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

    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
    • June 2022 (Revised August 2023)
    • Case

    Strategic Innovation at the United Nations: A Network of Ecosystems

    By: Frank Nagle, Elizabeth J. Altman and Amy Klopfenstein
    In 2021, Gina Lucarelli, leader of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Accelerator Labs, prepared for a meeting with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. The two planned to discuss the future of the Accelerator Labs, a network of social innovation labs located... View Details
    Keywords: Change; Disruption; Transformation; Change Management; Education; Learning; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Local Range; Geopolitical Units; Country; Human Resources; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Information Technology; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Psychology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Society; Social Issues; Welfare; Strategy; Cooperation; Adaptation; Public Administration Industry; North and Central America
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    • June 2023
    • Supplement

    Social Media Background Screening at Fama Technologies (B)

    By: Joseph Pacelli, Jillian Grennan and Alexis Lefort
    Fama Technologies is an online screening company that uses AI to analyze job applicants' publicly available online content for signs of risk and culture fit. The case opens with Ben Mones, founder and CEO, looking to secure funding from venture firms. He is running... View Details
    Keywords: Human Resources; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; United States
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    • October 2012
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    Securitization without Adverse Selection: The Case of CLOs

    By: Effi Benmelech, Jennifer Dlugosz and Victoria Ivashina
    In this paper, we investigate whether securitization was associated with risky lending in the corporate loan market by examining the performance of individual loans held by CLOs. We employ two different datasets that identify loan holdings for a large set of CLOs and... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Finance; Performance; Markets; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; Investment Portfolio; Financing and Loans
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    • 06 Sep 2024
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

    from the nonprofit and public sector to attend HBS, these fellowships enable the School to award $10,000 to a select number of incoming MBA students for each of their two years in the MBA Program. Beginning with the Class of 1990, 267... View Details

      W. Carl Kester

      Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)
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      Reunions - Alumni

      encourage your classmates to invest in the future of HBS by fundraising for your class gift . Presentations Access videos, presentation slide decks, and related resources from past reunions. Photo Galleries Select photos taken by... View Details

        Regina E. Herzlinger

        Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She was the first woman to be tenured and chaired at Harvard Business School and serve on many established and start-up corporate health care/medical... View Details

        Keywords: health care; insurance industry; medical devices; retailing; digital health
        • March 2024
        • Case

        Biomanufacturing Decentralization by Stämm

        By: Paul A. Gompers, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
        In Buenos Aires, Argentina, cousins Llamazares and D’Alvia founded Stämm, a startup based on the idea of decentralizing biomanufacturing processes and downsizing biotech facilities. After raising its seed and series A rounds, and while finalizing its series B round in... View Details
        Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Selection and Staffing; Technological Innovation; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Launch; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Latin America; South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires
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        • 08 Aug 2006
        • First Look

        First Look: August 8, 2006

        recency) but are more cautious (positive recency). Paper not available Learning and Equilibrium As Useful Approximations: Accuracy of Prediction on Randomly Selected Constant Sum Games Author:Ido Erev, Alvin E. Roth, Robert L. Slonim, and... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • Fall 2020
        • Article

        Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa

        By: Michael A. Wheeler
        Over the past two decades the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) has named thirteen people as Great Negotiators. The project, directed by my colleague Jim Sebenius, has given us the opportunity to commend our honorees’ outstanding work and to learn from... View Details
        Keywords: Art; Negotiation; Arts
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        The New Social Contract: Contractors, Firms, and Agencies

        The emergence of a 'new social contract' linking employees and organizations - perhaps most notable for the absence of a promise of lifelong job security - has been widely remarked. A related trend, less noted but potentially important, has been the emergence of a... View Details
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        Apply to PRIMO - Doctoral

        will include 3 short essay questions; Copy of your current transcript, ideally with Fall 2024 grades posted. Unofficial copy is acceptable; One letter of recommendation. Recommendation letters are submitted online through our secure... View Details
        • 03 Mar 2008
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        First Look: March 4, 2008

        company. A simple portfolio strategy of going long the buy recommendations with school ties and going short buy recommendations without ties earns returns of 5.40% per year. We test whether Regulation FD, targeted at impeding selective... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 21 Oct 2008
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        First Look: October 21, 2008

        http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309042 Israeli Special Forces: Selection Strategy Harvard Business School Case 409-041 Ron Guntz, commander of recruiting for Israel's Special Forces, had been instructed by... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
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        Help - Alumni

        or email ads@harvard.edu . Accounts & Security HBS Account & Login What is HBS login and what can I access with it? The HBS login refers to the username and password combination needed to access the protected areas of the Alumni Website,... View Details
        • 14 Sep 2010
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        First Look: September 14, 2010

        provide illustrations from the Toyota Motor Company to show how deliberate perturbation enables efficient exploration in the midst of intense exploitation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-011.pdf Employee Selection... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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        Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

        research, course development, and teaching on top managements' use of performance measurement systems to: Communicate with external investors to ensure that their firms' securities are fairly priced and that they are able to access... View Details
        • 29 Jan 2008
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        First Look: January 29, 2008

        renegotiations. Our results indicate that institutional managers that participate in loan renegotiations consequently trade in stock of the same company and outperform other managers by approximately 8.8% in annualized terms in the month following loan renegotiation.... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace