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COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.   

Down economic cycles and increasing unemployment usually usher in a rise in bankruptcies. Not so in the COVID-19 recession, where just the reverse has happened. Research by Raymond Kluender and colleagues. 
23 Nov 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.

The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 OCT 2020
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  • Research & Ideas
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.

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.

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
  • 01 NOV 2020
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  • Research & Ideas
The pandemic has challenged managers as never before, but one powerful leadership strategy is being overlooked, say Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson: Be kind.

New Working Papers 

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

Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry

by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
  • 24 NOV 2020

Venture Capitalists and COVID-19

by Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. Strebulaev
  • 17 NOV 2020

Private Equity and COVID-19

by Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan, and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  • 16 NOV 2020

Long-Run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

by Shawn Cole, Martin Melecky, Florian Mölders, and Tristan Reed
  • 13 NOV 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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