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Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?   

A World War II spy manual offers intriguing insights into how modern management techniques may be sabotaging your organization, says Stefan Thomke. 
21 Sep 2020  |  Research & Ideas

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Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 MAY 2017
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  • Research & Ideas
African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews, according to research by Katherine DeCelles and colleagues.

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

by Staff
  • 13 JUL 2020
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  • Research & Ideas
VIDEO: Ken Frazier, one of only four Black CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, speaks with Professor Tsedal Neeley about the search for a coronavirus vaccine, how racism at the workplace holds back America’s progress, and his own upbringing just one generation from slavery.

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 FEB 2019
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  • Research & Ideas
Researchers believe gender stereotypes hold women back in the workplace. Katherine Coffman's research adds a new twist: They can even cause women to question their own abilities.

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • 10 SEP 2020
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  • Research & Ideas
Leaders today face two great questions: how to survive, and how to capitalize on new opportunities. Insights from Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden.

New Working Papers 

Scholarly papers that describe original research in a narrow field of study.

The Targeting and Impact of Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Small Businesses

by Alexander Bartik, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca, Christopher Stanton, and Adi Sunderam
  • 21 SEP 2020

Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies

by Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan
  • 20 SEP 2020

Time and the Value of Data

by Ehsan Valavi, Joel Hestness, Newsha Ardalani, and Marco Iansiti
  • 15 SEP 2020

State and Local Government Employment in the COVID-19 Crisis

by Daniel Green and Erik Loualiche
  • 15 SEP 2020

Books 

Articles about recent books written by Harvard Business School faculty.

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

by Martha Lagace
  • 30 JUN 2020

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