Publications

Video

MBA Application Tips Video Series: Introduction

2021
Working Paper

Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases

By: Katie Panella and George Serafeim

Applying the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative’s employment impact methodology on eight leading companies, we document wide variability in employment impacts as a percentage of salaries paid, ranging between 59 and 80 percent. We identify opportunities for... View Details

Keywords: Impact Measurement; Employee Compensation; Accounting; Employees; Labor; Well-being; Diversity; Wages; Compensation and Benefits

SSRN

Routines shape many aspects of day-to-day consumption. While prior work has established the importance of habits in consumer behavior, little work has been done to understand the implications of routines--which we define as repeated behaviors with recurring, temporal... View Details

22 Jan 2014
Lecture

Value Based Health Care Delivery: Applications

By: Michael E. Porter

1985
Book

Marketing Management: Principles, Analysis and Applications

By: B. P. Shapiro, R. J. Dolan and J. Quelch

Keywords: Marketing; Management; Theory

19 Aug 2020
Video

MBA Application Tips Video - Recommenders

Article

Asset Accumulation and Labor Force Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants

By: Pian Shu

This paper provides empirical evidence of the existence of forward-looking asset-accumulation behavior among disability-insurance applicants, previously examined only in the theoretical literature. Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that... View Details

Keywords: Disability Insurance; Asset Accumulation; Labor Force Participation; Assets; Behavior; Employment; Insurance; Insurance Industry; United States

2013
Working Paper

Asset Accumulation and Labor Force Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants

By: Pian Shu

Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that rejected applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) possess significantly more assets immediately prior to their application and exhibit lower labor force attachment than accepted... View Details

Keywords: Disability Insurance; Asset Accumulation; Labor Force Participation; Assets; Behavior; Employment; Insurance; Insurance Industry; United States

SSRN

January 2018
Article

Who Gets Hired? The Importance of Competition Among Applicants

By: Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton

Despite seeming to be an important requirement for hiring, the concept of a slot is absent from virtually all of economics. Macroeconomic studies of vacancies and search come closest, but the implications of slot-based hiring for individual worker outcomes has not been... View Details

Keywords: Hiring; Selection and Staffing; Employment; Competency and Skills

09 Oct 2024

Applying to HBS: Navigating Joint Degree Applications

Discover the unique aspects of applying to HBS as a joint degree applicant in this informative session. A member of the Admissions Board will provide insights into the application process, share tips on... View Details

2022
White Paper

Census II of Free and Open Source Software - Application Libraries

By: Frank Nagle, James Dana, Jennifer Hoffman, Steven Randazzo and Yanuo Zhou

Produced in partnership with Harvard Laboratory for Innovation Science (LISH) and the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), Census II is the second investigation into the widespread use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The Census II effort utilizes data... View Details

Keywords: Open Source Software; Applications and Software; Cybersecurity; Open Source Distribution

14 Aug 2024

Applying to HBS: Navigating Joint Degree Applications

Discover the unique aspects of applying to HBS as a joint degree applicant in this informative session. A member of the Admissions Board will provide insights into the application process, share tips on... View Details

03 May 2023

Clear Admit Event Series: MBA Application Overview

Hosted by Clear Admit, this event will include a 60-minute panel with representatives from leading MBA programs. The panel presentation will be followed by a 20-30 minute Q&A breakout room with each participating school. View Details

28 May 2022
Video

MBA Application Tips: Activities, Awards & Recognition

10 Jul 2024

Applying to HBS: Navigating Joint Degree Applications

Discover the unique aspects of applying to HBS as a joint degree applicant in this informative session. A member of the Admissions Board will provide insights into the application process, share tips on... View Details

2008
Working Paper

Applicant and Examiner Citations in U.S. Patents: An Overview and Analysis

By: Juan Alcacer, Michelle Gittelman and Bhaven Sampat

Researchers studying innovation increasingly use indicators based on patent citations. However, it is well known that not all citations originate from applicants—patent examiners contribute to citations listed in issued patents—and that this could complicate... View Details

Keywords: Citations; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Research; United States