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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

(such as comorbidities) Incorporates structured data sets (rather than free text) and use of natural language processing to decrease need for manual data abstraction and hiring of staff specific for data abstraction [50] Builds outcome... View Details

09 Apr 2007
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Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

"Self-regulation" increasingly rings like a mantra in business. Just think of topics in the news over the past couple of months, such as the Italian fashion industry's move toward self-regulation to discourage the hiring of dangerously... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Nov 2022
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What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

Last year, the pioneering Black-owned global asset management firm Brown Capital Management found itself at a crossroads. The secret to its success had been a deliberately diverse hiring strategy, but with the looming retirement of its... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
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Addleshaw-Goddard LLP

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and James Weber

Addleshaw-Goddard (AG), the 15th largest law firm in the U.K., is seeking ways to serve larger clients on more important legal matters. Part of this strategy involves its "Client Development Centre (CDC)," an innovative idea and set of services launched by Dr. Jim... View Details

Keywords: Price; Innovation and Invention; Service Operations; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Legal Services Industry; United Kingdom

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07 Mar 2022
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Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

colleagues and lower-level employees.” Encourage impromptu meetups, not just scheduled meetings. “Have more informal lunches and conversation,” she says. The more opportunity there is to share and exchange opinions, the more included employees are likely to feel. View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

02 Apr 2021
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Salary Negotiations: A Catch-22 for Women

affect negotiation outcomes. Putting guardrails on negotiations Some companies, such as Reddit, have eliminated salary negotiations from the hiring process in an effort to quash gender bias and pay gaps, but doing so also eliminates... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Dec 2006
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How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

out why a handful of organizations are able to achieve true excellence. One of several things they all do is hire for attitude and train for skills. By "attitude," they typically mean the ability to identify with and... View Details

Keywords: by by Jim Heskett

25 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

might come across as off-putting. “If I’m the hiring manager, what if I think this person is going to come for my job in three years?” One piece of advice Jachimowicz has for job candidates—as well as all workers, for that matter: Never... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Hidden Workers, Part-Time Potential - Managing the Future of Work

Research Research Hidden Workers: Part-Time Potential Read the Report Read the Report By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, & Francis Hintermann In the report Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent we studied workers who are often excluded by traditional View Details

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

counselor at law, not a hired gun. Third, the organization must encourage the free flow of legal and business information to and from managers and lawyers so the lawyers understand the context in which a decision is being made and the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

13 Jul 2020
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Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

below, Frazier provides insights into this turbulent period of American history with Tsedal Neeley (@tsedal), the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Topics ranged from corporate America’s role in View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

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For Recruiters - Health Care

For Recruiters For Recruiters Companies benefit from hiring HBS graduates who are prepared to be leaders at any level, yet are comfortable in the team-based learning environment that mirrors the current business world. Our students are... View Details

08 Mar 2019
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Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

thwarting the confident protagonists of an apparently popular project. Actively monitor local currents and cross-currents of opinion. Reportedly, Amazon did not hire a single New Yorker to continuously engage with community groups to... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

16 Dec 2022
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Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

human toll to letting algorithms do the work. “Maybe there is a bias from people who have been traditionally hiring men.” Searches on popular recruiting sites might seem like a neutral way to find prospective candidates, but their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

18 Jan 2022
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How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

Federal restrictions of employee non-compete agreements could be in the cards for 2022, paving the way for increased worker mobility in a variety of industries. Such restrictions would have hiring and strategy implications for businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

compensation they received for the previous 12 months; Your employment start date; Confirmation from the hiring organization acknowledging receipt of your offer acceptance. A dated letter on the organization’s official letterhead or a... View Details

23 Sep 2022
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8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

marketed. As McDonald says, “People buy a product or service to solve a problem. They hire it to do a job.” He says the online service TurboTax is successful at this: The name says what the job is. It’s more important for a leader to... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees - Recruiting

fairly within their larger organizations. “These surveys should be broken down by demographic categories, including race and gender, to identify certain populations that have a lower engagement or sense of commitment to the organization,” Roberts suggests. 4. Keep... View Details

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Why Your Gift Matters - Alumni

society around the world. EQUAL PARTNER Pialy Aditya (MBA 2005) How Pialy Aditya is advancing inclusion for both investors and entrepreneurs. HOUR BY HOUR Rahkeem Morris (MBA 2018) Rahkeem Morris is saving businesses money with every hire... View Details

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