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- January 2023
- Article
- Journal of Human Resources
Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
By: William R. Kerr and Martin Mandorff
| We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times more concentrated in self-employment for dry cleaning than other... |
- 10 May 2022
- News
- HBS Working Knowledge
Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay
Re: William Kerr
| Working for yourself might bring freedom and autonomy, but it increasingly comes with a major risk: low pay. Research by William Kerr explores the shifting sands of self-employment. |
- 04 Apr 2022
- News
- HBS Working Knowledge
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
Re: William Kerr
| Software invention spurred the rapid ascent of six American tech hubs, helping them draw talent from even larger cities. Will the rise of remote work shake the status quo? Research by William Kerr. |
- 23 Mar 2022
- News
- Harvard Business Review
The Great Resignation Didn’t Start with the Pandemic
By: Joseph Fuller & William Kerr
| Covid-19 spurred on the Great Resignation of 2021, during which record numbers of employees voluntarily quit their jobs. But what we are living through is not just short-term turbulence provoked by the pandemic. Instead, it’s the continuation of a trend of rising quit... |
- 2022
- Article
- Harvard Business Review (website)
The Great Resignation Didn't Start with the Pandemic
By: Joseph B. Fuller and William R. Kerr
| COVID-19 spurred on the Great Resignation of 2021, during which record numbers of employees voluntarily quit their jobs. But what we are living through is not just short-term turbulence provoked by the pandemic. Instead, it’s the continuation of a trend of rising quit... |
- March 2022
- Teaching Material
The Labor Market as COVID Recedes: A Great Resignation or a Great Realization?
By: Joseph B. Fuller, William R. Kerr and Ria Mazumdar
- March 2022
- Article
- Research Policy
Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention
By: Brad Chattergoon and William R. Kerr
| U.S. invention has become increasingly concentrated around major tech centers since the 1970s, with implications for how much cities across the country share in concomitant local benefits. Is invention becoming a winner-takes-all race? We explore the rising spatial... |
- Article
- Harvard Business Review
Use Purpose to Transform Your Workplace
By: Leena Nair, Nick Dalton, Patrick Hull and William Kerr
| Is keeping pace with the future of work incompatible with using purpose to guide the organization? Unilever is stretching its well-known commitment to purpose for a new and daunting challenge—the transformation of its workforce of more than 149,000 employees. Its... |
- 2022
- Book Chapter
Immigration Policy Levers for U.S. Innovation and Startups
By: William R. Kerr and Sari Pekkala Kerr
| Immigrants account for about a quarter of US invention and entrepreneurship despite a policy environment that is not well suited for these purposes. This chapter reviews the U.S. immigration policy environment that governs how skilled migrants move to America for... |
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Transformation of Self Employment
By: Innessa Colaiacovo, Margaret Dalton, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
| Over the past half-century, while self-employment has consistently accounted for around one in ten of the United States workforce, its composition has changed. Since 1970, industries with high startup capital requirements have declined from 53% of self-employment to... |
- 01 Dec 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Hubert Joly on humanizing the profit motive
Bill Kerr
- 1 Dec 2021
- Presentation
Hubert Joly on Humanizing the Profit Motive
| Can businesses afford to see employees in terms other than unit labor cost? How do you factor the Golden Rule into a profit and loss statement? Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly explains how unlearning business orthodoxies helped him prove that a human-centered approach... |
- 17 Nov 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Lisa Cook on why inclusion benefits the economy and economics
Bill Kerr
- 2021
- Working Paper
Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention
By: Brad Chattergoon and William R. Kerr
| U.S. invention has become increasingly concentrated around major tech centers since the 1970s, with implications for how much cities across the country share in concomitant local benefits. Is invention becoming a winner-takes-all race? We explore the rising spatial... |
- 06 Oct 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Slack’s Brian Elliott: Digital-first elevates output and diversity
Bill Kerr
- September 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Katie Couric Media: Landing the First Client
By: N. Louis Shipley and William R. Kerr
| In May 2018, celebrated journalist Katie Couric and her husband, John Molner, had recently launched a full-service media firm called Katie Couric Media (KCM). Couric treasured the opportunity to address important social issues like gender equality, environmental... |
- 25 Aug 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Coursera: From virtual lecture hall to platform for lifelong learning
Bill Kerr
- 28 Jul 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Veeva’s distributed approach to building institutional knowledge and shared culture
Bill Kerr