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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows

By: John Horton, William R. Kerr and Christopher Stanton
Digital labor markets are rapidly expanding and connecting companies and contractors on a global basis. We review the environment in which these markets take root, the micro- and macro-level studies of their operations, their ongoing evolution and recent trends, and... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Talent and Talent Management; Labor
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  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

we are committed to see such change continue to happen in the finance of today. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1985594 Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities? Authors:Ejaz Ghani,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Age at Immigrant Arrival and Career Mobility: Evidence from Vietnamese Refugee Migration and the Amerasian Homecoming Act

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Kendall Smith
We study the long-run career mobility of young immigrants, mostly refugees, from Vietnam who moved to the United States during 1989-1995. This third and final migration wave of young Vietnamese immigrants was sparked by unexpected events that culminated in the... View Details
Keywords: Vietnam; Vietnam War; Assimilation; Immigration; Refugees; Age; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career; Viet Nam
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  • 16 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 16

organization profits. Order the book: http://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Calls-Twelve-Stories-Decisions/dp/142215811X From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival Authors:Oliver Falck, Christina Guenther, Stephan Heblich, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Immigrant Entrepreneurship: New Estimates and 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 review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of immigrant founders, their economic... View Details
Keywords: Immigrant Employment; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Demographics; Innovation and Invention
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  • May 2013
  • Article

From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival

By: Oliver Falck, Christina Guenther, Stephan Heblich and William R. Kerr
We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi-natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet occupied zone to prevent expropriation. We show that the... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Competition; Supply and Industry; Labor; West Germany; Soviet Union
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  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

Immigration: A Survey Authors: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr Abstract This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
  • Case

MobSquad

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, William R. Kerr and Susie L. Ma
Irfhan Rawji (MBA 2004) launched MobSquad in October 2018 to help American tech start-ups retain hard-to-find talent, many of whom struggled with U.S. work visa issues, such as software engineers with experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data... View Details
Keywords: Work Visas; H1-B; Business Ventures; Business Startups; Labor; Human Capital; Human Resources; Crisis Management; Employment Industry; Canada; United States
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  • 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

  Publications September 2013 Management Science Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17

would expand the number of diseases covered from 19 to over 3,500. Is it the right move, and what does PLM need to do to make it a success? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511093-PDF-ENG Financing New Ventures View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

Pekkala Kerr, and William R. Kerr Abstract—Measures of entrepreneurship, such as average establishment size and the prevalence of start-ups, correlate strongly with employment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2011 (Revised January 2013)
  • Case

Home Essentials: Building a Global Service Business with Local Operations

By: Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr and David Lane
Chris Exline founded Home Essentials, a furniture rental business targeted toward expatriates, in Singapore but rapidly moved the base of operations to Hong Kong. The company was highly successful in Singapore and Hong Kong and then pursued rapid global expansion.... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Renting or Rental; Corporate Governance; Global Strategy; Failure; Singapore; Hong Kong
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  • April 2011 (Revised June 2011)
  • Case

Internet Securities, Inc.: Path to Sustainability

By: Lynda M. Applegate, William R. Kerr and Ryan Johnson
Founded in 1994 when the Internet was still a "toy for techies," the case is set in 1998 when Internet IPOs were red-hot. Internet Securities provides hard-to-find financial, business, economic, and political information on emerging markets. Information from over 600... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Model; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Cash Flow; Initial Public Offering; Analytics and Data Science; Growth and Development Strategy; Valuation
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  • 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

job. Read the paper: http://hbr.org/2010/11/which-of-these-people-is-your-future-ceo/ar/1 Are Lagging Regions Catching Up with Leading Regions? Authors:Lakshmi Iyer, Ejaz Ghani, and Saurabh Mishra... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

William R. Kerr Publication:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13

organizations in Chile and around the world. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612046-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612047-PDF-ENG Location Choice for New Ventures: Cities View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

costs of peer comparison. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43633 Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing Authors:Ejaz Ghani, Arti... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53561 Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1475725 Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation Author:William R. Kerr Abstract We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

Small Authors:Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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