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The Emerging Degree Reset: How the Shift to Skills-Based Hiring Holds the Keys to Growing the U.S. Workforce at a Time of Talent Shortage

Employers are resetting degree requirements in a wide range of roles, dropping the requirement for a bachelor’s degree in many middle-skill and even some higher-skill roles. This reverses a trend ...
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Skills-Based Hiring: The Long Road from Pronouncements to Practice

Sigelman, Matthew, Joseph B. Fuller, and Alex Martin. "Skills-Based Hiring: The Long Road from Pronouncements to Practice." White Paper, Burning Glass Institute, February 2024.
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Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise

Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to ...
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Performance or Principle: Resistance to Artificial Intelligence in the U.S. Labor Market

From genetically modified foods to autonomous vehicles, society often resists otherwise beneficial technologies. Resistance can arise from performance-based concerns, which fade as technology improves ...
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The Founder's Final Act: How to Hand Over Ownership—and Burnish Your Legacy

Baron, Josh, Ben Francois, Tony Guidotti, and Nien-hê Hsieh. "The Founder's Final Act: How to Hand Over Ownership—and Burnish Your Legacy." Harvard Business Review 103, no. 5 (September–October 2025): ...
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Markups and Cost Pass-through Along the Supply Chain

Alvarez-Blaser, Santiago, Alberto Cavallo, Alexander MacKay, and Paolo Mengano. "Markups and Cost Pass-through Along the Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-009, August 2024. ...
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Pricing Strategy and Channels of Distribution: Where Value Delivery and Value Capture Intersect

Ofek, Elie. "Pricing Strategy and Channels of Distribution: Where Value Delivery and Value Capture Intersect." Harvard Business School Background Note 524-093, May 2024.
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Economic Analysis: The Hidden Costs of Layoffs and Managing Staff Reductions

Globally, over the past fifty years, more companies have used layoffs to cut costs during periods of decreased demand or economic downturns. But layoffs have far-reaching consequences, generate hidden ...
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Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi-Cola and the Soft Drink Industry

Porter, Michael E. "Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi-Cola and the Soft Drink Industry." Harvard Business School Case 391-179, March 1991. (Revised October 1994.) ...
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Communicating Corporate Culture in Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings

Huang, Allen H., Joseph Pacelli, Tianshuo Shi, and Yuan Zou. "Communicating Corporate Culture in Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings." Working Paper, October 2022.
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Retail Investors’ Contrarian Behavior Around News, Attention, and the Momentum Effect

Luo, Cheng (Patrick), Enrichetta Ravina, Marco Sammon, and Luis M. Viceira. "Retail Investors’ Contrarian Behavior Around News, Attention, and the Momentum Effect ...
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How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons

Cullen, Zoë B., and Ricardo Perez-Truglia. "How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons." Journal of Political Economy 130, no. 3 (March 2022): 766–822.