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August 2008
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Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Ethnicity; Production; Integration; Knowledge Sharing; Patents; Employment; Performance Productivity; Entrepreneurship; Change; Developing Countries and Economies; Immigration; China; United States

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable By: George Serafeim Article Transition to Clean Technology By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and William R. View Details

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

April 2020 (Revised October 2020)
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Unilever's Response to the Future of Work

By: William R. Kerr, Emilie Billaud and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej

In February 2020, Nick Dalton, executive vice president HR business transformation at Unilever, reflected on the changing nature of work marked by rapid advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation. Launched in 2016, Unilever’s Future of Work... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Human Capital; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Transformation; Human Resources; Consumer Products Industry; Europe

Educators

2015
Other Teaching and Training Material

Entrepreneurship Reading: Launching Global Ventures

Core Curriculum in Entrepreneurship is a series of Readings that cover fundamental course material in Entrepreneurship. Readings include Interactive Illustrations which help students master complex concepts quickly.
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Faculty - Private Capital Project

studies the subtle signals and cues that often impact the behavioral perceptions of investors, which can lead to implicit bias in the investing process. William R. Kerr Dimitri... View Details

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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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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Underemployment Crisis More than half of college grads are underemployed. In this excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, Stephen Moret (MBA 2011) discusses the root ca... Re: Stephen Moret (MBA 2001); Joseph B. Fuller (Professor of Management Practice); View Details

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HBR Classics - Alumni

William Torbert Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership , Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis Persuasive Presentations Harnessing the Science of Persuasion , Robert B. Cialdini HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations , View Details

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits... View Details

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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... View Details

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

Baker Library / Bloomberg Center Harvard Business School’s first benefactor, George F. Baker & Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) Baker Library is named after Harvard Business School’s first benefactor, George F. Baker. The Bloomberg Center... View Details

July 2015
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Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and William F. Lincoln

We study the impact of skilled immigrants on the employment structures of U.S. firms using matched employer-employee data. Unlike most previous work, we use the firm as the lens of analysis to account for a greater level of heterogeneity and the fact that many skilled... View Details

Keywords: Firms; Scientists; Engineers; Inventors; H-1B; Age; Employment; Immigration; United States

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2020
Working Paper

Global Talent and U.S. Immigration Policy

Talent is a critical resource for today’s knowledge economy. The United States has benefited substantially from high-skilled migration since the 1970s, especially with respect to innovation and entrepreneurship. This chapter reviews data on these immigrant... View Details

Keywords: Global Talent Flows; Immigration; Policy; Talent and Talent Management; Global Range; United States

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2017
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Entrepreneurship in Larger Companies

Entrepreneurship in large and established companies is vital for their long-term success. Incumbent firms face many challenges ranging from global competition to digitization. In times past, being caught flat-footed might have set a company back several years, but it... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship