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- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
industries where firms have higher SASB-identified sustainability disclosure. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52664 Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature By: Kerr, Sari...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
exclusionary effects. We then assess Google’s practices under competition law and, where appropriate, suggest remedies to right the violations we uncover. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51607 Global Talent Flows By: Kerr, View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Winter 2020
- Article
The Sky above and the Mud below: Two Books about Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was the most charismatic businessperson in the modern era. When he died, on October 5, 2011, Apple was inundated with condolence messages from all over the United States and from around the world. These notes were sent not only to Apple headquarters in...
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Tedlow, Richard S. "The Sky above and the Mud below: Two Books about Steve Jobs." Business History Review 94, no. 4 (Winter 2020): 835–852. (Review essay.)
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines Authors:Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr, and William R. Kerr Abstract Measures of entrepreneurship, such as average establishment size and the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
Survey of Business Owners 2007 & 2012 By: Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We study immigrant entrepreneurship and firm ownership in 2007 and 2012 using the Survey of Business Owners (SBO). The survival and growth of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Faculty & Research
a Research Agenda By: Saheel Chodavadia, Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Louis Maiden Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US. We...
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- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion By: Wolf, Elizabeth Baily, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah, and Alison Wood Brooks Abstract—Expressing distress at work can have negative...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
opportunities,” says Kerr. That kind of legal support mattered “rather significantly,” he says. “Likewise, the placement of younger arrivals into the US school systems was very important for their education and social integration.” Kerr wrote the study with View Details
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
Related Pacelli, Joseph, Charles CY Wang, and James Barnett. "A New Aiera for Equity Research." Harvard Business School Case 124-008, May 2024. Immigrant Entrepreneurship: New Estimates and a Research AgendaBy: Saheel Chodavadia, Sari...
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- 10 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay
areas, but there are fewer success stories today. At the macro level, the profit squeeze is just hard.” The working paper was co-written by HBS doctoral student Innessa Colaiacovo; Margaret Dalton, an analyst at the Center for Economic Inclusion; and View Details
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
for policy choices.” Kerr, the Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff–MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, has researched the economic effects of global migration of workers for more than a decade, sometimes partnering with his wife, View Details
- July 2018
- Article
Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Tina Xu
We review the extensive literature since 2000 on the personality traits of entrepreneurs. We first consider baseline personality traits like the Big-5 model, self-efficacy and innovativeness, locus of control, and the need for achievement. We then consider risk...
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Entrepreneurs;
Venturing;
Personality Traits;
Characteristics;
Big-5;
Risk Attitudes;
Goals;
Skills;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Characteristics;
Goals and Objectives;
Competency and Skills;
Success;
Demographics;
Research
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and Tina Xu. "Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature." Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship 14, no. 3 (July 2018): 279–356.
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Weaving Success in India
India and the 89-year story of Nalli, his family’s iconic silk sari company. Chetti, interviewed by Professor V.G. Narayanan, is one of 80-plus noteworthy business leaders from Africa, Mexico, Central and South America, South Asia, and...
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April White
- Web
Research - Managing the Future of Work
149,000 employees. Its... 2022 Book Chapter Immigration Policy Levers for U.S. Innovation and Startups By: William R. Kerr and Sari Pekkala Kerr Immigrants account for about a quarter of US invention and entrepreneurship despite a policy...
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- 2016
- Working Paper
Immigrant Entrepreneurship
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to native-founded companies. Our work quantifies immigrant contributions to new firm creation in a wide variety of fields using multiple definitions....
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Immigrants;
Entrepreneurs;
Entry;
Firms;
Growth;
High-tech Marketing;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Immigration;
United States
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Immigrant Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-011, July 2016. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22385, July 2016.)
- 2022
- Chapter
Immigration Policy Levers for U.S. Innovation and Startups
By: William R. Kerr and Sari Pekkala Kerr
Immigrants account for about a quarter of US invention and entrepreneurship despite a policy environment that is not well suited for these purposes. This chapter reviews the U.S. immigration policy environment that governs how skilled migrants move to America for...
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High-tech;
H1-B;
Immigration;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Business Startups;
Venture Capital
Kerr, William R., and Sari Pekkala Kerr. "Immigration Policy Levers for U.S. Innovation and Startups." In Innovation and Public Policy, edited by Austan D. Goolsbee and Benjamin F. Jones. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New U.S. Ventures
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We explore co-ethnic hiring among new ventures using U.S. administrative data. Co-ethnic hiring is ubiquitous among immigrant groups, averaging about 22.5% and ranging from <2% to >40%. Co-ethnic hiring grows with the size of the local ethnic workforce, greater...
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Hiring;
Job Creation;
E-Verify;
Immigration;
Selection and Staffing;
Ethnicity;
Entrepreneurship
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New U.S. Ventures." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28509, February 2021. (Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-101, February 2021.)
- April 2017
- Supplement
CIC: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (B)
By: William R. Kerr, Sari Kerr and Alexis Brownell
CIC engages in "guerrilla warfare," offering free or highly discounted rates in order to get its empty offices filled before the opening day of its St. Louis branch. Opening day is a huge success, and CIC St. Louis grows rapidly, even opening a second building. In the...
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Start-ups;
Boston;
Cambridge;
St. Louis;
CIC;
Cambridge Innovation Center;
Co-working Space;
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
Innovation Ecosystems;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Expansion;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Boston;
Cambridge;
St. Louis
Kerr, William R., Sari Kerr, and Alexis Brownell. "CIC: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 817-127, April 2017.
- July 2018
- Article
Global Collaborative Patents
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Ethnic Networks;
Migration;
Technology Transfer;
Mobility;
Information Technology;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Diasporas;
Patents;
Ethnicity;
Entrepreneurship;
Research and Development;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Innovation and Invention;
Globalization;
United States
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Global Collaborative Patents." Economic Journal 128, no. 612 (July 2018): F235–F272.
- Spring 2021
- Article
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New U.S. Ventures
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We explore co-ethnic hiring among new ventures using U.S. administrative data. Co-ethnic hiring is ubiquitous among immigrant groups, averaging about 22.5% and ranging from <2% to >40%. Co-ethnic hiring grows with the size of the local ethnic workforce, greater...
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Keywords:
Hiring;
Job Creation;
E-Verify;
Immigration;
Selection and Staffing;
Ethnicity;
Entrepreneurship
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New U.S. Ventures." Journal of Human Capital 15, no. 1 (Spring 2021): 86–127.