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How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More ProblemsHow Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems   

Public entrepreneurship can bring agile thinking and new ideas to governments. Mitchell Weiss explains in his new book, We the Possibility. 
18 Jan 2021  |  Book

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr

Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups

by Kristen Senz

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

by James Heskett

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The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 OCT 2020
  • | 
  • 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.

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

by Staff
  • 13 JUL 2020
  • | 
  • 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 Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

by Julia Austin
  • 17 FEB 2020
  • | 
  • Sharpening Your Skills
Identifying a customer's pain points is the first step for entrepreneurs in developing a new product. Julia Austin offers tips for choosing the right "job to be done."

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 FEB 2019
  • | 
  • 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.

Dog Eat Dog: Measuring Network Effects Using a Digital Platform Merger

by Chiara Farronato, Jessica Fong, and Andrey Fradkin
  • 14 JAN 2021

Accounting for Product Impact in the Airlines Industry

by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
  • 11 JAN 2021

The Political Effects of Immigration: Culture or Economics?

by Alberto Alesina and Marco Tabellini
  • 11 JAN 2021

Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the US Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?

by Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt
  • 06 JAN 2021

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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