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- 27 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake
American political candidates are forecast to spend as much as $12 billion by next November to put ads on airwaves, texts on phones, and signs on lawns. Yet new research from Harvard Business School finds that no amount of money can undo... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- September 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Recruitment of a Star
By: Boris Groysberg, Stephen Balog and Jennifer Haimson
Details power dynamics that unfold in the firm when one of its best and brightest threatens to leave. It focuses on the dynamics of attracting, hiring, compensating, negotiating, and leveraging a star performer in a professional service firm. In particular, traces the... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; Selection and Staffing; Job Interviews
Groysberg, Boris, Stephen Balog, and Jennifer Haimson. "Recruitment of a Star." Harvard Business School Case 407-036, September 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- 05 May 2022
- HBS Case
College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need
Employers struggling to find workers during the current labor shortage might want to rethink their hiring criteria by taking a new look at job candidates who lack college degrees. American employers have routinely defaulted to requiring... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 16 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers
immigration policy during a period of growing skills gaps. In a quest for efficiency, they rely on AI-powered hiring systems that inadvertently exclude skilled candidates due to minor shortcomings in their qualifications, are difficult to... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements) In fact, in one of the pilot studies involving 184 mid- to senior-level business managers enrolled in an HBS Executive Education course—all of whom negotiate as part of their business... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Dec 2018
- Video
The Research Associate Predoctoral Experience
- 16 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
I am what you may consider an atypical candidate at HBS; I am an art history major in pursuit of an MBA, dedicated to a career path in the arts. My fascination with art stems from an experience I had in high school. I attended a... View Details
- 13 Dec 2018
- Video
The Research Associate Pre-Doctoral Experience
- 05 Dec 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
What Founders Get Wrong about Sales and Marketing
Keywords: Re: Mark N. Roberge
Marcela Carvalho
Marcela is a PhD candidate in Business Economics. Previously, she did her undergraduate studies at Universidade de Sao Paulo and obtained a Master's degree in Economics from PUC-Rio. Her research interests include... View Details
- 18 Apr 2016
- News
How to Take the Bias Out of Interviews
- November 2001 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Children's Hospital and Clinics (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael Roberto and Anita L. Tucker
Describes the major phases of an initiative designed to transform the organization and enhance patient safety. Raises interesting questions about how to encourage candid discussion about failures while continuing to hold people accountable for their performance. View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Leading Change; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Safety; Health Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., Michael Roberto, and Anita L. Tucker. "Children's Hospital and Clinics (A)." Harvard Business School Case 302-050, November 2001. (Revised September 2007.)
- 2025
- Working Paper
Choosing and Using Information in Evaluation Decisions
By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Scott Kostyshak and Perihan O. Saygin
We use a controlled experiment to study how information acquisition impacts candidate evaluations. We provide evaluators with group-level information on performance and the opportunity to acquire additional, individual-level performance information before making a... View Details
Keywords: Discrimination; Beliefs; Stereotypes; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Selection and Staffing; Performance Evaluation
Coffman, Katherine Baldiga, Scott Kostyshak, and Perihan O. Saygin. "Choosing and Using Information in Evaluation Decisions." Working Paper, February 2025.
Jeff Gortmaker
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Business Economics on the 2024-2025 academic job market. My research focuses on industrial organization, with secondary interests in econometrics and finance.
You can find my personal website
Jennifer Zou
I am a fourth year doctoral candidate in the Business Economics program. My research interests are primarily in industrial organization and innovation, with a particular focus on the economics of artificial intelligence/machine learning and digital technology markets.... View Details
Ruru Hoong
Ruru Hoong is a PhD candidate in Economics at Harvard & HBS. Her research interests currently span behavioural, labour, and public economics, focusing particularly on the impact of new digital technologies and associated regulatory policies. She graduated with a... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This paper presents a goal-oriented model of political participation based on two psychological assumptions. The first is that people are more altruistic towards individuals that agree with them and the second is that people's well-being rises when other people share... View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14302, September 2008.
- 03 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
Align Your Social Media and Recruiting Strategies
It goes without saying that candidates seeking new job opportunities should have a presence on social media to enhance their brand identity. Similarly, organizations seeking talent should leverage social media to attract and engage with... View Details
- 24 Apr 2019
- News