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Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business HistoryLifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History   

The business history of modern Turkey has been largely hidden from view, but a new book edited by Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan pulls back the covers. 
14 Nov 2019  |  Book

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Are You a Digital Manager?

by Martha Lagace
  • 07 JUN 2019
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  • Book
Linda Hill explains how the digital workplace is generating greater burdens on managers but also creating new opportunities to shine. PLUS: Book excerpt.

The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion

by Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler
  • 13 NOV 2019
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  • Working Paper Summaries
Many organizations and job applications require individuals to assess their own ability and performance. When women communicate to potential employers, however, they systematically give less favorable assessments of their own past performance and potential future ability than equally performing men. The study rules out potential explanations for the gap and discusses implications.

Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 JUL 2018
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  • Research & Ideas
In earlier research, Kathleen McGinn and colleagues discovered that adult kids of working moms are high achievers at work. Now it turns out they are happy, too.

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.

New Working Papers 

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

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations series

by Carliss Y. Baldwin
  • 14 NOV 2019

Shareholder Activism and Firms’ Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks

by Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan
  • 13 NOV 2019

The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion

by Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler
  • 13 NOV 2019

Tariff Passthrough at the Border and at the Store: Evidence from US Trade Policy

by Alberto Cavallo, Gita Gopinath, Brent Neiman, and Jenny Tang
  • 12 NOV 2019

Books 

In-depth articles about books written by Harvard Business School faculty on the latest business trends and challenges.

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 SEP 2019

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

by Martha Lagace
  • 22 JUL 2019

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 JUL 2019

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