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  • 10 May 2022
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay

by Jay Fitzgerald
Working for yourself might bring freedom and autonomy, but it increasingly comes with a major risk: low pay. Research by William Kerr explores the shifting sands of self-employment.
  • 04 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

by Rachel Layne
Software invention spurred the rapid ascent of six American tech hubs, helping them draw talent from even larger cities. Will the rise of remote work shake the status quo? Research by William Kerr.
  • 30 Jun 2021
  • In Practice
  • Working Knowledge

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

by Kathryn Haviland
Indeed, the book I co-wrote with Marco Iansiti, Competing in the Age of AI, is partially inspired by the writings of Iain Banks and the (so amazing) Culture series, Ann Leckie and the Ancillary Justice series, and anything that William Gibson and Neal Stephenson writes. "I will be dreaming about the
  • 30 Mar 2021
  • Working Paper Summaries
  • Working Knowledge

Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New US Ventures

by Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
The impact of immigration has been particularly sharp in entrepreneurship, yet there is remarkably little evidence about how immigration in the workplace connects to the creation and scaling of new firms. The economic consequences of greater workplace and...
  • 07 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

by Kristen Senz
During a market collapse, investors will pay up for companies considered resilient in their response, according to George Serafeim.
  • 22 May 2020
  • In Practice
  • Working Knowledge

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

by Danielle Kost
service centers, which are primarily owned by physicians. Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration. Amy C. Edmonson: New ways to balance prevention and sick care Those on the front lines of COVID care, working impossibly long hours, taking on tasks and roles
  • 12 May 2020
  • Cold Call Podcast
  • Working Knowledge

Autonomous Vehicles Are Ready to Disrupt Society, Business—and You

Re: Elie OfekRe: William R. Kerr
The rise of autonomous vehicles has enormous implications for business and society. Professors William R. Kerr and Elie Ofek explore the factors influencing their development and commercialization.
  • 11 May 2020
  • Op-Ed
  • Working Knowledge

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

by William R. Kerr
At this time of crisis, America risks signaling to global innovators and entrepreneurs that they have no future here, says William R. Kerr.
  • 02 Mar 2020
  • What Do You Think?
  • Working Knowledge

Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?

by James Heskett
rarely will one end up on the wrong side of right with these values.” Rod R. said, “Comeback? These have always been essential and valued if you are strolling through life as a not trustworthy person that is arrogant and doesn’t listen to others, you’re probably living off of someone else’s
  • 01 Jan 2020
  • What Do You Think?
  • Working Knowledge

Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

by James Heskett
talented workers of the world? What do you think? Original Column The talented people of this planet “are the world’s most precious resource,” writes William Kerr in a recent book. They are highly mobile, benefit from association with other talented people, and are “shaped by the environment” that
  • 28 Dec 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries
  • Working Knowledge

Tech Clusters

by William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud
We are witnessing a major transformation of business to achieve strategic positions in powerful tech hubs, but most workers and consumers will always be far away. The authors describe the spatial concentration of tech activity in the United States and explore the...
  • 07 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas
  • Working Knowledge

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

by Martha Lagace
Government spending on bridges, roads, and other infrastructure pieces does not always ignite economic good times, say William Kerr and Ramana Nanda. The key question: Are financiers nearby?...
  • 07 Jul 2019
  • HBS Case
  • Working Knowledge

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

by Julia Hanna
A case study by William Kerr explores Walmart's plans for future workforce makeup and training, and its search for opportunities from digital infrastructure and automation.
  • 29 Jun 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries
  • Working Knowledge

Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network

by Abhiman Das, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William R. Kerr, and Ramana Nanda
In India, the Golden Quadrilateral highway network connects four major cities. This study of the relationship between the infrastructure project and development of the local financial sector finds that, in districts along and near the GQ, initial levels of financial...
  • 08 Jun 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries
  • Working Knowledge

The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy

by William R. Kerr
High-skilled workers in today’s knowledge-based economy are arguably the most important resource to the success of businesses, regions, and industries. This chapter pulls from Kerr’s book The Gift of Global Talent to examine the migration dynamics of high-skilled...
  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look
  • Working Knowledge

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

Dina Gerdeman
Devices: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regulators and Innovators By: Gordon, William J., and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract— Software has become an increasingly important component of medical device technology. Through legislation like the 21st Century Cures Act as well as Food and Drug
  • 07 Feb 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries
  • Working Knowledge

Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC

by Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
This study compares United States-born and immigrant entrepreneurs’ use of networking opportunities provided by CIC, the former Cambridge Innovation Center. Immigrants clearly take more advantage of networking opportunities at CIC, especially around the exchange of...
  • 05 Feb 2019
  • First Look
  • Working Knowledge

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

Dina Gerdeman
...to take the lead by developing its higher education system quickly. William C. Kirby and colleagues explore the changes that might bring in an upcoming article in Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. The New Silk Road: Implications for Higher Education in China and the West? A complete list of new research and publications from Harvard Business School faculty follows.
  • 25 Oct 2018
  • Cold Call Podcast
  • Working Knowledge

Vodafone’s Innovative Approach to Advanced Technologies

...William Kerr discusses how telecom giant Vodafone incorporated big data, automation, and artificial intelligence to improve productivity while ensuring new opportunities were created for the next generation of workers.
  • 09 Oct 2018
  • First Look
  • Working Knowledge

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

Dina Gerdeman
018 Redwood City, Stanford Business Books The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Foreign talent has transformed U.S. science