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• Working Paper | HBS Working Paper Series | 2019

  Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC

  Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr

  Networking and the giving and receiving of advice outside of one’s own firm are important features of entrepreneurship and innovation. We study how immigrants and natives utilize the potential networking opportunities provided by CIC, formerly known as the Cambridge Innovation Center. CIC is widely considered the center of the Boston entrepreneurial ecosystem. We surveyed 1,334 people working at CIC in three locations spread across the Boston area and CIC’s first expansion facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Survey responses show that immigrants value networking capabilities in CIC more than natives, and the networks developed by immigrants at CIC tend to be larger. Immigrants report substantially greater rates of giving and receiving advice than natives for six surveyed factors: business operations, venture financing, technology, suppliers, people to recruit, and customers. The structure and composition of CIC floors has only a modest influence on these immigrant versus native differences.

  Keywords: Immigrants; Networking; advice; entrepreneurs; inventors; start-up employees; venturing; co-working; agglomeration; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Innovation and Invention; Social and Collaborative Networks;

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  Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-078, January 2019.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | January 2019

  The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A)

  William R. Kerr, Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman and Donald Maruyama

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  Kerr, William R., Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, and Donald Maruyama. "The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 819-066, January 2019.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | December 2018

  Modern Automation (A): Artificial Intelligence

  William R. Kerr and James Palano

  This primer provides an overview of the implications of automation technology based on state-of-the-art "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) in the late 2010s: including the trends leading to the surge in AI, applications of AI categorized by the type of work performed, limitations of the technology, discussion about AI adoption, and key concerns the technology brought about.

  Keywords: artificial intelligence; digitization; connectivity; Computing; future of work; automation; Technology; Technology Adoption; Employment; Management;

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  Kerr, William R., and James Palano. "Modern Automation (A): Artificial Intelligence." Harvard Business School Case 819-084, December 2018.  View Details

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