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The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are DyingThe COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying   

To promote the greatest safety, public health officials should target their pandemic messaging to men differently than to women. Research by Vincent Pons and colleagues. 
29 Oct 2020  |  Research & Ideas

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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.

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 OCT 2020
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  • Book
Enjoying life requires time, but too often we willingly give it away in pursuit of money and career. Ashley Whillans shows how to restore the proper balance.

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

by Danielle Kost
  • 07 SEP 2020
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  • Research & Ideas
For small businesses that have survived the coronavirus so far, what's next? Karen Mills outlines steps that business owners and government should take immediately.

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.

New Working Papers 

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

Does Venture Capital Attract Human Capital? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

by Shai Bernstein, Kunal Mehta, and Richard Townsend
  • 27 OCT 2020

Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups

by Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Richard Townsend, and Ting Xu
  • 20 OCT 2020

Bankruptcy and the COVID-19 Crisis

by Jialan Wang, Jeyul Yang, Benjamin Iverson, and Ray Kluender
  • 19 OCT 2020

Books 

Articles about recent books written by Harvard Business School faculty.

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 OCT 2020

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

by Martha Lagace
  • 30 JUN 2020

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