Publications

May 2001
Supplement

Microsoft: Competing on Talent (B)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Glinska

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

July 2000 (Revised February 2001)
Case

alphaWorks: IBM's Technology Talent Agents

AlphaWorks has catalyzed IBM researchers and offered them a new path to take technology to market. With success, though, comes new organizational challenges. Should John Wolpert extend alphaWorks to all IBM labs, refocus, or shut down its operations? View Details

Keywords: Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Research and Development

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2018
Chapter

Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows

By: John Horton, William R. Kerr and Christopher Stanton

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November 2021
Teaching Note

Andela: Africa's AWS for Talent

By: Tarun Khanna, Caroline M. Elkins and Joyce Kim

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 321-113. View Details

August 2007 (Revised September 2008)
Supplement

Baker & McKenzie (B): A New Framework for Talent Management

By: Boris Groysberg and Eliot Sherman

Keywords: Framework; Talent and Talent Management

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details

November 1981
Case

Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A)

By: Michael Beer

Provides background on the assessment center used by AT&T to assess managerial potential for upper middle management. Contains assessment reports for two candidates. Raises questions about manpower training and development. Students may be asked which of the candidates... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Performance Evaluation; Management Teams; Executive Education; Management Skills

13 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through the Self-Doubt That Keeps Talented Women from Leading

apply. Managers shouldn’t take for granted that “the best people will rise to the surface, raise their hands, and say, ‘Yeah, I’m great,’” Coffman says. “It’s important to realize that we can’t just rely on... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

15 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers

in the paper Are Bankers Worth Their Pay? Evidence from a Talent Measure by Boris Vallée, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and Claire Célérier, an assistant professor at the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

December 2010 (Revised November 2013)
Case

Talent Recruitment at frog design Shanghai

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Yi Kwan Chu

This case illustrates the complexity and importance of hiring decisions in the Chinese operation of a global design and innovation firm. View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Talent and Talent Management; Decision Making; Complexity; Innovation and Invention; Shanghai

30 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

workers’ subjective well-being,” the researchers write. How can companies ease the commuting pain? While Wu is quick to note that some “knowledge work” depends on in-person collaboration, including medical and biotech research, he says... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

July 2001
Teaching Note

Microsoft: Competing on Talent (A) and (B) TN

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-300-001) and (9-301-135). View Details

24 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

looking for talent in a tight job market. “A company has to understand that rigidity around job descriptions and work processes artificially constrains the pool of talent that... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

February 2022
Technical Note

Widening the Talent Pipeline: Skills-First Hiring

By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Mehta, Annelena Lobb and Kerry Herman

August 2024
Module Note

EoTV: Module 2 - Availability and Access to Talent

By: Paul Gompers

March 2008 (Revised May 2011)
Case

Accenture's War for Talent in India

By: Robert G. Eccles, David Lane, Namrata Arora and Prabakar 'PK' Kothandaraman

Keywords: Human Resources; Recruitment; India

2020
Chapter

The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy

By: William R. Kerr

Talent is the most precious resource for today’s knowledge-based economy, and a significant share of the U.S. skilled workforce in technology fields is foreign born. The United States has long held a leading position in attracting global talent, but the gap to other... View Details

Keywords: Global Talent Flows; Talent and Talent Management; Global Range; Immigration; Policy; Economy