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- 02 Feb 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries
clustering affect the American economy as a whole? Harvard Business School’s William R. Kerr sets out to explore those questions, and their implications for US immigration policy, in a new working paper,... View Details
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
generation ago. If you are a global entrepreneur, says Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, "you have to think much earlier and much faster."... View Details
- 07 Jul 2019
- HBS Case
Walmart's Workforce of the Future
private employer in the United States, with 1.5 million workers (2.2 million worldwide). But that size and dominance doesn’t make Walmart immune to pressures faced by any other retail operation. In the second-year Harvard Business School... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay
called “The Transformation of Self Employment,” details a stark shift over the past 50 years in the composition and earnings of the independent workforce, says William R. Kerr,... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
the older worker is shown to the door," said Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, who recently cowrote a working paper called Skilled Immigration and... View Details
- March–April 2017
- Article
Advancing Conservation by Understanding and Influencing Human Behavior
By: Sheila M. Reddy, Jensen Montambault, Yuta J. Masuda, Ayelet Gneezy, Elizabeth Keenan, William Butler, Jonathan R. Fisher and Stanley T. Asah
Behavioral sciences can advance conservation by systematically identifying behavioral barriers to conservation and how to best overcome them. Behavioral sciences have informed policy in many other realms (e.g., health, savings), but they are a largely untapped resource... View Details
Keywords: Adaptive Management; Awareness; Behavioral Economics; Behavioral Science; Conservation Intervention; Conservation Planning; Decision-making; Incentives; Nudge; Management; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Marketing; Decision Making; Environmental Sustainability; Economics
Reddy, Sheila M., Jensen Montambault, Yuta J. Masuda, Ayelet Gneezy, Elizabeth Keenan, William Butler, Jonathan R. Fisher, and Stanley T. Asah. "Advancing Conservation by Understanding and Influencing Human Behavior." Conservation Letters 10, no. 2 (March–April 2017): 248–256. (doi:10.1111/conl.12252.)
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
are unrelated to the increased urbanization of the unorganized sector. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51739 October 3, 2016 Harvard Business Review Immigrants Play a Disproportionate Role in American Entrepreneurship By: Pekkala View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
specific age when they arrived—was a critical factor determining their success in school, work, and beyond. Younger immigrants—with the right support and clear paths to education and employment—outperform their older peers decades down the line, finds View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
immigrants are responsible for a lot of great companies,” says William Kerr, the Dmitri V. D’Arbeloff — MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “After all, they... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
School Professor William R. Kerr. “Nationalistic policies have gained strength all around the world,” Kerr says, pointing to Brexit in the UK and strains caused by the refugee... View Details
- 08 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs
William Kerr. In a new paper, Kerr and his collaborators shed light on how discrimination affects fundraising, and ways crowdfunding sites, entrepreneurs, and investors can take action. Minority business founders already typically face a... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 04 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
San Diego—brings “significant and long-lasting” benefits, including greater economic growth, global talent, and even more invention to these regions, write William Kerr, the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
new research based on patent and trademark data by Harvard Business School professor William Kerr drills down to further identify the probable ethnic composition of U.S. inventors, the industries they... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.
into the issue, however, Kerr found that wasn't necessarily the case. Collaborating with William Lincoln of the University of Michigan and Prachi Mishra of the International Monetary Fund, Kerr tapped into a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
vis-a-vis local financial development in districts all along the route, is the first paper to connect microlevel financial development with infrastructure development. The paper, Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network, is coauthored View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
industries where firms have higher SASB-identified sustainability disclosure. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52664 Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature By: Kerr, Sari... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
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Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines Authors:Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr, and William R. Kerr Abstract Measures of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne