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- 16 May 2008
- News
Panels contrive job interview for the next president of the U.S.
- 09 Sep 2020
- News
Hot new job title in a pandemic: ‘Head of remote work’
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
As the Fed Deliberates, Amazon Is Making Its Job More Difficult
- 17 Feb 2022
- News
A Big Bet
Tracy Palandjian (MBA 1997) and Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) (Photos by Susan Young) When Google announced a $100 million fund to expand skills training and job placement programs for low-income Americans, two HBS alumni were standing by:... View Details
- June 8, 2023
- Article
How to Build a Life: The Happiest Way to Change Jobs
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Happiest Way to Change Jobs." The Atlantic (June 8, 2023).
- 2015
- Chapter
Managerial Responsibility and the Purpose of Business: Doing One's Job Well
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Business managers routinely make decisions that significantly affect the lives of others in both positive and negative ways. In the light of these wide-ranging effects, much scholarship has been devoted to specifying the responsibilities of managers of for-profit... View Details
Hsieh, Nien-he. "Managerial Responsibility and the Purpose of Business: Doing One's Job Well." Chap. 5 in Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy, edited by Georges Enderle and Patrick E. Murphy, 95–118. Studies in Transatlantic Business Ethics. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
- March 14, 2012
- Blog Post
How to Find the Perfect Job Applicant (or Look Like One)
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "How to Find the Perfect Job Applicant (or Look Like One)." Harvard Business Review Blogs (March 14, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/03/how-to-find-the-perfect-job-ap.
- 2002
- Other Unpublished Work
Make versus Buy in Trucking: Asset Ownership, Job Design and Information
By: George P. Baker and Thomas N. Hubbard
Baker, George P., and Thomas N. Hubbard. "Make versus Buy in Trucking: Asset Ownership, Job Design and Information." January 2002.
- 04 Mar 2019
- Podcast
29. Intercom, and Architecting a Company on Jobs to Be Done
Continuing our focus on Jobs to Be Done, Derek is joined by Intercom Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor, to discuss how Intercom's model was built from the ground up with the framework. Be sure to take a look at Intercom's helpful JTBD resources. View Details
- 21 May 2025
- Podcast
Shake Shack’s test kitchen: Developing a good jobs and automation combo
Shake Shack Chief Growth Officer Steph So and HBS professor Chris Stanton join Bill Kerr to discuss the fast-casual chain’s digital strategy and how technology is changing the dining experience and restaurant work, from frontline to back office. View Details
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
Under chief economist Pat Bajari, Amazon has hired more than 150 PhD economists in five years. He’s also cornered the market on what might be called “rookie economists” just out of school. That crowns Amazon the largest employer of tech economists—with more working... View Details
- February 1988 (Revised July 1990)
- Background Note
Adding Value at the Top: A Perspective on the General Manager's Job
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Howard H. Stevenson
Salter, Malcolm S., and Howard H. Stevenson. "Adding Value at the Top: A Perspective on the General Manager's Job." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-089, February 1988. (Revised July 1990.)
- 10 Jan 2024
- Podcast
Transplanting college to the corporate campus to develop talent for good jobs
If schools aren't turning out job-ready grads, can employer-led partnerships reengineer the talent pipeline to meet the demand and provide opportunities for a diverse workforce? J.D. Hickey, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, on his firm's... View Details
- 25 Feb 2025
- News
Some Jobs Can Be Done Well Remotely. Inspecting Isn’t One of Them
- 25 Jan 2023
- News
Laid Off in Your Living Room: The Chaos of Remote Job Cuts
- Research Summary
Some Potential Effects of a Scramble on a Job Market (with Alvin Roth, Muriel Niederle, and Yuan Chuan Lien)
This project is directly inspired by the recent addition of a scramble to the economists job market.
We attempt to answer under what conditions and for whom adding a scramble is beneficial. View Details
- May 2023
- Article
Do Internal Control Weaknesses Affect Firms' Demand for Financial Skills? Evidence from U.S. Job Postings
By: Janet Gao, Kenneth J. Merkley, Joseph Pacelli and Joseph H. Schroeder
Ineffective internal controls over financial reporting often relates to a lack of qualified personnel with sufficient accounting and technical expertise. In this study, we examine whether firms respond to internal control failures by increasing their demand for... View Details
Keywords: Internal Controls; Labor Demand; Accounting; Financial Reporting; Experience and Expertise; Recruitment; Competency and Skills; Corporate Finance
Gao, Janet, Kenneth J. Merkley, Joseph Pacelli, and Joseph H. Schroeder. "Do Internal Control Weaknesses Affect Firms' Demand for Financial Skills? Evidence from U.S. Job Postings." Accounting Review 98, no. 3 (May 2023): 203–228.