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      • February 2021
      • Article

      Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace

      By: Grace Gu and Feng Zhu
      As an intermediary improves trust between the two sides of its market to facilitate matching and transactions, it faces an increased risk of disintermediation: with sufficient trust, the two sides may circumvent the intermediary to avoid the intermediary’s fees. In...  View Details
      Keywords: Disintermediation; Intermediaries; Online Marketplace; Platform Strategy; Trust; Marketplace Matching
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      Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu. "Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace." Management Science 67, no. 2 (February 2021): 794–807.
      • January 2021
      • Case

      Brigad: The Future of Work

      By: Nien-he Hsieh, Elena Corsi and Daniela Beyersdorfer
      In 2019 Florent Malbranche, CEO and co-founder of the French tech startup Brigad, pondered the next growth steps. Founded in 2015, Brigad’s objective was two-fold: to help restaurants and bars find qualified staff for punctual shifts, and to make it easier for...  View Details
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      Hsieh, Nien-he, Elena Corsi, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Brigad: The Future of Work." Harvard Business School Case 321-104, January 2021.
      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Auditor Independence and Outsourcing: Aligning Incentives to Mitigate Shilling and Shirking

      By: Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
      Multinational corporations (MNCs) hire auditors to assess their business partners’ compliance with quality, working conditions, and environmental standards. Independent third-party auditors are widely assumed to outperform second-party auditors employed and thus...  View Details
      Keywords: Concurrent Sourcing; Transaction Cost Economics; Outsourcing; Suppliers; Monitoring; Business Strategy; Vertical Integration; Supply Chain Management; Quality; Safety; Risk And Uncertainty; Apparel And Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; China; India; Bangladesh
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      Palmarozzo, Ashley, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel. "Auditor Independence and Outsourcing: Aligning Incentives to Mitigate Shilling and Shirking." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-078, January 2021.
      • January 2021
      • Article

      Sales Hiring Is Hard to Do (Don't Make It Harder)

      By: Frank V. Cespedes
      In the aggregate, hiring in sales is more expensive than many companies’ cap-ex decisions. But it rarely gets the same attention and companies fail to deal with challenges inherent in sales hiring. Unlike many other business functions, there is no easily identified...  View Details
      Keywords: Salesforce Management; Selection And Staffing; Human Resources
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      Cespedes, Frank V. "Sales Hiring Is Hard to Do (Don't Make It Harder)." Top Sales Magazine (January 2021), 38–39.
      • December 24, 2020
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      How Businesses Can Find 'Hidden Workers'

      By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin and Ladan Davarzani
      Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, low- and middle-skill workers struggled to find and retain steady work. Now, many of these workers are considered “essential,” while many others are unemployed and struggling to find work. As the pandemic eases throughout 2021,...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Pandemics; Employees; Selection And Staffing
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      Fuller, Joseph B., Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, and Ladan Davarzani. "How Businesses Can Find 'Hidden Workers'." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (December 24, 2020).
      • December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
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      Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (B)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
      In 2011, Michael Ku became Pfizer’s Vice President of Global Clinical Supply (GCS) after the company had undergone three large-scale mergers and acquisitions. As Ku and his new leadership team set out to build a proactive, end-to-end, digital and physical clinical...  View Details
      Keywords: Digital Technology; Customer-centricity; Leadership; Innovation; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Customer Focus; Change Management; Talent; Talent Management; Supply Chain; Mission And Purpose; Leadership; Innovation And Invention; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Customer Focus And Relationships; Change Management; Talent And Talent Management; Supply Chain; Mission And Purpose
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      Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (B)." Harvard Business School Case 421-037, December 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
      • November–December 2020
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      Our Work-from-Anywhere Future

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
      The pandemic has hastened a rise in remote working for knowledge-based organizations. This has notable benefits: Companies can save on real estate costs, hire and utilize talent globally, mitigate immigration issues, and experience productivity gains, while workers can...  View Details
      Keywords: Remote Work; Best Practices; Employment; Health Pandemics; Geographic Location; Opportunities; Problems And Challenges
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      Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Our Work-from-Anywhere Future." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 6 (November–December 2020).
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      GitLab: Work Where You Want, When You Want

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Kevin Crowston, Linus Dahlander, Marco S. Minervini and Sumita Raghuram
      GitLab is a software company that works “all remote” at the scale of more than 1,000 employees located in more than 60 countries. GitLab has no physical office and its employees can work from anywhere they choose. Any step of the organizational life of a GitLab...  View Details
      Keywords: New Forms Of Organizing; Remote Work; All Remote; Virtual Organizations; Covid-19; Organizational Design; Employees; Geographic Location; Health Pandemics
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      Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Kevin Crowston, Linus Dahlander, Marco S. Minervini, and Sumita Raghuram. "GitLab: Work Where You Want, When You Want." Art. 23. Journal of Organization Design 9 (2020).
      • November–December 2020
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      Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case

      By: R. Ely and David A. Thomas
      Leaders may mean well when they tout the economic payoffs of hiring more women and people of color, but there is no research support for the notion that diversifying the workforce automatically improves a company’s performance. This article critiques the popular...  View Details
      Keywords: Diversity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Change; Trust
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      Ely, R., and David A. Thomas. "Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 6 (November–December 2020).
      • 2020
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      An Executive Order Worth $100 Billion: The Impact of an Immigration Ban's Announcement on Fortune 500 Firms' Valuation

      By: Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury and Britta Glennon
      On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that suspended new work visas, barring nearly 200,000 foreign workers and their dependents from entering the United States and preventing American companies from hiring skilled immigrants using H-1B or L1...  View Details
      Keywords: Visa; Foreign Workers; Fortune 500; Immigration; Policy; System Shocks; Business Ventures; Valuation
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      Bahar, Dany, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Britta Glennon. "An Executive Order Worth $100 Billion: The Impact of an Immigration Ban's Announcement on Fortune 500 Firms' Valuation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-055, October 2020.
      • September–October 2020
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      A New Model for Ethical Leadership

      By: Max Bazerman
      Rather than try to follow a set of simple rules (“Don’t lie.” “Don’t cheat.”), leaders and managers seeking to be more ethical should focus on creating the most value for society. This utilitarian view, Bazerman argues, blends philosophical thought with business school...  View Details
      Keywords: Social Value; Leadership; Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Decision Making; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Society
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      Bazerman, Max. "A New Model for Ethical Leadership." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 5 (September–October 2020): 90–97.
      • September 2020
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      Lojas Americanas: Project DNA and the 'People Machine'

      By: Boris Groysberg, Eric Lin and Sarah L. Abbott
      Lojas Americanas (“Americanas”) was one of the largest retailers in Brazil. Via its stores, digital platform and Innovation Engine, the company served more than 38 million people. In recent years, Americanas had enjoyed rapid growth; growing from 98 stores in 2001 to...  View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Data Analytics; Growth And Development; Data And Data Sets; Analysis; Training; Performance; Employees; Management; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Retail Industry; Brazil
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      Groysberg, Boris, Eric Lin, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Lojas Americanas: Project DNA and the 'People Machine'." Harvard Business School Case 421-038, September 2020.
      • September 2020
      • Case

      Hitachi Rail Limited (A)

      By: David J. Collis, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato
      Hitachi must decide whether to make a British executive, who has successfully built its European rail business from scratch, head of its global rail division even though the bulk of revenues for the unit still come from Japan. The case describes, the history of Hitachi...  View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Leadership; Values And Beliefs; Human Resources; Globalized Firms And Management; Organizational Structure; Rail Industry; Japan
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      Collis, David J., Akiko Kanno, and Nobuo Sato. "Hitachi Rail Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-364, September 2020.
      • September 2020
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      Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
      This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Customer Satisfaction; Fairness; Values And Beliefs; Price; Profit; Revenue; Investment; Government Legislation; Business History; Compensation And Benefits; Resignation And Termination; Employment; Wages; Lawfulness; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Style; Market Entry And Exit; Two-sided Platforms; Product Design; Organizational Culture; Problems And Challenges; Attitudes; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Transportation Networks; Mobile Technology; Technology Platform; Valuation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Uber at a Crossroads (2017)." Harvard Business School Case 721-376, September 2020.
      • July 2020
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      Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain

      By: Carolyn Deller and Tatiana Sandino
      We examine how changing the allocation of hiring decision rights in a multiunit organization affects employee-firm match quality, contingent on a unit’s circumstances. Our research site, a U.S. retail chain, switched from a decentralized hiring model (hiring by...  View Details
      Keywords: Control; Selection; Decentralization; Company Values; Retail Chains; Employees; Selection And Staffing; Local Range; Business Headquarters; Decision Making
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      Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino. "Who Should Select New Employees, Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain." Accounting Review 95, no. 4 (July 2020): 173–198.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege

      By: Josephine Tan and Jon M. Jachimowicz
      For many graduating college students entering the workforce, “pursue your passion” is not only a frequently repeated graduation mantra but also a commonly embraced ideal. In line with this view, prior academic research finds that passion connotes work-related benefits,...  View Details
      Keywords: Passion; Careers; Socioeconomic Status; Discrimination; Emotions; Personal Development And Career; Status And Position; Prejudice And Bias
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      Tan, Josephine, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-136, June 2020.
      • 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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      Groysberg, Boris, John D. Vaughan, and Matthew Preble. "MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 420-118, June 2020.
      • June 2020
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      The Isolated Choice Effect and Its Implications for Gender Diversity in Organizations

      By: Edward H. Chang, Erika L. Kirgios, Aneesh Rai and Katherine L. Milkman
      We highlight a feature of personnel selection decisions that can influence the gender diversity of groups and teams. Specifically, we show that people are less likely to choose candidates whose gender would increase group diversity when making personnel selections in...  View Details
      Keywords: Behavior And Behavioral Decision Making; Organizational Studies; Decision Analysis; Economics; Decision Making; Behavior; Analysis; Organizations; Diversity; Gender
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      Chang, Edward H., Erika L. Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, and Katherine L. Milkman. "The Isolated Choice Effect and Its Implications for Gender Diversity in Organizations." Management Science 66, no. 6 (June 2020): 2752–2761.
      • May 2020
      • Teaching Note

      Baskits Inc.

      By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 217-001. Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007) acquired Baskits, a Canadian gift basket company, in October of 2014. The business was highly seasonal with two-thirds of its sales occurring in November and December. Baskits dealt with its seasonality...  View Details
      Keywords: Operations; Performance Improvement; Canada
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      Ruback, Richard S., Royce Yudkoff, and Ahron Rosenfeld. "Baskits Inc." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 220-086, May 2020.
      • May 2020
      • Teaching Note

      Chem-Ecol

      By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
      Dahra Allen acquired Chem-Ecol, a machine oil recycling business, for C$13.3 million in December of 2012. Allen decided to hire a sales director and the case discussion largely focuses on selecting the sales director from her short-list of five candidates. During the...  View Details
      Keywords: Salesforce Management; Selection And Staffing; Sales; Performance Improvement; Canada
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      Ruback, Richard S., Royce Yudkoff, and Ahron Rosenfeld. "Chem-Ecol." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 220-084, May 2020.
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