Publications

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June 2019
Teaching Note

CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap

By: William R. Kerr and Ted Smalley Bowen

Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-081. The teaching note presents background, case details, and teaching strategies, along with board plans and supporting graphics. View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference

growth," said conference cochair William H. Swift (MBA 1974). The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce sponsored the opening reception at the Ritz-Carlton. The conference kicked off with an examination of trends and opportunities in emerging... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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About Baker Library | Baker Library

About Baker Library We advance the mission of the Harvard Business School by providing distinctive information services, resources and expertise so that our community excels. Strategic Plan Policies Staff Directory 1474 Year of... View Details

2019
Report

A Recovery Squandered: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2019

By: Michael E. Porter, Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai, Katherine M. Gehl, William R. Kerr and Manjari Raman

In this report, the authors synthesize their views on U.S. competitiveness and unveil the findings of the 2019 HBS surveys on U.S. competitiveness. Specifically, this report—built on the survey findings and eight years of prior research on the competitiveness of the... View Details

Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; United States

2015
Working Paper

Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines

By: Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr

We study entrepreneurship and growth through the lens of U.S. cities. Initial entrepreneurship correlates strongly with urban employment growth, but endogeneity bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near cities led to specialization in... View Details

Keywords: Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Industry Clusters; Entrepreneurship; City; Mining; Mining Industry; Pittsburgh

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Thomas was appointed Dean and William R. Berkley Chair of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. In January 2018, he became the 12th president of Morehouse College. Dr. Thomas has devoted his... View Details

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

Arrived: Integrating Refugees in Sweden” examines how job matching platforms in Sweden, Germany, and Italy have sought to address the challenging refugee crisis in their countries. Podcast Explores Unilever’s Digital Transformation In an HBS podcast, Professor View Details

January 2023
Case

ELCA's Series A

By: Anke Becker, Raymond Kluender and William R. Kerr

Educators

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... View Details

Keywords: 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

2013
Article

Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India

By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Stephen O'Connell

We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; India

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

that his generation is leaving them and what they will need to do about it. Japan and the Shackles of the Past (What Everyone Needs to Know) by R. Taggart Murphy (MBA 1981) (Oxford University Press) Japan is... View Details

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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

1998. Bodie, Zvi, and Robert C. Merton . "The Informational Role of Asset Prices: The Case of Implied Volatility." In The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective , by Dwight B. Crane, Kenneth A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André F.... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

countries. The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society by William R. Kerr Stanford Business Books The global race... View Details

15 Nov 2020
News

Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

Sahlman discusses how Khan Academy, a global online education nonprofit, strives to balance founder Sal Khan’s (MBA 2003) vision with the need to focus and scale. Prediction: How AI Will Affect Business, Work, and Life Bill Kerr speaks... View Details

May 2014
Article

Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India

By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Stephen D. O'Connell

We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not increase after the reforms, we find... View Details

Keywords: Women; Female; Political Reservations; Development; Informal Sector; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Manufacturing Industry; India; South Asia