Employee Selection - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2022
News

Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us

Duncan for the company’s Hack Week competition, in which employees are invited to spend a week pursuing a passion project. Their idea for a personality-forward voice assistant won an award and, with it, some funding. “Seeing that Spotify... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

individual’s ability to select which task to complete next from a work queue. Using data from more than 2.4 million radiological studies read by 91 physicians over a period of two and a half years, we examine the conditions under which... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

By: Coates, John C., Jesse M. Fried, and Kathryn E. Spier Abstract—We report the results of an online survey, conducted on behalf of Harvard Law School, of 124 practicing attorneys at major law firms. The survey had two main objectives: (1) to assist students in View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

to illegally hack into the phones of select individuals. That these hackers seem not to be News of the World employees illustrates the Russian nesting doll model, which contains the seeds of moral hazard,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

Teaching Interest

Overview

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

Professor Bernstein currently teaches a second-year MBA course in Managing Human Capital (MHC). He is also the faculty chair for the Harvard Business School Online Developing Yourself as a Leader course and teaches in a variety of executive education... View Details

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

Martha Lagace: What is missing in leadership models today? Michael Beer: Most formal leadership models do not incorporate institution-building in their definition of leadership. Leadership is thought of as a means for activating change, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

Illustrations by Andrea Manzati Prescription: Free the Data! On a bright September morning, on the expansive lawn outside the Watertown, Massachusetts, headquarters of the e-health firm athenahealth, city and state officials, company executives, and hundreds of View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

benefits to both members and nonmembers, negotiating advertising and product standards. "French consumer groups cultivated membership not by providing selective benefits, but by emphasizing their public purpose," Trumbull writes. French... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

23 Sep 2021
News

Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies

business education for the purpose of the betterment of our society. HBS has a very important role in that regard.” Kawasaki says the club selected Professor Serafeim to be the inaugural series speaker because measurement is crucial in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 Jun 2017
News

Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

Dan. I actually did take the test. And what was very interesting is that at the beginning of pymetrics we didn't have any career matches. The way we develop a career match is we have lots of other people play the games, and then from the entire pool of people that have... View Details

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

challenges: selecting the mostworthy recipients of funding, relying on young organizations to implementideas, and being accountable to the third party whose funds they areinvesting. They identify relevant venture capital practices — such... View Details

Keywords: by Anne Kavanagh

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

from zero-based budgeting, we start with a clean slate and intentionally select activities, projects, and commitments rather than using the previous year as the default. Then, before we lock everything in, we take a step back and ask if... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Apr 2013
What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

felt that the lines are not finely drawn. As she put it: "Men and women are variations on a theme, not opposites . It is possible, and I think likely, that the male-dominated business world selects as leaders women who demonstrate... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

of the R&D division, and the marketing department is a customer of manufacturing. In some accounts, employees are customers of management. Although people may like being called customers—to foster their sense of importance and... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

17 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future

our program. We also have well over 200 targets which we use to guide our progress under each of our sustainable development goals. We hope to remain steadfast in our commitment to creating change in our communities, our employees and our... View Details

25 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 25

Negotiator, 2014' By: Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green Abstract—Significant negotiation-related achievements from career of Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore are highlighted in brief form along with elements of his background and career. In light of these... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

involved launching two separate recruitment campaigns, each targeting half of 48 randomly selected rural districts across the country and distributing marketing material in the nation's health centers. In 24 districts, potential View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

remote interns. “It's important to select projects which are important or notable to a large group. This ensures that many people in the organization are invested in the intern's success, and it widens the scope of available mentors who... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract I evaluate the effect of loyalty on individuals' portfolio choice using a unique dataset of retirement contributions. I exploit the statutory difference that in 401(k) plans stand alone employees... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

financial goals over time—specifically, how organizations set goals, structure activities, select members, and socialize those members. In my own research, I see that these four pillars both shape and are shaped by the culture of the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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