 Jun 2024
News

Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress

avenue for ameliorating stress, and by and large the costs are borne by employers." It's in the employers' best interest to look into this connection, both for the good of their employees and for their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

of employees and a billion-dollar business. During this time, she also took on new roles in her personal life, marrying her husband Mike and becoming a mom to her two children. “My family is my north star,”... View Details

28 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)

headquarters maximize an organization's overall revenues by efficiently (and effectively) monitoring the desires of consumers representing a wide range of ethnicities and income levels, large families and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

and other sources. But most sales models are based on a linear “pipeline” view of buying and need updating. However, while it’s an omnichannel buying world, it’s not a digital-eats-physical world, and that has implications. Sales... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

October 2000 (Revised June 2017)
Case

Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals: The EVA Decision

By: Robert Simons and Indra A. Reinbergs

In 2016, the new CEO of Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals introduces an Economic Value Added (EVA) program to focus the company on long-term shareholder value. The EVA program consists of three elements: EVA centers (business units), EVA drivers (operational practices that... View Details

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Employee Relationship Management; Economic Growth; Economic Systems; Management; Motivation and Incentives; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Evaluation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Pharmaceutical Industry; Washington (state, US)

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December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
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NatureSweet

By: Jose Alvarez, Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred

This case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer of fresh tomatoes with sales across the United States and $329 million in 2016 revenues. CEO Bryant Ambelang treated... View Details

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04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

of eight), and hired basketball great Michael Jordan as a spokesperson. It used its leverage with supermarkets to win premium display space and squeezed costs out of the supply... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

18 Nov 2015
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Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?

your firm has hired one to help determine executive pay. Please share your thoughts in the comments section below. “I’d be interested in knowing what board members believe the accountability of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consulting

20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

Japanese staff could function in English. The stakes are high: those who do not reach their target score by the deadline risk being demoted. As Englishnization progresses, loss of productivity, lack of time... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

2018 Independently published Unlocked: Keys to Improve Your Thinking By: Zaltman, Gerald Abstract—What’s the best way to change your life? Change how you think, says marketing guru Gerald Zaltman. While most of us are accustomed to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Oct 2019
Blog Post

How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

navigating conflict and disagreement, listening, and conducting group conversations—across diverse contexts such as work meetings, giving and receiving feedback, dating and relationship health, hiring and firing. I co-taught the earliest... View Details

08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

Working Papers Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation Authors: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22

significantly decreases the likelihood of bankruptcy by up to 2.7 times (270%) four years after funding application. Selection also increases the average level of employment by 9.8 to 14.2 more View Details