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    • 03 Dec 2019
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Why CalSTRS Chooses to Engage with the Gun Industry

    Should large institutional investors divest or engage if they have an issue with a company? In a recent case study, Vikram Gandhi discusses how CalSTRS, the $200 billion pension plan for California public school teachers, chose to engage with gun makers and retailers.  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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    New research on human capital from Harvard Business School faculty on issues including hiring and training, benefits of recruiting employees with cognitive disabilities, and how to better confront anxieties about outsources and immigration.
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    • 29 Jul 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

    by Kristen Senz

    Letting independent workers choose their locations can boost companies, employees, and even the economy, according to research by Prithwiraj Choudhury and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 25 Oct 2018
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Vodafone’s Innovative Approach to Advanced Technologies

    William Kerr discusses how telecom giant Vodafone incorporated big data, automation, and artificial intelligence to improve productivity while ensuring new opportunities were created for the next generation of workers. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 01 Aug 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

    by James Heskett

    SUMMING UP: Free trade and free markets are great concepts but are often corrupted by politics, globalization, and the relative power of consumers and workers, our readers suggest. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 23 Apr 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

    by Carmen Nobel

    Companies increasingly provide sponsors to help women get ahead. But certain aspects of sponsorship programs can hinder women instead, according to experimental research by Nancy R. Baldiga and Katherine B. Coffman. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 23 Mar 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Experience Markets: An Application to Outsourcing and Hiring

    by Christopher T. Stanton and Catherine Thomas

    Online labor platforms are like experience markets. Sellers vary in their fit with individual buyers’ needs while buyers new to the market are uncertain about their own value for what sellers offer. This analysis shows that most potential new employers find the market far less valuable to them than wage differences would suggest.

    • 18 Dec 2017
    • Op-Ed

    Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs

    by Joseph Fuller

    Employers are guilty of "degree inflation," requiring lofty academic bona fides for jobs that don't really need them. Joseph Fuller says the practice is hurting American competitiveness. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 05 Oct 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?

    by Roberta Holland

    The frontline battle station in the just-started influenza season is the workplace flu vaccine clinic. The problem: fewer than half of employees take advantage of them. John Beshears discusses why location makes a difference. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 22 Aug 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Master the One-on-One Meeting

    by Julia B. Austin

    The one-on-one meeting between supervisor and staff is an invaluable tool for managing, but requires much attention to detail. Julia B. Austin explains best practices for getting the most out of the 1:1. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 25 Jul 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

    by Roberta Holland

    Companies spend billions annually training their executives, yet rarely realize all the benefit they could, argue Michael Beer and colleagues. He discusses a new research paper, The Great Training Robbery. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 11 Jul 2016
    • HBS Case

    Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

    by Roberta Holland

    Employers are increasingly finding fresh ideas and insights by recruiting workers with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other cognitive disabilities. Gary Pisano and Robert Austin discuss their case study, “SAP SE: Autism at Work.” Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 08 Apr 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Hire a Millennial

    by Joseph Fuller

    This is not your parents' workplace anymore, Joseph Fuller reminds us. Crucial for attracting millennial workers are flexible work arrangements, meaningful mentorship programs, and sense of mission. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 02 Sep 2015
    • What Do You Think?

    What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

    by James Heskett

    SUMMING UP Does Amazon's "only the strongest survive" employee-retention policy make for a better company or improved customer relationships? Jim Heskett's readers chime in. Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

    • 13 Dec 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

    by Carmen Nobel

    Employees not connected directly to profit and loss can suffer from a collective "I-am-not-strategic" identity crisis. Professor Ranjay Gulati suggests that business managers allow so-called support function employees to become catalysts for change. Open for comment; 29 Comment(s) posted.

    • 11 Oct 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

    by Carmen Nobel

    South Korean companies don't hire many women, no matter how qualified. So multinationals are moving in to take advantage of this rich hiring opportunity, according to new research by professor Jordan Siegel. Key concepts include: Employing women who are excluded by their own countries' labor markets is a growing trend for international affiliates of global multinational companies. Using data from South Korea, researchers showed that a 10 percent nominal increase in the percentage of female managers (at the level of the then-prevailing glass ceiling) was associated with a 1 percent nominal increase in ROA. Multinational firms that recruit females into management roles at their local affiliates face the possibility of upsetting local male employees, partners, and customers who don't approve of women in executive roles. In many instances, multinational firms hired and promoted female managers in a discriminatory host market at a far higher rate than they employed female managers in their own home markets. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

    • 14 Apr 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

    by Martha Lagace

    Software analysts and programmers live to innovate—but hate to run tests. Yet top-notch testing saves many a company money when bugs are caught early. A case study describes the secret behind a Danish consultancy's success: The majority of its testers have Asperger syndrome or a form of autism spectrum disorder. Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

    • 01 Dec 2006
    • What Do You Think?

    How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

    by by Jim Heskett

    A new book by Gregory Clark identifies "labor quality" as the major enticement for capital flows that lead to economic prosperity. By defining labor quality in terms of discipline and attitudes toward work, this argument minimizes the long-term threat of outsourcing to developed economies. By understanding labor quality, can we better confront anxieties about outsourcing and immigration? Closed for comment; 48 Comment(s) posted.

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