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2011
Chapter

Promoting Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Job Creation

By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Stephen O'Connell

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November 2007 (Revised March 2008)
Teaching Note

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs (TN)

By: Anthony Mayo

Keywords: Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry

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July 2015
Article

Preparatory Power Posing Affects Nonverbal Presence and Job Interview Outcomes

By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Caroline A. Wilmuth, Andy J. Yap and Dana R. Carney

We tested whether engaging in expansive (vs. contractive) "power poses" before a stressful job interview—preparatory power posing—would enhance performance during the interview. Participants adopted high-power (i.e., expansive, open) poses or low-power (i.e.,... View Details

Keywords: Power Posing; Social Evaluation; Nonverbal Behavior; Presence; Posture; Behavior; Job Interviews

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May–June 1979
Article

A Good Job is Hard to Find

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Jobs and Positions

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19 May 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective

Keywords: by Peter A. Coles, John Cawley, Phillip B. Levine, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth & John J. Siegfried

12 Feb 2016
Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

With a final deal reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), prepare for another cacophony of protest in Congress that America is signing away jobs to other parts of the world. The naysayers will be overlooking one small fact. Even... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Electronics

07 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

Credit: iStock If you think looking for a job in your profession is difficult, try being an accounting PhD looking for work in academia. Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ethan Rouen advises job... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting; Education

18 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

New research suggests that organizations wishing to avoid gender stereotyping in the hiring or promotion process-and employ the most productive person instead—should evaluate job candidates as a group, rather than one at a time. “The... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

23 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

surveyed 516 Harvard undergraduates, the results held steady. Asked to imagine receiving a high-power job opportunity upon graduation (a likely prospect for many of them), young women listed a higher proportion of negative outcomes than... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

A Fast Start on Your New Job

even if they think they have been brought in specifically to change them. Leaders going into realignment and sustaining-success situations have to be particularly careful to invest in learning about culture and politics. In realignments, a key part of the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

February 1997 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Working Yourself Out of a Job (C)

By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management Succession

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February 1997 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Working Yourself Out of a Job (A)

By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management Succession

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October 2012
Article

Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century

Key to the effective use of big data are the analytical professionals known as "data scientists," who can both manipulate large and unstructured data sources and create insights from them. Data scientists are difficult to hire and retain, but their skills will be... View Details

Keywords: Big Data; Data Scientists; Business Analytics; Analytics and Data Science; Mathematical Methods; Jobs and Positions

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July – August 2010
Article

The Secret to Job Growth: Think Small

By: Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr

Keywords: Jobs and Positions; Growth and Development

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16 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

low-wage jobs, the authors note. Those workers, along with younger first-time job seekers and adults reentering the workforce, are an untapped resource in the labor market. Many have the “soft skills” to complement emerging technologies,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

across the country, which is centered on questions about their jobs. Will they find a well-paying job? Is their job secure? Will their children find good jobs? Will their jobs be secure? That's what I'm here... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services

2022
Article

Values and Inequality: Prosocial Jobs and the College Wage Premium

By: Nathan Wilmers and Letian Zhang

Employers often recruit workers by invoking corporate social responsibility, organizational purpose, or other claims to a prosocial mission. In an era of substantial labor market inequality, commentators typically dismiss these claims as hypocritical: prosocial... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Equality and Inequality; Wages; Recruitment

21 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

contribution condition, she ate by herself at night. About 74 percent of participants found Ariana’s life meaningful when she didn’t enjoy her job but contributed to society, and 90 percent found her life meaningful when she enjoyed her... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta