Screening - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

What's a Boss Worth?

they are hired, Stanton recommends companies think carefully about the screening procedures they put in place, including longer trial periods to measure performance before officially hiring a new manager. “You need to have provisional... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

were often the instruments used by governments to screen or monitor FDI flows. The world-wide controls over capital movements were related to balance of payments concerns and the system of fixed exchange rates established at Bretton... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

15 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

comparable to YouTube’s. TV distribution. The difference between an experience optimized for viewing on a small screen and one designed for sit-down watching is likely to be lost. The future of TikTok Early in YouTube’s life, it was known... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

28 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

prepared. Finally, always carve out 10 minutes at the end of the agenda to take the pulse of your team. My method is “share thumbs at one”. Count three, two, one. On one, everyone gives a thumbs up, down, or sideways. I do a quick read of the room and video View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

12 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

Lane and her colleagues sorted responses evaluating robot arm designs into three categories of evaluator: unscreened, screened through a human resources-like questionnaire examining their credentials, and those that took a robotics skills... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

17 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price

at an imaging center on the Stanford University campus, each participant was given $40 of shopping money before viewing a series of 80 products and their prices on a screen inside the fMRI machine. "This made the shopping experience... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

such products had been available beyond the theatrical make-up line. Advertisements prominently featured screen stars, whose studios required them to endorse Max Factor products.26 A distribution company was contracted to penetrate the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

Research Summary

Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs ( Princeton University Press, October 2002)

By: Rakesh Khurana

In this book, I argue that the external CEO labor market was born in a burst of rhetoric about wresting control of corporations away from a group of self-interested insiders, as senior managers in the era of managerial capitalism had come to be portrayed. The rationale... View Details

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

screens and lenses a company uses to identify and shape sustaining innovations. Companies frustrated by an inability to create new growth shouldn't conclude that they aren't generating enough good ideas. The problem doesn't lie in their... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

09 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

organizations tended to be created for the purpose of marketing countries as investment sites and not with the primary objectives of screening investment or negotiating with investors. Governments can adopt two polar positions in their... View Details

Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

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

is by assessing companies in terms of their social performance and corporate social responsibility efforts. The funds try to screen out the bad companies and invest in the good ones. If CSR efforts are supposed to enhance financial... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

principally relies on employers to select skilled immigrants through programs like the H-1B visa. “There are many pros and cons for each route, with the employer-based approach allowing firms to find candidates they really want and also View Details

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

22 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture

places to work. -- They become well known among prospective employees. -- The level of ownership—referral rates and ideas for improving the business of existing employees—is often high. -- The screening process is simplified, because... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Joe Wheeler

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

Because of this, Airbnb offers not only a review system but also insurance to pay for incidents resulting from unreliable guests, authentication to make sure that guests and hosts are who they say they are, and a screening process to give... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

test. They will also affect employment, wages, and union negotiations. Widespread use of temperature screening and tracing of people’s physical movement and health status will generate debates on privacy and data protection. These... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

outfit walked across the screen carrying a sign that pitched a product. These almost literal translations of billboard and magazine ads did little more than set the previous forms in motion. Silk: Issues of privacy will come under... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

infections you may be carrying. Many of us have experienced health screening in Asian airports for years as technicians viewed our facial temperatures, checked our passports and vaccination histories, and asked questions. This will become... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Jan 2011
HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

world's collective conscience. “Not even the senior managers could explain the behavior of these employees.” A new multimedia case by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé offers a flip side to the nightmarish scenes that unfolded in real time on television View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

lunch gatherings, happy hours, cooking and crafting classes, talent shows, and even meet-the-pet sessions. Knowing that workers are bound to feel some screen fatigue these days, business leaders should encourage self-care by... View Details