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- April 2012
- Case
People Express Airlines
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lauren Barley
Recounts the history of People Express Airlines, which grew rapidly after its inception in 1980 then failed spectacularly in 1986. Profiles People's aggressive strategy and its distinctive approach to human resource management, which emphasized job rotation and minimal...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Air Transportation;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Organizational Structure;
Entrepreneurship;
Failure;
Human Resources;
Business Startups;
Air Transportation Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Lauren Barley. "People Express Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 812-134, April 2012.
- 10 Feb 2016
- HBS Seminar
Chris Blattman, Associate Professor, Columbia SIPA
- July 2010 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
Erik Peterson at Biometra (A)
By: John J. Gabarro, Thomas DeLong and Jevan Soo
Describes the problems facing a recent MBA graduate in his job as general manager of a medical device company owned by a parent corporation. Raises issues of corporate divisional relationships and the difficulties facing an inexperienced manager who seems to be...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Leadership;
Managerial Roles;
Product Launch;
Organizational Structure;
Problems and Challenges;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Gabarro, John J., Thomas DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Erik Peterson at Biometra (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-031, July 2010. (Revised June 2016.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
Who Gets Hired?: The Importance of Finding an Open Slot
By: Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Despite seeming to be an important requirement for hiring, the concept of a slot is absent from virtually all of economics. Macroeconomic studies of vacancies and search come closest, but the implications of slot-based hiring for individual worker outcomes has not been...
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Lazear, Edward P., Kathryn L. Shaw, and Christopher Stanton. "Who Gets Hired? The Importance of Finding an Open Slot." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-128, May 2016.
- 10 Apr 2013
- News
The Happiest People Pursue the Most Difficult Problems
- 09 Apr 2020
- News
3 Major Coronavirus Challenges for Pay TV
- 22 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!
In 2021, after working in big tech for just over four years, I felt an itch to try something new. I was seeing friends around me leave their more established jobs to pursue exciting opportunities as early employees in startups. Many of...
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- 28 Apr 2023
- News
Year Up Leads to Media Services Careers: Four Staff Stories
- 21 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
How to Think About Networking
Your network is the most valuable job hunting tool in your tool kit; right alongside an impactful resume. A well-developed and maintained professional network is the best way to safeguard against career or View Details
- 12 Apr 2016
- News
Equality Takes Work
- 17 Feb 2016
- Video
An MBA student helps young people figure out their 'why'
- 30 Jun 2015
- News
Special Presentation: Karen Gordon Mills
- 17 Oct 2012
- News
Small Ways to Ignite Creativity and Joy at Work
- 18 May 2021
- News
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Discretion in Hiring
By: Mitchell Hoffman, Lisa B. Kahn and Danielle Li
Who should make hiring decisions? We propose an empirical test for assessing whether firms should rely on hard metrics such as job test scores or grant managers discretion in making hiring decisions. We implement our test in the context of the introduction of a...
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Hoffman, Mitchell, Lisa B. Kahn, and Danielle Li. "Discretion in Hiring." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-055, October 2015.
- 02 Oct 2013
- HBS Seminar
Laura Gee, Tufts University
- 30 Jul 2018
- News
Companies Are Making It Harder on Themselves to Hire -- Here's Why
- 2022
- Working Paper
Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups
By: Shai Bernstein, Richard Townsend and Ting Xu
Using proprietary data from AngelList Talent, we study how individuals’ job search and application behavior changed during the COVID-19 downturn. We find that job seekers shifted their searches toward more established firms and away from early-stage startups, even...
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Keywords:
Startup Labor Market;
Flight To Safety;
COVID-19;
Recession;
Business Startups;
Human Capital;
Business Cycles;
Health Pandemics
Bernstein, Shai, Richard Townsend, and Ting Xu. "Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-045, September 2020. (Revised March 2022.)
- 03 May 2012
- News
Panel: U.S. must find way to get ’mojo‘ rising again
- 03 Feb 2010
- News