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Research - Race, Gender & Equity
Migration Fear Is High By: John (Jianqui) Bai, William R. Kerr , Chi Wan and Alptug Yorulmaz We study funding gaps on Kickstarter across multiple ethnic groups from 2009 to 2021. Scaling the concept of racially salient events, we quantify... View Details
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
reasoned, rational approach to this opportunity that its business community is best equipped to provide. Why aren’t business leaders more vocal about immigration policy? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. References: William R. Kerr, The Gift... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season
changing seasons. Go birding in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Visit the first rural, or "garden" cemetery in the United States, located on the edge of Cambridge. In addition to famous burials, remarkable monuments, and amazing plantings, this National Historic Landmark is a... View Details
- 11 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
“It was a big step up in commitment,” Kloeblen says, and that just grew bigger: in January 2019, Kloeblen migrated to a specific portfolio company, Velocity Technology Solutions, a cloud services provider, where he became CEO. Had... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
out how long to invest and pull out [if necessary]. In Wesco's case, about a third of relationships migrated through; two-thirds fell in the trap." "The Wesco case shows that it's not just about the product. You also need to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
categories) becomes unproductive due to customers migrating to e-tailers. As entire sections of these stores die from online competition, category killers are being pressed to come up with solutions to keep their overall model afloat. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
corn at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business, where he has been on the faculty for 15 years. He will tell you that corn’s symbiotic relationship with humans stretches back 10,000 years, originating in Mesoamerica and View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
become increasing sources of renewable fuels; in fact, we think of our Quebec landfill more as a gas plant.” Untapped Resource According to Freddie Mac, population migration in the United States is at an all-time low, but the folks who... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
and Capability Development at the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” with Tiona Zuzul, Ryan Raffaelli, and Jan Rivkin. William R. Kerr : Winner of the 2019 Axiom Business Book Award Silver Medal in the International Business/Globalization category for The Gift of Global... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
Made in China REASON U.S. supplier base eroded as the manufacture of consumer electronics and computers migrated to Asia. Electrophoretic display MADE IN TAIWAN REASON Its manufacture requires expertise developed from producing flat-panel... View Details
- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
at Harvard Business School. The thing that happened was the Dust Bowl: a series of severe dust storms and droughts that decimated farms in the Great Plains during the 1930s, forcing thousands of families to abandon their property. Many View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
Economics researchers have long studied how local workers respond when an industry such as steel manufacturing is squashed by obsolescence or competition. Is the region able to regenerate with new industries and workers to fill them? Do displaced workers View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
of companies, the authors show how a few pioneering organizations are turning attention management into a potent competitive advantage. Place to Space: Migrating to e-Business Models, by Peter Weill and Michael R. Vitale, is the first... View Details
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IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology
help us continually improve the economics of running in the cloud. Cloud Migration Roadmap and Playbook: We are evaluating our current applications and services to determine which ones can be moved to the cloud. This transition will help... View Details
- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
problem that hits hardest at people with the least capital and it’s a real social justice concern in the case of possible sea level rise. Migration Migration manifests in many ways. Florida is one of the... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
- 07 Feb 2019
- News
A Course Correction at Chris-Craft
president and CEO—notes that plans include expanding the plant and the payroll as well as the customer base. “There are parts of the market we don’t participate in and we're going to be able to migrate into those. Right now, we compete... View Details
- 29 May 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Introduction to the Future of Market Capitalism
distribution of wealth, environmental challenges, migration of workers, and the threat of protectionism. Governments and international organizations need to devise solutions to this problem. Harvard Business School can play a role in... View Details
Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower
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Sebastian Vargas
lives built the core of who I am. My mom’s courage to uproot her life in Colombia and migrate to the US opened the door for me to migrate when I graduated high school. Her tenacity taught me to never give... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
Wien In 1945, the United States was clearly the world’s leader militarily, economically, and politically. Its universities were preeminent, and its cultural life was enriched by the migration of Europeans during the previous decade. This... View Details
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
know, no substantive solutions were reached. Instead, “markets” provided the best regulation. By 2011, according to a Pew Research Center study, the number of Mexican-born residents in the US had actually begun to decline as the Mexican economy began providing more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett