Skills Gap - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

15 Nov 2016
First Look

November 15, 2016

migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape of global talent mobility, which is both asymmetric and rising in importance. We next consider the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Building the On-Demand Workforce - Managing the Future of Work

digital talent platforms to access highly skilled freelancers. Read Employer Survey In 2019, Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute designed a survey to... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

data-driven revenue-based financing (RBF) model to address the “missing middle” problem—the $5.2 trillion funding gap for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets. By financing digital lenders who provided... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Across a field setting (three entrepreneurial pitch competitions in the United States) and two experiments, we identify a profound and consistent gender gap in entrepreneur persuasiveness. Investors prefer pitches presented by male... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

problem—the $5.2 trillion funding gap for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets. By financing digital lenders who provided asset-backed loans to SMEs, Untapped combined flexible repayment structures with real-time... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private Partnerships SEI25 View Details

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HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement

tag Health Care Innovation Health Care at HBS Kasite Ugo-beke’s journey from Nigeria to Harvard Business School is a testament to the power of passion and purpose in healthcare innovation. From early experiences witnessing healthcare gaps... View Details

26 May 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

would magically know how to bridge the gap between technology and business strategy,” she said. “Knowing how to build out a financial forecast, carry out a discounted cash flow and do all of those financial steps in modeling and business... View Details

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future

insurmountable burden. With that in mind, I attended the college that awarded me the best scholarship and sought out external scholarships and work-study opportunities to avoid relying on student loans. So, when I was admitted to HBS, my concern turned at once to... View Details

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

Partners in Short & Long Term Relationships. “The conviction to have a cofounder is often based solely on complementary skills and experience versus the softer, and often more important, relationship criteria.” In the podcast, Dr.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

07 Nov 2023
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Love and Money

looking for in a mate is a height and a religion and a geography and an education background – that's what you want. But look at this list that makes you happy. The person that makes you happy has a sense of humor, isn't judgmental, and so forth. And I tell them that... View Details

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

toward a healthy economy and future gains? There are several levers such as investing heavily in robotics and labor-augmenting machinery, but immigration can also be a powerful way for countries to continue economic development and growth.” Highly View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Colleges, Employers, and America's Chronic Skills Gap , Report, Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work, December 2022. With Joseph Fuller. Building From the Bottom Up , Report,... View Details

22 Nov 2023
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So You Want to Join a Startup

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel... View Details

08 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

Too often, there's a huge gap between a company's overall business strategy and the way its salesforce operates in the field. In fact, says Frank V. Cespedes, articles and books about strategy rarely take sales into consideration at all.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

1997, Tim Cook was one of his first hires to run operations, which allowed Jobs to focus on overall strategy and design. "These guys each had very different skills they brought to the table," says Yoffie, "but they also... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

01 Sep 2021
Op-Ed

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

When receiving their performance reviews, most people find such feedback conversations to be difficult, no matter how skilled the feedback-givers are. In a recent survey I conducted of 360 working adults, 89 percent said they were not... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

identification of every employee with the firm as a whole and its overall goals. Remember that four-drive theory argues that the innate pressure to fulfill all four drives together has served to evolve a social contracting skill as a... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

middle” problem—the $5.2 trillion funding gap for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets. By financing digital lenders who provided asset-backed loans to SMEs, Untapped combined flexible repayment structures with... View Details

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