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  • 22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50794 September 2016 Administrative Science Quarterly Whitened Résumés: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market By: Kang, Sonia K., K.A. DeCelles, András Tilcsik, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2018 (Revised November 2018)
  • Case

Hidrovias do Brasil: Navigating Unchartered Waters

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Since its founding eight years earlier, Hidrovias do Brasil (“Hidrovias”), an integrated logistics provider serving corporate customers exporting products from South America via the Atlantic Ocean, had grown to 900 employees and $253 million in annual revenues.... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Private Equity; Brazil; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Operation Management; General Management; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Growth and Development; Leadership; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Transportation; Human Capital; Strategy; Emerging Markets; Brazil
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  • 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

2016 University of Chicago Press Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services By: Ofek, Elie, Eitan Muller, and Barak Libai Abstract—This book bridges the gap between what academics know, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54887 forthcoming Production and Operations Management The Operational Value of Social Media Information By: Cui, Ruomeng, Santiago Gallino, Antonio Moreno, and Dennis J. Zhang... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

though one is leading a meaningful life is a bellwether for broader emotional wellbeing, with those who feel they are leading meaningful lives displaying superior mental and physical health. Making work meaningful can also be key for companies looking to retain... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Role Model

the businesspeople, and I could also speak to the engineers. I applied to HBS with the thought that someday I’d like to be director of NASA,” she says. But here’s the thing: Qarnain also loved to act and sing. When she graduated with her MBA into a less-than-welcoming... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • Web

Curriculum - Business & Environment

Sourcing at Nike This case explores the evolution of Nike's global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers' factories. Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea? The setting for this case... View Details
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

of Research in Marketing 29 (2012) Abstract We examine the underlying process behind the IKEA effect, which is defined as consumers' willingness to pay more for self-created products than for identical View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Corporate Governance Society (ICGS) Annual Conference Best Paper Award for “Does Information Technology Reduce Corporate Misconduct?” with Jonas Heese. Joseph Pacelli : Winner of the Best Paper Award at the 2022 MIT Asia Conference in Accounting for "Communicating... View Details
  • 24 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

is considerable variation across industries. Remote work is much more common in industries with better educated and better paid workers. Respondents in better educated and higher paid industries have also observed less productivity loss... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 28 Mar 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

too-commonly used term, not mine) are tradable on international labor markets. They especially follow the migration of manufacturing activity involving jobs requiring lower skills and compensation. Efforts to revive high value-added... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing
  • 2017
  • Report

Room to Grow: Identifying New Frontiers for Apprenticeships

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Sigelman
In the United States, apprentices are employed in just 27 occupations, mostly in skilled, physical trades. An analysis of job postings data shows that extending apprenticeships to more occupations provides an opportunity to expand employment and close the middle skills... View Details
Keywords: Employment; Training; Competency and Skills; Personal Development and Career; United States
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in a Consumer Society

in the early nineteenth century, it also had to adapt to the rise of a mature industrial economy toward the end of the century. The spread of large-scale mechanized production meant the availability of new consumer durables—farm... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

improvement in occupational health and safety. This tradeoff is more pronounced in factories with unions and high-powered productivity incentives, suggesting internal governance structures shape how suppliers respond to social movement... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market Authors:Santosh Anagol, Shawn Cole, and Shayak Sarkar Abstract We conduct a series of field experiments to evaluate two competing views of the role of financial service intermediaries in providing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

strategy to help improve student outcomes in Washington state, and supported the postsecondary education team to determine how technology can boost college advisors’ productivity and improve student outcomes at lower resourced... View Details
  • January 2020 (Revised May 2021)
  • Case

Salary Finance US

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In October 2019, Dan Macklin, the newly-appointed chief executive of Salary Finance Inc., was weighing his options for the future of the business. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner with employers to offer employees affordable loans that were... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Credit; Financing and Loans; Wages; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Growth Management; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

construction of new steel plants. Striking close-ups documented the heroic labors of workers processing and tailoring steel (through chemistry, heat treating, cooling, rolling, and finishing methods) into final View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research

Globalization Globalization December 2014 Article Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World By: Paul M. Healy , George Serafeim , Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu We examine how cross-country differences in... View Details
  • 08 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

Recruitment and selection are now more important for various reasons. Due to the data and analytical tasks facing many sales forces, productivity ramp-up times have increased. Each hire then represents a bigger sunk cost for a longer... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel