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- 2014
- Working Paper
Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat
By: Paul Novosad and Eric Werker
National governments frequently pull strings to get their citizens appointed to senior positions in international institutions. We examine, over a 60 year period, the nationalities of the most senior positions in the United Nations Secretariat, ostensibly the world's...
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Novosad, Paul, and Eric Werker. "Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-018, September 2014.
- 2019
- Chapter
Operations in the On-Demand Economy: Staffing Services with Self-Scheduling Capacity
By: Itai Gurvich, Martin Lariviere and Antonio Moreno
Gurvich, Itai, Martin Lariviere, and Antonio Moreno. "Operations in the On-Demand Economy: Staffing Services with Self-Scheduling Capacity." Chap. 12 in Sharing Economy: Making Supply Meet Demand. Vol. 6, edited by Ming Hu, 249–278. Springer Series in Supply Chain Management. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019.
- Forthcoming
- Article
Founder-CEO Compensation and Selection into Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurship
By: Michael Ewens, Ramana Nanda and Christopher Stanton
We show theoretically that a critical determinant of the attractiveness of VC-backed entrepreneurship for high-earning potential founders is the expected time to develop a startup’s initial product. This is because founder-CEOs’ cash compensation increases...
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Ewens, Michael, Ramana Nanda, and Christopher Stanton. "Founder-CEO Compensation and Selection into Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurship." Journal of Finance (forthcoming).
- March 1982 (Revised April 1989)
- Background Note
Industrial Market Selection and Product Planning
Corey, E. Raymond. "Industrial Market Selection and Product Planning." Harvard Business School Background Note 582-119, March 1982. (Revised April 1989.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Founder-CEO Compensation and Selection into Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurship
By: Michael Ewens, Ramana Nanda and Christopher Stanton
We show theoretically that a critical determinant of the attractiveness of VC-backed entrepreneurship for high-earning potential founders is the expected time to develop a startup’s initial product. This is because founder-CEOs’ cash compensation increases...
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Ewens, Michael, Ramana Nanda, and Christopher Stanton. "Founder-CEO Compensation and Selection into Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-119, May 2020. (Revised September 2023. Forthcoming at Journal of Finance.)
- Research Summary
Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production
By: Laura Alfaro
Assessing the productivity gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research and policy debate. Positive aggregate productivity gains are often attributed to within-firm productivity improvement; however, an alternative, less emphasized...
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Financing Constraints, Home Equity and Selection into Entrepreneurship
By: Thais Laerkholm Jensen, Søren Leth-Petersen and Ramana Nanda
We exploit a mortgage reform that differentially unlocked home equity across the Danish population and study how this impacted selection into entrepreneurship. We find that increased entry was concentrated among entrepreneurs whose firms were founded in industries...
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Keywords:
Mortgage Reform;
Home Equity;
Financing Constraints;
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurship;
Mortgages;
Denmark
Jensen, Thais Laerkholm, Søren Leth-Petersen, and Ramana Nanda. "Financing Constraints, Home Equity and Selection into Entrepreneurship." Journal of Financial Economics 145, no. 2A (August 2022): 318–337.
- September 2008
- Case
Israeli Special Forces: Selection Strategy
By: Boris Groysberg, Tal Riesenfeld and Eliot Sherman
Ron Guntz, commander of recruiting for Israel's Special Forces, had been instructed by his superiors to evaluate the process by which he selected solders for a 20-month-long training program. Was the Army conducting this process in an ideal manner? The case examines...
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Keywords:
Talent and Talent Management;
Training;
National Security;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Public Administration Industry;
Israel
Groysberg, Boris, Tal Riesenfeld, and Eliot Sherman. "Israeli Special Forces: Selection Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 409-041, September 2008.
- October 2001
- Case
Mountain Dew: Selecting New Creative
Highlights the key role of selecting creative in brand communications, the challenges of building a brand in a turbulent cultural environment, the challenges of extending an advertising campaign, and the interpretation of ads as a crucial senior management skill....
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Holt, Douglas B. "Mountain Dew: Selecting New Creative." Harvard Business School Case 502-040, October 2001.
- March 1981 (Revised November 1984)
- Background Note
Market Selection and Direction: Role of Product Portfolio Planning
Discusses alternative approaches to product portfolio planning, including those of the Boston Consulting Group, General Electric/McKinsey, and the PIMS Program. Examines how portfolio planning can be used in the processes of market selection and setting of business...
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Product Marketing
Yip, George S. "Market Selection and Direction: Role of Product Portfolio Planning." Harvard Business School Background Note 581-107, March 1981. (Revised November 1984.)
- Article
The Stock Selection and Performance of Buy-Side Analysts
We examine the selection and performance of stocks recommended by analysts at a large investment firm relative to those of sell-side analysts during the period mid-1997 and 2004. The buy-side firm's analysts issued less optimistic recommendations for stocks with larger...
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Keywords:
Buy-side Analysts;
Sell-side Analysts;
Stock Recommendations;
Recommendation Optimism;
Recommendation Performance;
Investment Recommendations;
Conflicts Of Interest;
Financial Markets;
Financial Institutions;
Stocks;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, Georgios Serafeim, Devin Shanthikumar, and Gui Yang. "The Stock Selection and Performance of Buy-Side Analysts." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (March 20, 2012).
- December 1997 (Revised January 1998)
- Exercise
COO and Country Manager Job Selection Exercise
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
From seven candidates, students must choose two who are most qualified for the COO position at an entrepreneurial Danish multinational organization, and two who are the best choices for country manager in Vietnam for the company.
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Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "COO and Country Manager Job Selection Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 398-079, December 1997. (Revised January 1998.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Employee Selection as a Control System
By: Dennis Campbell
Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Decision Making;
Governance Controls;
Employees;
Selection and Staffing;
Management Systems;
Financial Services Industry
Campbell, Dennis. "Employee Selection as a Control System." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-021, August 2010. (Revised September 2010, April 2012.)
- 01 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat
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by Paul Novosad & Eric Werker
- Fall 2004
- Article
U.S.-Bound IPOs: Issue Costs and Selective Entry
By: Robert Bruner, Susan Chaplinsky and Latha Ramchand
Bruner, Robert, Susan Chaplinsky, and Latha Ramchand. "U.S.-Bound IPOs: Issue Costs and Selective Entry." Financial Management 33, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 39–60.
- March–April 2016
- Article
Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing
By: Christopher Marquis, Michael W. Toffel and Yanhua Zhou
Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. We identify key company- and country-level factors that limit firms' use of...
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Keywords:
Disclosure Strategy;
Disclosure;
Environmental Performance;
Environmental Strategy;
Environment;
Symbolic;
Reporting;
Corporate Disclosure;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Marquis, Christopher, Michael W. Toffel, and Yanhua Zhou. "Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing." Organization Science 27, no. 2 (March–April 2016): 483–504. (Formerly titled "When Do Firms Greenwash? Corporate Visibility, Civil Society Scrutiny, and Environmental Disclosure.")
- Article
Employee Selection as a Control System
By: Dennis Campbell
Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study...
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Keywords:
Management Systems;
Governance Controls;
Employees;
Selection and Staffing;
Motivation and Incentives;
Decision Making;
Business Model
Campbell, Dennis. "Employee Selection as a Control System." Journal of Accounting Research 50, no. 4 (September 2012): 931–966.
- January 2003
- Case
Mountain Dew: Selecting New Creative
The key role of selecting creative in brand communications, the problems with building a brand in a turbulent cultural environment, the challenges of extending an advertising campaign, and the senior management skills needed to interpret ads are highlighted.
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Holt, Douglas B. "Mountain Dew: Selecting New Creative." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 503-038, January 2003.
- February 1998
- Article
Task Characteristics, Managerial Socialization, and Media Selection
By: B. Donabedian, S. M. McKinnon and W. J. Bruns Jr.
Donabedian, B., S. M. McKinnon, and W. J. Bruns Jr. "Task Characteristics, Managerial Socialization, and Media Selection." Management Communication Quarterly 11 (February 1998): 372–400.