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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Corporate Finance Conference for “Being Surprised by the Unsurprising: Earnings Seasonality and Stock Returns” with Tom Chang, Samuel Hartzmark, and David Solomon. Eugene F. Soltes : Received the 2015 Charles M. View Details
  • May 2018 (Revised October 2019)
  • Case

Managing the Future of Work

By: William R. Kerr, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
By 2019, leaders from the public and private sector had become increasingly anxious about how advanced technologies and aging global populations could affect labor markets, workplaces, and workers’ lives. Some analysts forecasted that hundreds of millions of workers... View Details
Keywords: Labor Markets; Workplace; Employment; Technological Innovation; Demographics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities
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  • October 2022 (Revised September 2023)
  • Supplement

SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (B)

By: Frank Nagle, George A. Riedel, William R. Kerr and David Lane
Supplements the (A) case, describing actions taken by SolarWinds as well as by regulatory agencies in the aftermath of the immediate crisis. The case also includes reflections by SolarWinds managers on the choices they made with respect to disclosure, media relations,... View Details
Keywords: Cyberattacks; Cybersecurity; Corporate Disclosure; Crisis Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Legal Liability; Governance Compliance; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology Industry; United States
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

McComb : Received the 2022 Charles M. Williams Award for Teaching Excellence. Emily R. McComb : Recipient of the 2022 HBS Student Association Faculty Teaching Award for exceptional contributions to the... View Details
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Entrepreneurship as Experimentation

By: William R. Kerr, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Entrepreneurship research is on the rise but many questions about its fundamental nature still exist. We argue that entrepreneurship is about experimentation: the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed and unknowable until an investment is made. At a macro... View Details
Keywords: Experiments; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention
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  • February 2019 (Revised May 2019)
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Hot Chicken Takeover

By: William R. Kerr, Manjari Raman and Olivia Hull
By December 2018, entrepreneur Joe DeLoss’s fried chicken company, Hot Chicken Takeover, has opened three restaurants in Columbus, Ohio, using an unconventional employment model that helps people with criminal records get back on their feet. DeLoss is proud of the... View Details
Keywords: Fair Chance Employment; Fair Chance Hiring; Open Hiring; Inclusive Hiring; Criminal Record; Homelessness; Therapeutic Employment; Corporate Culture; Managing The Future Of Work; Food; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Human Resources; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Employees; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation Strategy; Job Offer; Job Interviews; Human Capital; Leadership; Growth Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Poverty; Welfare; Food and Beverage Industry; Ohio; United States
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  • 30 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 30

suggests that exclusive preferential placement disproportionately impacts traffic to top sites most likely relevant to users' requests. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2251294 Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India By: Ghani, Ejaz,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

2020 Journal of Financial Economics First Place Jensen Prize for “How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?” (January 2020) with William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. Strebulaev. William View Details
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AASU50 - Alumni

Stansbury, Jr., MBA 1973 Walter L. Ross, MBA 1973 Terry L. Jones, MBA 1974 Stephen R. Bryant, MBA 1974 Harry G. Walker, III, MBA 1975 Jonathan L. Weaver, MBA 1975 Frank E. Lattimore, MBA 1976 Anita R.... View Details
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Entrepreneurship as Experimentation

By: William R. Kerr, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Entrepreneurship research is on the rise, but many questions about its fundamental nature still exist. We argue that entrepreneurship is about experimentation: the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made. At a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

and sustainability. That's the central and animating theme of "The Rise of HR: Wisdom from 73 Thought Leaders," a new anthology published by the HR Certification Institute. Professor Hill's essay addresses the question of how to develop... View Details
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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

decisions, the course examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders. It also teaches students about management and governance systems leaders can use to promote responsible conduct by companies and their... View Details
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Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

School John Meara D.M.D., M.B.A., M.D., Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine and Professor of Surgery Harvard Law School Glenn Cohen J.D., James A. Attwood and Leslie View Details
  • 26 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

Immigration: A Survey Authors:Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr Abstract This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. Particular... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

Psychological Science Should Governments Invest More in Nudging? By: Benartzi, Shlomo, John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman, Cass R. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler, Maya Shankar, Will Tucker-Ray, William J.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

34 Doriot first served as chairman of the board of advisors of ARD and in December 1946 assumed the role of President of the company, by which time he had left active duty in the army. 35 William E. Barbour,... View Details
  • November 2024
  • Case

Dr. Bombay Ice Cream

By: William R. Kerr, Alexis Brownell and Michael Liu
This case examines the creation, launch, and rapid growth of Dr. Bombay Ice Cream, a joint venture between Happi Co., a consumer packaged goods incubator, and entertainment mogul Snoop Dogg, with his son, Cordell Broadus. The brand was inspired by a Bored Ape Yacht... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution Channels; Disruptive Innovation; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2025 Joshua R. Schwartzstein : Winner of the 2025 Arrow Award for Best Paper in Health Economics from the... View Details
  • 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

Entrepreneurship in India Authors:Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr, and Stephen O'Connell Abstract We analyze the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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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... View Details