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What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying RelevantWhat Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant 

Many executives are confident they can retain their skills over time. Experience shows they are wrong. Just look at the National Football League's "Black Monday" for proof, says Boris Groysberg.  
16 Jan 2019  |  Research & Ideas

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These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

by Bill George
  • 14 Jan 2019
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  • Op-Ed
At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, these four corporate leaders stepped forward—and changed how we think of leadership forever, says Bill George.

Why Employers Favor Men

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Sep 2017
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  • Research & Ideas
Why are women discriminated against in hiring decisions? Research by Katherine Coffman, Christine Exley, and Muriel Niederle finds the answer is more subtle than expected.

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.

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

by Michael Blanding
  • 03 Jan 2019
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  • Research & Ideas
In a recent survey of 5,000 board members, innovation was not ranked high on their list of priorities. What are they not seeing? ask Boris Groysberg and Yo-Jud Cheng.

New Working Papers 

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

The Creation and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Public Markets

by Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev, and Josh Lerner
  • 15 JAN 2019

The Digital Commons: Tragedy or Opportunity? A Reflection on the 50th Anniversary of Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons

by Frank Nagle
  • 04 JAN 2019

Financing the Response to Climate Change: The Pricing and Ownership of US Green Bonds

by Malcolm Baker, Daniel Bergstresser, George Serafeim, and Jeffrey Wurgler
  • 03 JAN 2019

Team Learning Capabilities: A Meso Model of Sustained Innovation and Superior Firm Performance

by Jean-François Harvey, Henrik Bresman, and Amy C. Edmondson
  • 27 DEC 2018

The Research Exchange 

The Research Exchange is a way for faculty and corporate partners to collaborate on the following field studies.

Transparency & Productivity

Ethan Bernstein

Best Practices for Considering Contract Workers

Christopher Stanton

Causes and Consequences of Withholding Critical Feedback in Organizations

Ashley Whillans and Chuck Howard

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