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I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Policy; Health; Human Resources; Africa; India; United States
  • 08 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

positive work culture, and a healthy work-life balance. “When we think about racial gaps in the United States, we tend to mostly measure relative income levels.” At a time when many companies are looking to recruit and retain more people... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 26 Apr 2024
  • HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

potential to impede his ability to attract the best players in college football, many of whom are Black. And since many top recruits hail from the South, Sanders recognized that they might not feel at home in Colorado. To make the campus... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
  • September 2012 (Revised September 2014)
  • Case

Doing Business in Malaysia

By: C. Fritz Foley, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-Ho Wong
This case focuses on the current business environment in Malaysia as of 2012 by introducing the main economic, political and cultural aspects of the country for those interested in doing business there. The advantages and challenges of investing and doing business in... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Market Finance; Emergent Countries; Business History; Economic History; Fieldwork; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Strategy; Malaysia
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How Coaching Can Help You - Alumni

select an available appointment in 12twenty (our recruiting platform). Important note: If your preferred coach does not have available appointments posted in 12twenty, reach out to the coach directly via email. To do this, click "Email... View Details
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Program Requirements - Doctoral

faculty at other business schools and by TOM faculty, and to observe faculty recruiting seminars (job talks). Doctoral Seminar for Technology and Operations Management (HBS 4840). TOM students are required, starting in their third year,... View Details
  • 25 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

that they could approach the markets of the US and Europe more directly. Indeed, Amazon was the teacher. Beginning in 2013, the retail website began to recruit Chinese manufacturers to sell on Amazon Marketplace. The seeds for the birth... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products
  • January 2023
  • Case

Cleave Therapeutics: Taking a Risk on Oncology Drug Discovery

By: Regina Herzlinger and Brian Walker
What should a successful executive (HBS Baker Scholar) assess as her next move as the CEO of a firm with a promising and yet uncertain new drug? Amy Burroughs’ mandate to successfully commercialize Cleave Therapeutics’ drug for a cancer with no current successful... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Leadership; Health Testing and Trials; Research and Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Condition; Partners and Partnerships; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Are Experts Blinded by Feasibility?: Experimental Evidence from a NASA Robotics Challenge

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Zoe Szajnfarber, Jason Crusan, Michael Menietti and Karim R. Lakhani
Resource allocation decisions play a dominant role in shaping a firm’s technological trajectory and competitive advantage. Recent work indicates that innovative firms and scientific institutions tend to exhibit an anti-novelty bias when evaluating new projects and... View Details
Keywords: Evaluations; Novelty; Feasibility; Field Experiment; Resource Allocation; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Decision Making
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    The CEO Within

    With rising CEO turnover, companies are increasingly looking outside for qualified candidates. Sure, externally recruited CEOs bring fresh perspectives and connections. But they lack the in-depth knowledge of the company s culture and history that they need to succeed.... View Details
    • December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
    • Case

    Kerry Group: Inspiring Food, Nourishing Life

    By: Forest L. Reinhardt, José B. Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, Tonia Labruyere and Tonia Junker
    The Irish company Kerry Group, one of the leading global players in the taste and nutrition industry, wants to ensure its future growth in developing and developed markets. Founded in 1972 as a dairy cooperative, it had grown into a provider of taste and nutrition... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Environmental Sustainability; Food; Nutrition; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Range; Market Entry and Exit; Customer Relationship Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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    Everybody Else Is Doing It: Exploring Social Transmission of Lying Behavior

    By: Heather E. Mann, Ximena Garcia-Rada, Daniel Houser and Dan Ariely
    Lying is a common occurrence in social interactions, but what predicts whether an individual will tell a lie? While previous studies have focused on personality factors, here we asked whether lying tendencies might be transmitted through social networks. Using an... View Details
    Keywords: Behavior; Values and Beliefs; Social and Collaborative Networks
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    • 11 Sep 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Employers Favor Men

    findings may help employers train recruiters to be aware of their biases and work around them. The two faces of discrimination Gender discrimination clearly runs through the workplace. Women earn about 78 cents on the dollar compared to... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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    Managing the Future of Work

    help working professionals coordinate care for loved ones with chronic illnesses or aging parents. Wellthy's growth remained slow until she piloted a B2B product. Jurist-Rosner wondered whether Wellthy should fully pivot from B2C to B2B, how fast she should ramp up the... View Details
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    Insights & Advice Blog

    future of technology. [...] How to onboard recently graduated MBAs 28 Apr 2025 | All Industries All Locations Recruiting Advice Recruiting Strategies For large numbers of Harvard Business School MBA... View Details
    • January–February 2017
    • Article

    Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
    An increasingly popular route to success as a small business owner is “acquisition entrepreneurship”—buying and running an existing operation. If you’re considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. Think it through. Do you... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Planning
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    • 2014
    • Other Unpublished Work

    No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Public Services Delivery

    By: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Kelsey Jack
    A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field... View Details
    Keywords: Incentives; Non-monetary Rewards; Intrinsic Motivation; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Motivation and Incentives
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    • May 2009
    • Case

    Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education

    By: Allen S. Grossman and Geoff Eckman Marietta
    Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education (MCBRE) was a business-public education partnership with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) that promoted cross-sector knowledge sharing and academic excellence. Its suite of core student programs, such as “720,”... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Knowledge Sharing; Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Education; Business and Community Relations; Education Industry; United States
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    • 2007
    • Working Paper

    Geography, Poverty and Conflict in Nepal

    By: Quy-Toan Do and Lakshmi Iyer
    This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the geographic, economic and social factors that contributed to the spread of civil war in Nepal over the period 1996-2006. This within-country analysis complements existing cross-country studies on the same subject. Using a... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; War; Poverty; Nepal
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    • 20 Jun 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

    information, they usually understand that statistics tend to be more informative than stories.” In that case, a politician doing last minute campaigning before an election, or a business executive seeking to boost sales or recruitment at... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis