Ethnicity - Publications - Faculty & Research

2018
Working Paper

Information Provision and Innovation: Natural Experiment of Herbal Patent Prior Art Adoption at the United States and European Patent Offices

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna

We exploit a natural experiment to study how codifying information about prior innovation affects subsequent innovation. A codified database of traditional Indian herbal formulations was adopted by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Ethnicity; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China; India

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2016
Hidden Processes

A conversation with Lisa Lahey at the 2016 Gender & Work Symposium: Talking the Walk

01 Sep 2015
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Faculty Q&A: The Working World

sending countries. What are the inbound effects of high-skill immigration for the United States? Legal immigrants represent about 14 or 15 percent of the workforce, but our studies of patent data show that ethnic names [primarily Indian... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Living in Boston | MBA

and make your way to Central Square, home to every imaginable ethnic cuisine. Walk the Freedom Trail and Beacon Hill's cobblestone lanes to see how Boston looked during the Revolutionary War, or explore Newbury Street's chic shops and the... View Details

12 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

Management Journal The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim Abstract—Ethnic migrant inventors may differ from locals in terms of the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

2013
Backlash and the Double Bind

Amy Cuddy Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium

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The Origins of Ethnolinguistic Diversity

By: Stelios Michalopoulos

This study explores the determinants of ethnolinguistic diversity within as well as across countries, shedding light on its geographic origins. The empirical analysis conducted across countries, virtual countries, and pairs of contiguous regions establishes that... View Details

Keywords: Ethnicity; Spoken Communication; Geography

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2015
Organizational Change

Don Tomaskovic-Devey

Fall 2021
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Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991

By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer

This article examines how the film industry influenced prevailing gender and skin color stereotypes in India during the first four decades after Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India, shared Hollywood's privileging of paler skin... View Details

Keywords: Bollywood; Film Industry; Hollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Stereotypes; Social Impact; Gender; Race; Ethnicity; Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India; United States

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2020
Presentations & Discussions

What’s Race Got to Do with Diversity

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5.4 Sample Community Standards Violations | MBA

Illegal Activity Excessive alcohol resulting in complaints or harmful behavior Loud/disruptive parties Disrespect to staff or faculty Offensive or threatening behavior or comments (verbal or written) based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity,... View Details

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Statement from Dean Srikant Datar on Anti-Semitism | About

peacefully and productively. Everyone deserves the same opportunity my parents found here. As the words of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remind us, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” None of us should tolerate the targeting of any religious... View Details

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GDPR & Other Data Privacy Laws | Information Technology

affected individuals, taking into account the scope and purposes of such processing and the nature of the data. The GDPR identifies the following categories of data as meriting special protection: identifiable personal information revealing racial or View Details

January 2023
Case

Inclusion and Diversity at Mars Petcare

By: Katherine Coffman and Tom Quinn

In 2020, the Mars Petcare Leadership Team found themselves dealing with critically important inclusion and diversity issues. Social unrest, including unprecedented protests for racial justice in the U.S. and across the globe, generated an urgency for substantive... View Details