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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases

By: Katie Panella and George Serafeim
Applying the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative’s employment impact methodology on eight leading companies, we document wide variability in employment impacts as a percentage of salaries paid, ranging between 59 and 80 percent. We identify opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: Impact Measurement; Employee Compensation; Accounting; Employees; Labor; Well-being; Diversity; Wages; Compensation and Benefits
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Panella, Katie, and George Serafeim. "Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-082, January 2021. (Revised August 2021.)

    The Psychosocial Value of Employment

    In settings where employment opportunities are scarce, the inability to work may generate psychosocial harm. This paper presents a causal estimate of the psychosocial value of employment in the Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh. We engage 745 individuals in a field... View Details
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Financial Flexibility and Corporate Employment

    By: Rebecca Lester, Ethan Rouen and Braden Williams
    We study the role of financial flexibility on COVID-19 employment actions. Using daily data from March through May 2020 for 354 of the largest U.S. employers, we find that firms facing a negative demand shock were 28.8 percentage points more likely to reduce their... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Flexibility; COVID-19; Pandemic; Employment; Health Pandemics; System Shocks; Finance
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    Lester, Rebecca, Ethan Rouen, and Braden Williams. "Financial Flexibility and Corporate Employment." Harvard Business School Series in Accounting and Control, No. 21-119, April 2021.
    • 11 Sep 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Employers Favor Men

    It’s not news that women are much less likely to get hired for jobs than men, even when the candidates have the exact same qualifications. Now, new research sheds light on why this happens. Employers favor men not because they are... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Accounting for Workforce Impact at Scale

    By: Adel Fadhel, Katie Panella, Ethan Rouen and George Serafeim
    Using new data on workforce composition and wages, we systematically measure the employment impact at U.S. firms from 2008 to 2020, including 2,682 unique firms and 22,322 firm-year observations. We document significant variation across industries and firms within each... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Accounting; ESG; Employee Turnover; Wages; Employment; Measurement and Metrics; Human Capital; Diversity; United States
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    Fadhel, Adel, Katie Panella, Ethan Rouen, and George Serafeim. "Accounting for Employment Impact at Scale." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-018, December 2021.
    • 11 Sep 2017
    • News

    Why Employers Favor Men

    • 09 Nov 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary

    experience the employer has on the market” In this case, the employer is the shopper, and the freelancer has the information advantage—especially when working with a first-time employer. The result: The... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment; Employment; Employment
    • December 2010 (Revised October 2012)
    • Teaching Note

    Employment Vignettes (TN)

    By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad Carr
    Teaching Note for 311021. View Details
    Keywords: Cases; Selection and Staffing; Legal Liability; Employees; Business Startups; Resignation and Termination
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    Goldberg, Lena G., and Chad Carr. "Employment Vignettes (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 311-081, December 2010. (Revised October 2012.)
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment

    By: Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa and Elena Simintzi
    We analyze how frivolous patent-infringement claims made by “patent trolls” affect small firms’ ability to create jobs, raise capital, and survive. Our identification strategy exploits the staggered passage of anti-patent-troll laws at the state level. We find that the... View Details
    Keywords: Patent Trolls; Patents; Small Business; Employment; Venture Capital
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    Appel, Ian, Joan Farre-Mensa, and Elena Simintzi. "Patent Trolls and Small Business Employment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-072, February 2017.
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    Employment | Harvard Business School

    Employment Join our diverse team of inspiring professionals whose work is centered around our commitment to educate future leaders. View Jobs 1,761 Staff Positions 233 Faculty Positions (Full-Time Equivalent) Staff Positions Over 15... View Details
    • 31 May 2012
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    Researchers: OSHA Inspections Saving Employers Billions

    • 28 Feb 2021
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases

    Keywords: by Katie Panella and George Serafeim
    • August 2005 (Revised April 2015)
    • Background Note

    Employment At Will: A Legal Perspective

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher M. Bruner
    Provides a brief overview of the employment-at-will doctrine, an important concept unique to the U.S. legal system and business landscape. Briefly surveys the history and development of this doctrine and certain limitations and exceptions to it, as well as some of the... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Resignation and Termination; Employment; Common Law; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; United States
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    Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher M. Bruner. "Employment At Will: A Legal Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 306-036, August 2005. (Revised April 2015.)
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    Hiring Process | Employment

    a phone call from a Recruiter or the Hiring Department. During this phone interview we will be discussing information such as your employment history, the reasons for your interest in the position you have applied to, and compensation... View Details
    • 02 May 2018
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    Why Employers Drag Feet on Value-Based Insurance

    • January 2009 (Revised February 2009)
    • Case

    Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy

    By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron
    Pitney Bowes, a Fortune 500 mail and document management firm, offered its first health plans in the years following World War II. Over the ensuing decades, Pitney Bowes adapted its approach to employee health amid rising health care costs, shifting employer attitudes... View Details
    Keywords: Cost; Insurance; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Corporate Strategy
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    Porter, Michael E., and Jennifer F Baron. "Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 709-458, January 2009. (Revised February 2009.)
    • 1992
    • Working Paper

    Employment versus Sub-Contracting: The Real Trade-Offs

    By: Amar Bhide and Howard Stevenson
    By many accounts, sub-contracting is in the vogue while traditional employment relationships are on the outs. Ten years ago free-lancers, independent subcontractors and the like accounted for about 10 percent of the labor force; today they constitute 25 percent. Of the... View Details
    Keywords: Sub-contracting; Freelancers; Employment; Organizations; Theory
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    Bhide, Amar, and Howard Stevenson. "Employment versus Sub-Contracting: The Real Trade-Offs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 88-046, March 1987. (Revised March 1992.)
    • September 1994 (Revised November 1997)
    • Exercise

    Employment and Social Welfare

    By: George P. Baker III
    Keywords: Welfare or Wellbeing; Employment
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    Baker, George P., III. "Employment and Social Welfare." Harvard Business School Exercise 195-128, September 1994. (Revised November 1997.)
    • 31 May 2025
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    MBA Application Tips: Employment

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    Affinity Groups | Employment

    Affinity Groups Employee-led groups that center and celebrate shared identities, interests, and experiences. Staff affinity groups, also known as employee resource groups (ERGs), are voluntary, employee-led groups that center and celebrate shared identities, interests,... View Details
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