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  • 09 Oct 2014
  • Video

Professor Joe Fuller on Middle Skills and U.S. Competitiveness

  • 15 Nov 2016
  • News

Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector

“gave me the confidence to transfer my skills to the private sector. What’s at stake may be different, but I hope the impact will be just as great.” She saw earning an MBA as the “bridge between being a leader in the military and being a... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2025
  • Video

Transferable Skills and the MBA Job Search: What You Need to Know

  • August 2023
  • Article

What About the Race Between Technology and Education in the Global South? Comparing Skill-premiums in Colonial Africa and Asia

By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
Historical research on the race between education and technology has focused on the West but barely touched upon ‘the rest’. A new occupational wage database for 50 African and Asian economies allows us to compare long-run patterns in skill premiums across the colonial... View Details
Keywords: Skill Premium; Human Capital; Wages; History; Education; Africa; Asia
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Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "What About the Race Between Technology and Education in the Global South? Comparing Skill-premiums in Colonial Africa and Asia." Economic History Review 76, no. 3 (August 2023): 941–978.
  • Editorial

Stop Waiting for Governments to Close the Skills Gap

By: John Streur and George Serafeim
Keywords: Worker Productivity; Workers; "America"; Training; Employee Training; Employee Engagement; Employee Compensation; Productivity; Inequality
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Streur, John, and George Serafeim. "Stop Waiting for Governments to Close the Skills Gap." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 11, 2017).
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • News

Younger Americans Fare Poorly on Skills Against International Peers

  • 18 Dec 2019
  • News

6 Skills 'Wise Companies' Use To Foster Continuous Innovation

  • 02 Aug 2019
  • News

Will there be 2020 foresight regarding America's skills dilemma?

  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Management skills pay off in personal and professional pursuits

Chuck Marantz (MBA 1973) talks about the parallels of professional and personal management skills. (Published April 2014) View Details
  • 2006
  • Working Paper

Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs

By: Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David S. Scharfstein
This paper argues that a large component of success in entrepreneurship and venture capital can be attributed to skill. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are more likely to succeed than first time entrepreneurs and those who have previously... View Details
Keywords: Return On Investment; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Success; Experience and Expertise
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Gompers, Paul A., Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner, and David S. Scharfstein. "Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 12592, October 2006.
  • 2021
  • White Paper

Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin and Kristen Hines

Companies are increasingly desperate for workers. As they continue to struggle to find people with the skills they need, their competitiveness and growth prospects are put at risk.

At the same time, an enormous and growing group of people are unemployed or... View Details

Keywords: Hiring; Talent; Skills Gap; Selection and Staffing; Diversity; Talent and Talent Management; Competency and Skills
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Fuller, Joseph B., Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, and Kristen Hines. "Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent." White Paper, Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work, Boston, MA, September 2021. (Published by Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work and Accenture.)
  • 03 May 2023
  • Podcast

Workforce coverage: How Zurich Insurance protects its skills base

The insurance industry is playing catch-up on the digitalization front while at the same time looking to maintain and replenish the expertise of its aging workforce. Can an internal talent marketplace help Zurich Insurance secure the necessary skills? Sally Henderson,... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work

Thirty years of internal strife in Northern Ireland have taken a toll on economic conditions in the areas surrounding the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Eighteen months ago, Jean Kennedy Smith, the U.S. ambassador to Ireland, challenged... View Details
  • March 2018 (Revised January 2020)
  • Supplement

STRIVR (B): Moving into the Enterprise

By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
STRIVR, a company focused on virtual reality training, has decided to shift focus from sports to enterprise customers. The change in strategy requires the CEO to solve a number of issues. The company initally offered training for hard skills, but clients have been... View Details
Keywords: Strivr; Virtual Reality; Soft Skills; Hard Skills; VR; Applications and Software; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Training; Sports; Technology Industry; Education Industry; United States
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Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "STRIVR (B): Moving into the Enterprise." Harvard Business School Supplement 518-091, March 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
  • 06 Apr 2018
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Skills Over Degrees: Harvard Business School’s Joe Fuller Shares How Employers and Educators Can Find and Foster Skills for the Future

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IT Strategy: Helping Leaders Grow Their Skills | Information Technology

IT Strategy: Helping Leaders Grow Their Skills Strategic Initiative: 5.03 IT Management and Leadership Competencies By Shannon Breen on January 28, 2025 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email The Opportunity Paramount... View Details
  • 2015
  • Working Paper

Skilled Immigration and Firm-Level Innovation: Evidence from H-1B Lottery

By: Andy Wu
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Wu, Andy. "Skilled Immigration and Firm-Level Innovation: Evidence from H-1B Lottery." Working Paper, January 2015.
  • 12 Jun 2025
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The Skills and Habits Aspiring CEOs Need to Build

  • 28 Feb 2024
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Cities Where People Have the Best Money Management Skills

  • September 2024
  • Article

Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers During COVID-19

By: Livia Alfonsi, Mary Namubiru and Sara Spaziani
We investigate gender disparities in the effect of COVID-19 on the labor market outcomes of skilled Ugandan workers. Leveraging a high-frequency panel dataset, we find that the lockdowns imposed in Uganda reduced employment by 69% for women and by 45% for men,... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Wage Gap; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Employment; Wages; Uganda
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Alfonsi, Livia, Mary Namubiru, and Sara Spaziani. "Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers During COVID-19." Review of Economics of the Household 22, no. 3 (September 2024): 999–1046.
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