Candidates - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2008
News

Mara Aspinall

presidential candidates have acknowledged the need for change, and that opens up an opportunity to shift from payment based on activity to payment based on quality and outcome mea-sures. One part of that will be improving the efficacy of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

2016 announcement ramified differently. Days later, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump referenced the relocation in a Facebook post. Soon, Carrier’s plan became a touchtone to Trump’s anti-globalization and anti-free trade campaign... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2024
News

Next Level

out to McKinsey’s San Francisco office for the final rounds of a job interview. About 20 other candidates were there, she says, and they all seemed petrified. The day was long, with case interviews, a group exercise, a multiple-choice... View Details

Keywords: Maggie Mertens; photos by Cameron Karsten; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

08 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year

solution that doesn’t impose any restrictions on who can own a firearm, according to the co-authors of the study, Harvard Business School professors Deepak Malhotra and Michael Luca, and doctoral candidate Christopher Poliquin. “We’re... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

Re-entering the political sphere, Minor’s research begs the question of how this could apply to the current presidential race. The paper does not make claims in this regard, but Minor says the two-front running candidates have already... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

Web

How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting

in bringing in external facilitators can build a higher degree of trust with employees. Communicating with Candidates at HBS HBS Recruiting Partners are encouraged to utilize Eliason’s recommendations and include diversity and inclusion... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | MBA

fee and can it be waived? Should I hire a paid admissions consultant to get into HBS? Application: Work Experience What is the desired length of work experience you wish to see in candidates What constitutes work experience? Are there... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

them did respond, though, and one even said that being a man meant to him being “more like a woman” in being nurturing, being in touch with emotions, and relying on and caring about coworkers. Even though those were behaviors we had observed, we didn’t expect such a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

"Understand what your job requires and what you can give and find the right balance." Learn From Mistakes In a candid admission, Carol Fishman Cohen said that she looks back on how she managed her career and family—and has some... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

08 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief

work-related perceptions, too, the researchers say. For instance, a candidate who applies for two jobs might privately wish to get rejected by one rather than have to choose between two options, notes Barasz, a former assistant professor... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’

Association and an MBA candidate in the class of 2015 at Harvard Business School. The event was moderated by Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, whose research focuses on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

environments. We find that candidates benefiting from favorable situations are more likely to be admitted and promoted than their equivalently skilled peers. The results suggest that decision-makers take high nominal performance as... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

24 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

The Economics of Housing Finance Reform: Privatizing, Regulating and Backstopping Mortgage Markets. In a presentation delivered recently at the Brookings Institution, Scharfstein and doctoral candidate Adi Sunderam also argued for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

owners and actively engage with boards. To start, in the nomination and election process, shareholders could signal their support (endorsement, neutrality, or nonendorsement) for candidates the board puts forth and vote accordingly. If... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

doctoral candidate Lisa R. Klein and MIT professor Ernst R. Berndt, offer some important insights. The researchers begin by identifying forces both inside and outside the media industry that are influencing its rapid evolution. Then,... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

15 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture

how to solve them, the better.” Being a remote first company, culture is incredibly important. “Culture is different for every company, but making sure the person is an additive is a big one to focus on.” When hiring for Rootine, View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

rods). I am sure that there are other good candidates in the US as well as in the EU and in Japan. The barriers to rapid progress in New Nuclear are not technical, not even economic. The barriers are in the outdated nuclear regulations... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

about the candidates themselves? Morris applies an executive recruiter’s approach to fifteen presidential prospects from 1789 to 1980, analyzing their résumés and references to determine their fitness for the job. Were they qualified? How... View Details

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

candidate to present their vision and demonstrate the set of the skills required to make it happen. Finally, if boards are going to focus on what it takes to be innovative in the long term, then they will need to be able to devote the... View Details