Selection and Staffing - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing

touchdown—a climactic capper on one of the most exciting college football games ever. The play put BC on the map for college aspirants. In two years, applications had shot up 30 percent. Ever since, marketing experts and school deans have... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Advertising; Sports

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

Georgia, partnered with a local school district that had a dismal graduation rate. The company staffed its factory with the district's most at-risk kids, leading to a graduation rate that soared among those students as well as other... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Jan 2011
Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

ruling can outlaw work that was previously supported by the government. Funding can be canceled with the stroke of a pen. Great People Abandon Promising Projects The projects are less important than the people, particularly people who have invested years in developing... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical

12 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs

active ingredients for anti-nausea drugs, even the drug inside an EpiPen. There were also more mundane items like milking machine parts and telescopic gunsights for rifles. The careful selection avoided... View Details

Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications

09 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unconscious Executive

recent work, we combined both conscious and unconscious thought and showed exactly that: Conscious thought was very good at selecting options that conformed to a certain... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

To some degree, this has exacerbated the challenge to those responsible for staffing these activities by creating more frequent peaks and valleys in demands for talent. Are there lessons for human resource... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

"unfettered by experience." This raises a number of questions. In selecting leaders, does one have to choose between experience and judgment? If "judgment capability" is a function of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

19 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

top during the last century, this book reveals the mechanisms of advancement for both insiders and outsiders and speculates on what this means for the future of leadership View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Aug 2003
What Do You Think?

Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?

of nearly all respondents to the August questions of the month. And many respondents believe they know who is responsible for the "attitude deficit": leaders and managers. Edward Hare summed up the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?

There's a lot of worry afoot whenever companies merge. Wall Street worries about the stock price. Employees worry about potential job cuts. And consumers worry about the fate of their favorite products: Whither the price View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

12 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

feel. Lees and Cikara found similar results for other scenarios, involving changes to selection of judges, campaign financing, and renaming of a state highway. (The researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

and data on future debt sent to collections. In the first experiment, researchers compared more than 14,000 randomly selected patients for whom RIP Medical Debt relieved a total of about $19 million in debt... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

example leads us to an important theme: purpose’s role in helping leaders navigate tradeoffs. During the months-long process of selecting packaging, Puri and his team looked toward the company’s purpose for... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

18 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

fear showing their vulnerabilities, but actually gain power and respect in being authentic. Improving leadership development and selection won't prevent all failures, but it... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Education

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

business models; an enhanced focus on organizational innovation and implementation; and increased field-based learning." The Diagnosis As source material for the conference, Herzlinger arranged for market... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

way to markets in identified customers? A: The value of the identity accrues to more than just the shopper. In a supermarket frequent shopper program, there is value in the identity to the grocery store and to manufacturers to whom the... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

care system into a consumer-driven model. What, in a nutshell, are the advantages to your proposal? And the risks? Herzlinger: The pros of consumer-driven health care: Unlike today's cookie-cutter insurance policies, under consumer-driven... View Details