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Selective Attention and Learning
Schwartzstein, Joshua. "Selective Attention and Learning." Journal of the European Economic Association 12, no. 6 (December 2014): 1423–1452. (Online Appendix.)
- July 1986 (Revised June 1987)
- Background Note
Lotus 1-2-3: Selected Techniques
Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr. "Lotus 1-2-3: Selected Techniques." Harvard Business School Background Note 587-035, July 1986. (Revised June 1987.)
- Research Summary
Selective Attention and Learning
What do we notice, and how does this affect what we learn? Standard economic models of learning ignore memory by assuming that we remember everything. But there is growing recognition that memory is imperfect. Further, memory imperfections do not stem from limited... View Details
- May 1969
- Background Note
Selecting Channels of Distribution
By: Walter J. Salmon
Keywords: Distribution Channels
Salmon, Walter J. "Selecting Channels of Distribution." Harvard Business School Background Note 513-143, May 1969.
- 13 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Employee Selection as a Control System
- March 2016
- Case
Residency Select or J3Personica?
By: William Kerr and Kathryn S. Roloff
Residency Select, LLC provides psychometric assessments for matching medical students to residency programs. After a series of successful pilots, founder Alan Friedman is considering whether to continue developing his offerings in this area, or whether to expand into... View Details
Keywords: Marketplace Matching; Expansion; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry
Kerr, William, and Kathryn S. Roloff. "Residency Select or J3Personica?" Harvard Business School Case 816-088, March 2016.
- January 1978 (Revised February 1987)
- Background Note
Note on Media Selection
Farris, Paul W. "Note on Media Selection." Harvard Business School Background Note 578-127, January 1978. (Revised February 1987.)
- July 2020
- Article
Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain
By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit’s circumstances. Our research site, a U.S. retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by... View Details
Keywords: Control; Selection; Decentralization; Company Values; Retail Chains; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Local Range; Business Headquarters; Decision Making
Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain." Accounting Review 95, no. 4 (July 2020): 173–198.
- December 2016
- Article
Selective Regulator Decoupling and Organizations' Strategic Responses
By: Jonas Heese, Ranjani Krishnan and Frank Moers
Organizations often respond to institutional pressures by symbolically adopting policies and procedures but decoupling them from actual practice. Literature has examined why organizations decouple from regulatory pressures. In this study, we argue that decoupling... View Details
Keywords: Regulator Leniency; Beneficence; Mispricing; Upcoding; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Revenue; Health Industry
Heese, Jonas, Ranjani Krishnan, and Frank Moers. "Selective Regulator Decoupling and Organizations' Strategic Responses." Academy of Management Journal 59, no. 6 (December 2016). (Selected for Best Paper Proceedings of the 2015 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Winner of the Healthcare Management Division of the Academy of Management 2015 Best Paper Award.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain
By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit’s circumstances. Our research site, a US retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by business... View Details
Keywords: Control; Selection; Decentralization; Company Values; Retail Chains; Decision Making; Economics; Geography; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment; Retail Industry
Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain." Harvard Business School Series in Accounting and Control, No. 16-088, January 2016. (Revised August 2019. Forthcoming in The Accounting Review.)
- March 2019
- Teaching Note
Dutch Bros Coffee: Leadership Selection
By: Tatiana Sandino, Jasmijn Bol, Serena Loftus and Robert Grasser
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-038. View Details
- September 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Dutch Bros Coffee: Leadership Selection
By: Tatiana Sandino, Jasmijn Bol, Serena Loftus and Robert Grasser
Sandino, Tatiana, Jasmijn Bol, Serena Loftus, and Robert Grasser. "Dutch Bros Coffee: Leadership Selection." Harvard Business School Case 119-038, September 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- August 1986 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Ingersoll-Rand: Channel Selection and Management
By: E. Raymond Corey and V. Kasturi Rangan
Corey, E. Raymond, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Ingersoll-Rand: Channel Selection and Management." Harvard Business School Case 587-045, August 1986. (Revised May 1989.)
- October 2020
- Article
Patronage and Selection in Public Sector Organizations
By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Mounu Prem and Edoardo Teso
In all modern bureaucracies, politicians retain some discretion in public employment decisions, which may lead to frictions in the selection process if political connections substitute for individual competence. Relying on detailed matched employer-employee data on the... View Details
Colonnelli, Emanuele, Mounu Prem, and Edoardo Teso. "Patronage and Selection in Public Sector Organizations." American Economic Review 110, no. 10 (October 2020): 3071–3099.
- April 2019
- Supplement
Selecting Customers that Will Succeed
By: Robert L. Simons
Simons, Robert L. "Selecting Customers that Will Succeed." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 119-708, April 2019.
- 01 Nov 2020
- News
Reinventing the Leader Selection Process
- 25 Mar 2013
- News
Finalists selected in President’s Challenge
- January 2000
- Case
Selecting a New Name for Security Capital Pacific Trust
A methodology for selecting a new corporate brand name is explored, highlighting different types of names, criteria and hurdles in securing new names, and legal implications. Brand identity consultancy Lippincott & Margulies guided a real estate investment trust... View Details
Fournier, Susan M., and Andrea Carol Wojnicki. "Selecting a New Name for Security Capital Pacific Trust." Harvard Business School Case 500-054, January 2000.
- 13 Jun 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Firm Selection and Corporate Cash Holdings
Keywords: by Juliane Begenau and Berardino Palazzo