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  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

What I Do: Lindsey Mead (MBA 2000), Vedica Qalbani and Jessica Wu (both MBA 2007)

its competitors in the hunt for talent in the high-stakes, trilliondollar finance industry. Ratio’s focus is on search for private equity and hedge fund firms, and its... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey
  • 05 Mar 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

To some degree, this has exacerbated the challenge to those responsible for staffing these activities by creating more frequent peaks and valleys in demands for talent. Are there lessons for human resource View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett

    Hard To Do, And Easy To Screw Up—A Primer On Hiring For Startups

    One of the most popular conversations I have with entrepreneurs I work with is how to improve their recruiting and hiring strategy. I love when they dive into this topic early on because it’s one of the hardest parts of running any company, no matter how small or... View Details
    • 2018
    • Book

    The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society

    By: William R. Kerr
    The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Foreign talent has transformed U.S. science and engineering, reshaped the economy, and influenced society at large. But America is bogged down in thorny debates on... View Details
    Keywords: Immigration; Policy; Labor; Economy; Talent and Talent Management; United States
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      Samantha Smith

      Samantha is a behavioral scientist, earning her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior (Micro) at Harvard Business School. Her research examines employees' strategic decisions under competition. Her work also examines how to harness diverse talent effectively, driving... View Details
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      The Future of Executive Development: The CLO's Compass and The Executive Programs Designer's Guide

      By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas
      Executive education worldwide has entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication—while the demand for managerial skills is growing. The forces of disintermediation, disaggregation, and decoupling are creating... View Details
      Keywords: Digitalization; Executive Education; Disruption; Leadership Development; Management Skills; Curriculum and Courses; Internet and the Web; Design
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      • 11 Apr 2024
      • In Practice

      Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

      company and drawing upon native and foreign talent as befits their local situation. While the employment-based and family reunification pathways... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 09 May 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

      technology, management processes that they already have, and probably the culture.” Who’s in your talent pool? So what’s a remote job-seeker to do? Finding the right job... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • November 2014
      • Article

      Evidence on Self-Stereotyping and the Contribution of Ideas

      By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman
      We use a lab experiment to explore the factors that predict an individual's decision to contribute her idea to a group. We find that contribution decisions depend upon the interaction of gender and the gender stereotype associated with the decision-making domain:... View Details
      Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizations; Gender
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      • 22 Jan 2019
      • Blog Post

      Balancing the Ideal with the Real: Conveying Corporate Culture to Candidates

      The recruiting process among companies and candidates can resemble a two-way talent competition in which all parties serve simultaneously as contestants and judges: just as... View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
      • Article

      Passion Penalizes Women and Advantages (Unexceptional) Men in High-Potential Designations

      By: Joyce He, Jon M. Jachimowicz and Celia Moore
      High potential programs offer a swift path up the corporate ladder for those who secure a place on them. However, the evaluation of “potential” occurs under considerable uncertainty, creating fertile ground for gender bias. We document that men are more likely than... View Details
      Keywords: Passion; Potential; Gender; Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Talent and Talent Management
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      • 25 Aug 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine

      a new study coauthored by Harvard Business School Professor Shai Bernstein. “Attracting high-quality talent is an important challenge for any young firm, and it’s critical to establishing reputation View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 21 May 2014
      • News

      Will women CEOs still stand out in 2024?

      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      Alternative Paths of Green Entrepreneurship: The Environmental Legacies of The North Face's Doug Tompkins and Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Ben Gettinger
      This working paper examines the impact of two entrepreneurs who offered alternative paths to reach their shared goal of a more sustainable world. Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins were respective founders of the prominent outdoor apparel brands Patagonia and The North... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      • Profile

      Aline Camargo

      was able to share my thoughts and concerns with friends, professors, career coaches, alumni and MBA administration managers who helped me much to brainstorm about decisions... View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Entertainment / Media
      • 28 Apr 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?

      To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • 07 Nov 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      When Glasses Land the Gig: Employers Still Choose Workers Who 'Look the Part'

      write. You Might Also Like: Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right... View Details
      Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
      • 27 Oct 2022
      • Video

      Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment

      • May 2018
      • Article

      Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity, Engagement, and Performance

      By: Shelley Xin Li and Tatiana Sandino
      Many service organizations rely on information sharing systems to boost employee creativity to meet customer needs. We conducted a field experiment in a retail chain, based on a registered report accepted by Journal of Accounting Research, to test whether an... View Details
      Keywords: Information; Knowledge Sharing; Employees; Creativity; Performance
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      • September 2016 (Revised March 2020)
      • Teaching Note

      Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model

      By: Feng Zhu
      Fasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders' fares low and charge drivers a flat $0.99 fee per ride, as opposed to the 20%–30%... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Transportation; Business Startups; Business Model; Transportation Industry; Boston
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