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  • March 2017 (Revised October 2018)
  • Case

Catalant: The Future of Work?

By: Thomas Eisenmann, Jeffrey F. Rayport and Christine Snively
Catalant, founded in 2013 as an online marketplace where MBAs could bid on consulting projects posted by small- to medium-sized businesses, had expanded by 2016 to provide Fortune 1000 companies with access to over 35,000 independent experts. The founders envisioned... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Recruitment; Labor; Market Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Employment Industry; Consulting Industry; United States
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What's Your Language Strategy?: It Should Bind Your Company's Global Talent Management and Vision

By: Tsedal Neeley and Robert Steven Kaplan
Language pervades every aspect of organizational life. Yet leaders of global organizations—where unrestricted multilingualism can create friction—often pay too little attention to it in their approach to talent management. By managing language carefully, firms can hire... View Details
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    The CEO Within

    With rising CEO turnover, companies are increasingly looking outside for qualified candidates. Sure, externally recruited CEOs bring fresh perspectives and connections. But they lack the in-depth knowledge of the company s culture and history that they need to succeed.... View Details
    • 19 Nov 2015
    • Blog Post

    Why We Recruit: Education Pioneers

    to student data analysis, external relations, operations, human resources, strategy and more. They solve problems from outside of the classroom so students and teachers can succeed inside of the classroom. How long has your organization... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
    • 14 Sep 2021
    • Blog Post

    How to Support Your Employees' Career Development

    across industries and directly managed hundreds of employees who have grown their careers under her leadership. As part of her role, Fitzpatrick also regularly provides support to recruiting partners as they seek to recruit, hire, and... View Details
    • 29 Apr 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: April 29

    explore how individuals process failed experiences as a potential source of learning. Drawing on attribution theory, we conceptualize the differential impact that internal (self-focused) and external (factors outside of one's control)... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity

    By: Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
    Most research on the CEO labor market studies public company CEOs while largely ignoring CEOs in private equity (PE) funded companies. We fill this gap by studying the market for CEOs among U.S. companies purchased by PE firms in large leveraged buyout transactions.... View Details
    Keywords: CEOs; Jobs and Positions; Ownership; Recruitment
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    • 1 Aug 2010
    • Conference Presentation

    Firm Performance, Top Management and Minority Hiring: African‐American Coaches in the NFL, 1970‐2007

    By: Andrew Hill and David Thomas
    Studies of minority hiring have found that low-status firms are more likely to hire minority candidates. However, most work has examined hiring for entry and mid-level positions, not senior management, which differs in the level of 1) uncertainty regarding the optimal... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Management Teams; Recruitment; Relationships; Risk and Uncertainty; Ethnicity; Sports Industry; Africa; United States
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    • 21 Aug 2023
    • Book

    You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance

    you recognize that individuals are greater than the sum of their previous experiences, then you can think more broadly about competencies, rather than just credentials, as you’re slotting someone into their next role. ” There’s also a troubling View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
    • 02 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    10 Trends to Watch in 2024

    The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 26 Apr 2024
    • HBS Case

    Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

    opportunities must be actively cultivated and pursued. “He can shape players into being the most marketable they can be,” says Gibson. “Today, a college football coach needs to understand business and the acumen that goes into external... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
    • 15 Sep 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: September 15

    primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction, and challenge of the work itself—and not by external pressures. This is the "Intrinsic Motivation Principle of Creativity" (Amabile, 1996), and it suggests that the social... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Managing the Future of Work

    through Catalant's evolution as a company. Catalant's journey to becoming a software platform and talent marketplace provides context for students to explore new models of work and ways companies are mobilizing talent internal and View Details
    • Web

    Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

    supporting employees in their individual quests for progress while also meeting the organization’s needs, managers can create employee experiences that are mutually beneficial and sustaining. Keywords: Retention ; Recruitment ; Talent and... View Details
    • Web

    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    external advisory board of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania and on the board of Hope for New York. He received a BS in economics from the Wharton School... View Details
    • 17 Jan 2023
    • In Practice

    8 Trends to Watch in 2023

    As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 29 Jul 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side

    from my research associates and me. I met personally with each participating team four times during their participation: An initial recruiting meeting, where I explained what participation would involve and what the team would get in... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Fine Arts
    • Web

    Jana Kierstead | About

    Jana Kierstead Executive Director, MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations Bio Jana Pompadur Kierstead is the Executive Director of the MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations at Harvard... View Details
    • 06 Nov 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: November 6

    opportunity to misreport their performance or having their performance verified by an external monitor. To study the effect of social factors on the willingness to be subject to monitoring, we vary whether participants make this decision... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    People - Advancing Racial Equity

    Adebo MBA 2021; Co-President, African American Student Union José Alvarez Faculty / Marketing Cathy Basquel MBA 2021 Dobbin Bookman MBA 2002; Director OPM/OMP Organizational Development, Executive Education Janet Cahill AMP 189; Executive Director, View Details