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  • 01 Jan 2020
  • What Do You Think?
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Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

by James Heskett
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 surrounds them, hence they tend to congregate in a few
  • 28 Dec 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries
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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...
  • 04 Dec 2019
  • Book
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Creating the Experimentation Organization

by Michael Blanding
with subtle tweaks to everything from varying shades of color to alternative placement of links and menu options for booking properties. It’s part of an innovative culture of experimentation that pervades every aspect of how the company operates, says Stefan Thomke, William Barclay Harding Professor
  • 07 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas
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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
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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
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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...
  • 11 Jun 2019
  • Book
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These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

by Sean Silverthorne
burdens on managers but also creating new opportunities to shine. Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time Making a business successful is a challenge in itself, but making a green business profitable is an even harder journey, says Geoffrey Jones. The Gift of Global TalentWilliam R
  • 08 Jun 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries
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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 individuals. He argues...
  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

Dina Gerdeman
55597 2019 Academy of Management Annals Turning Lead into Gold: How Do Entrepreneurs Mobilize Resources to Exploit Opportunities? By: Clough, David R., Tommy Pan Fang, Balagopal Vissa, and Andy Wu Abstract— The mobilization of resources is a central and defining feature of entrepreneurship. As the body
  • 07 Feb 2019
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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
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

Dina Gerdeman
...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...
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • First Look
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

Dina Gerdeman
Pages/item.aspx?num=55504 forthcoming Theoretical Economics Full Substitutability By: Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky, and Alexander Westkamp Abstract— Various forms of substitutability are essential for establishing the existence of equilibria
  • 25 Oct 2018
  • Cold Call Podcast
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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
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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
  • 01 Oct 2018
  • Book
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Is the US Losing its Ability to Attract Highly Skilled Migrant Workers?

by Martha Lagace
As debates sharpen on the benefits and drawbacks of migrant labor, William R. Kerr's new book explores why global talent flows matter to national economic development and security. Book excerpt and author interview.
  • 25 Sep 2018
  • First Look
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

Dina Gerdeman
of inventors who patent since 1920; a dataset of the employment, location, and patents of firms active in R&D since 1921; and a historical state-level corporate tax database since 1900, which we link to an existing database on state-level personal income taxes. Our analysis focuses on the impact of taxes
  • 04 Sep 2018
  • First Look
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

Dina Gerdeman
Pages/item.aspx?num=54920 September–October 2018 Harvard Business Review Navigating Talent Hot Spots By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation clusters like San Francisco and Boston have long had an outsize impact on the global economy, and their influence keeps growing. In 2017, for instance, America’s
  • 03 Jul 2018
  • First Look
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

Dina Gerdeman
...it involved a new dialing process that customers were struggling to learn, but it also spelled massive layoffs for many of the 100,000 switchboard operators employed by the company. In a new case study, Daniel P. Gross and William R. Kerr take a look at how AT&T handled both the reaction to its new system...
  • 25 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas
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In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

by Michael Blanding
Far from being a drain on the US economy, William Kerr’s research finds immigrants are a driver of innovation and entrepreneurship.
  • 05 Jun 2018
  • First Look
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

Dina Gerdeman
... A book edited by William R. Kerr and colleagues delves into how the influx of foreign workers affects trade patterns of multinational firms, innovation and productivity, and wage inequality among workers with different skills. High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences...