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• Case | HBS Case Collection | April 2019 (Revised June 2019)

  Western Governors University: 10x Vision

  William R. Kerr and Susie L. Ma

  Abstract: Western Governors University (WGU) was a nonprofit institution of higher education whose online learning model served more than 100,000 students in 2019 and was scaling rapidly. President Scott Pulsipher wanted to expand WGU’s reach to millions more with a plan called 10x Vision. 10x Vision called for scaling enrollment, creating new ventures to expand access to higher education that complement WGU’s business model, and funding these ventures. Pulsipher believed WGU had a potential target market of 40 million people in the United States, as an increasing number of jobs required post-secondary education. How could WGU help these individuals participate in the higher education system and achieve upward mobility?

  Keywords: online education; enrollment; scaling; Higher Education; Online Technology; Business Model; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; United States;

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  Kerr, William R., and Susie L. Ma. "Western Governors University: 10x Vision." Harvard Business School Case 819-093, April 2019. (Revised June 2019.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | November 2018 (Revised June 2019)

  Universal Basic Income, Job Guarantees, or None of the Above?

  William R. Kerr, Reilly Kiernan and Jordan Bach-Lombardo

  How can policymakers and business leaders address AI and automation's potential for widespread labor market displacement? This case examines potential policy responses, looking closely at the United States' existing social safety net and the impacts of implementing Universal Basic Income or a federal job guarantee.

  Keywords: UBI; job guarantee; Managing the Future of Work; EITC; Employment; Labor; Social Issues; Income; Government and Politics; Policy; Problems and Challenges;

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  Kerr, William R., Reilly Kiernan, and Jordan Bach-Lombardo. "Universal Basic Income, Job Guarantees, or None of the Above?" Harvard Business School Case 819-035, November 2018. (Revised June 2019.)  View Details

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• Working Paper | HBS Working Paper Series | 2019

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

  Abhiman Das, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda

  We use the construction of India's Golden Quadrangle (GQ) central highway network, together with comprehensive loan data drawn from the Reserve Bank of India, to investigate the interaction between infrastructure development and financial sector depth. We identify a disproportionate increase in loan count and average loan size in districts along the GQ highway network using stringent specifications with industry and district fixed effects. Our results hold in straight-line IV frameworks and are not present in “placebo tests” with another highway that was planned to be upgraded at the same time as GQ but subsequently delayed. Importantly, however, results are concentrated in districts with stronger initial financial development, suggesting that while financing does respond to large infrastructure investments and help spur real economic outcomes, initial financial sector development might play an important role in determining where real activity will grow.

  Keywords: Infrastructure; Financing and Loans; India;

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  Das, Abhiman, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William R. Kerr, and Ramana Nanda. "Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-121, June 2019.  View Details

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