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- 14 Mar 2022
- News
Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need
- 23 Jun 2022
- News
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
Filling US skills gap
- 21 Oct 2019
- Video
Migrating Skills at Vodafone
- Mar 28 2018
- Testimonial
Developing Critical Leadership Skills
- 07 Jun 2023
- News
Changing the Skills Narrative
- 22 Jan 2015
- News
Business Skills for Artists
- 05 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration
- 20 Sep 2016
- News
HBS study addresses U.S. middle skills gap
- 2015
- Chapter
Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and William F. Lincoln
Firms play a central role in the selection, sponsorship, and employment of skilled immigrants entering the United States for work through programs like the H-1B visa. This role has not been widely recognized in the literature, and the data to better understand it have... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Human Capital; Immigration; Innovation and Invention; United States
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and William F. Lincoln. "Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 15, edited by William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, 115–152. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- June 2019
- Teaching Note
CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap
By: William R. Kerr and Ted Smalley Bowen
Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-081. The teaching note presents background, case details, and teaching strategies, along with board plans and supporting graphics. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Training; Demographics; Economics; Education; Energy; Jobs and Positions; Intellectual Property; Labor; Knowledge; Leadership; Management; Marketing; Organizations; Outcome or Result; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Projects; Relationships; Risk and Uncertainty; Science; Technology; Energy Industry; North and Central America
- 03 Apr 2012
- News
Business Skills and Buddhist Mindfulness
- 24 Apr 2020
- Podcast
Freelancer.com: On-demand Skills and Ideas
The Covid-19 pandemic appears to be accelerating the global workforce shift toward freelance and contract work, as it makes remote work a more attractive option. For many, the traditional employment model is being replaced by digital labor platforms like... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Middle Skills Gap Initiative Announced
- 26 Feb 2011
- News
Leadership skills start with self-awareness
- 05 Feb 2019
- Podcast
Speaking the language of skills
As jobs change faster and faster and companies work to prepare their employees for the future, it is more important than ever for firms to assess the talent they have and understand skills they need to compete. David Blake, founder and Executive Chairman of Degreed and... View Details
- 31 Aug 2022
- News
The Evolving Language of Skills
- May 11 2023
- Testimonial
Building the Right Skills for a New Role
- 2013
- Working Paper
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: H-1B; Firms; Scientists; Engineers; Inventors; Age; Employment; Competency and Skills; Immigration; United States
Pekkala Kerr, Sari, William R. Kerr, and William F. Lincoln. "Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms." Working Paper, February 2013.
- 29 Nov 2018
- News