Selection - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Oct 2011
News

On Top, Down Under

also notable for its activity in the community, “investing millions of dollars, and with nearly one-third of employees volunteering their time to help out with community-based organizations,” the Australian reported. In 2010, for the second year in a row, GPT was View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

inadequate updating of the customer database. Also, the budgeting data in the case may be used to teach regression model selection and R-squared. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109070... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Verification | HBS Online

the final deadline of your course after eligibility is determined. If you haven't already claimed your digital certificate from our certificate vendor, follow these steps: 1. Locate the email you received from MSC to claim your digital and printed certificates. View Details

June 2008
Teaching Note

The Treadway Tire Company: Trouble at the Lima Tire Plant (Brief Case)

By: C. Wickham Skinner and Heather Beckham

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Keywords: Superior ＆ Subordinate; Labor Relations; Work Force Management; Human Resource Management; Hiring; Job Satisfaction; Leadership; Selection and Staffing; Change Management; Satisfaction; Organizational Culture; Rank and Position; Labor and Management Relations

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13 Apr 2021
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2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders

said Phillips-Sadler. “What better way to do that than to meet them where they are, and have that seat be in their own home? I can't think of a better way to invite them into our fold while not asking them to exhaust resources.” Out of 263 applications, the team View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

designate a knowledgeable person, independent of both issuers and rating agencies, to select a rating agency for the bond issuer and negotiate a rating fee. This would eliminate the two worst abuses: the issuer shopping for a higher... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Projects/BPEA/Fall-2014/Fall2014BPEA_Weinzierl.pdf?la=en Working Papers Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing By: Marquis, Christopher, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2020
Case

MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe? (Abridged)

By: Boris Groysberg, John D. Vaughan and Matthew Preble

This is an abridged version of “MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?” HBS Case No. 416-004. Scott and Ally Svenson, the founders of MOD Pizza, had to make a number of decisions in planning how to scale their small company. They wanted to grow MOD from 45 stores as of May 2015... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Service Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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Construction: environmental building, materials

technologies. (HU PIN) Frost & Sullivan contains technology insight alerts and market reports. (HBS Intranet) REIS - Property profile includes a section on climate risk. Related links: Energy -- a topical section in Fast Answers Real Estate Research... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Philly Club Hosts Nonprofit Execs

best practices. HBS lecturer Stacey Childress, a cofounder of the Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard, led a case discussion focusing on selecting the right management tools to implement nonprofit strategy. Comcast COO Stephen... View Details

Keywords: clubs; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2007
News

Allston to Get Harvard Museum

A new Harvard art museum will join the University’s planned life-sciences complex on Western Avenue across from HBS — the first two structures in Harvard’s long-range expansion plan in Allston. University officials announced the selection... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Bankruptcies

and click to open the SCREENER app. Make you selections using the filters on the left. In the text box where it says ‘Add Filter’ start typing bankruptcy and select Bankruptcy Flag. Set... View Details

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The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Introduction Prelude to the Option Pricing Model The Formula The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models Selected Bibliography Lenders to the Exhibit Additional Information About... View Details

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Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Introduction Prelude to the Option Pricing Model The Formula The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models Selected Bibliography Lenders to the Exhibit Additional Information About... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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How the Ron Brown Award Was Born

exceeding our expectations," says Cavanagh. "They covered a wide range of projects, from workplace safety and training initiatives, to family-friendly programs, to various partnerships with cities and states." After reviewing the submissions, a panel of judges View Details

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Insurance industry: companies and analysis

target="_blank">S&P Capital IQ Pro: Select Industries - Financials and then select Filters to select Insurance. View Details

March 2021 (Revised September 2021)
Case

Applied: Using Behavioral Science to Debias Hiring

By: Ashley Whillans and Jeff Polzer

The UK government’s Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) needed to hire a new associate and were trying to increase the diversity of their job candidates. This decision was based on academic research showing that recruiters and managers often fell into common traps like... View Details

Keywords: Hiring; Bias; Behavioral Science; Selection and Staffing; Diversity; Prejudice and Bias; Information Technology; Recruitment

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08 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

just a perception influenced by selective bias, wherein the McVays and Shanahans of the world stick in our minds? We decided to examine this question by looking at NFL coach hires in the twenty first century. While the average age of NFL... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports