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      Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases

      By: Katie Panella and George Serafeim
      Applying the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative’s employment impact methodology on eight leading companies, we document wide variability in employment impacts as a percentage of salaries paid, ranging between 59 and 80 percent. We identify opportunities for...  View Details
      Keywords: Impact Measurement; Employee Compensation; Employees; Labor; Accounting; Employees; Well-being; diversity; Wages; Compensation And Benefits
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      Panella, Katie, and George Serafeim. "Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-082, January 2021.
      • January 2021
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      Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (A)

      By: David J. Collis, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
      This case follows Christophe Weber, President and CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, a leading pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, as Takeda considers acquiring Shire Plc, a biotech company based in Ireland. The acquisition would turn...  View Details
      Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Pharmaceutical Industry; Pharmaceuticals; Japan; Biotech; Biotechnology; M&a; Mergers & Acquisitions; Globalization; Management; Asia; R&d; Talent Management; Mergers And Acquisitions; Globalization; Global Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Japan
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      Collis, David J., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-373, January 2021.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      Learning with People Like Me: The Role of Age-Similar Peers on Online Business Course Engagement

      By: Laura R. Huber, Jacqueline N. Lane and Karim R. Lakhani
      Over the past decade, online learning has witnessed tremendous growth in popularity due to its ability to reach diverse participants in a scalable manner. However, one primary area of concern is the low course completion rates in digital platform-based learning,...  View Details
      Keywords: Homophily; Online Courses; Social Engagement; Business Skills Training; Business Education; Online Technology; Knowledge Sharing; Age
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      Huber, Laura R., Jacqueline N. Lane, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Learning with People Like Me: The Role of Age-Similar Peers on Online Business Course Engagement." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-072, December 2020.
      • December 2020
      • Teaching Note

      Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
      Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural...  View Details
      Keywords: Women; Racism; Black Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice And Bias; Innovation And Invention; City; Culture; Miami
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joyce J. Kim. "Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 321-103, December 2020.
      • December 2020
      • Supplement

      Video Interview with Maxeme Tuchman

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
      Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Female Entrepreneur; Racism; Sexism; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice And Bias; City; Culture; Miami
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Joyce J. Kim. "Video Interview with Maxeme Tuchman." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 321-702, December 2020.
      • December 2020
      • Supplement

      Video Interview with Felecia Hatcher

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
      Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Female Entrepreneur; Sexism; Racism; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice And Bias; City; Culture; Miami
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Joyce J. Kim. "Video Interview with Felecia Hatcher." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 321-703, December 2020.
      • December 2020
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      Video Interview with Pandwe Gibson

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
      Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural...  View Details
      Keywords: Female Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Sexism; Racism; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice And Bias; City; Culture; Miami
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Joyce J. Kim. "Video Interview with Pandwe Gibson." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 321-704, December 2020.
      • December 2020
      • Supplement

      Video Interview with Rebecca Fishman Lipsey

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Joyce Kim
      Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Female Entrepreneur; Racism; Sexism; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice And Bias; City; Culture; Miami
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Joyce Kim. "Video Interview with Rebecca Fishman Lipsey." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 321-705, December 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers

      By: Ron Berman and Ayelet Israeli
      Does the adoption of descriptive analytics impact online retailer performance, and if so, how? We use the synthetic control method to analyze the staggered adoption of a retail analytics dashboard by more than 1,000 e-commerce websites, and find an increase of 13–20%...  View Details
      Keywords: Descriptive Analytics; Big Data; Synthetic Control; E-commerce; Online Retail; Web Sites; Data And Data Sets; Performance; Retail Industry
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      Berman, Ron, and Ayelet Israeli. "The Value of Descriptive Analytics: Evidence from Online Retailers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-067, November 2020.
      • November 2020 (Revised February 2021)
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      Wes Hall and the BlackNorth Initiative

      By: Shikhar Ghosh, Marilyn Morgan Westner and Reza Satchu
      Wes Hall founded Kingsdale Advisors and built it into one of Canada’s leading shareholder services and advisory firms. Influenced by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and a series of social injustices—specifically the death of George Floyd in police custody—Hall...  View Details
      Keywords: Racism; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; diversity; Race; Social Issues; Canada; North America
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, Marilyn Morgan Westner, and Reza Satchu. "Wes Hall and the BlackNorth Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 821-056, November 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
      • November 2020
      • Case

      Truebird—An AlleyCorp Venture

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      In December 2018, Kevin Ryan and Wendy Tsu faced an important decision – to finalize the CEO candidate for Truebird, an innovative, automated coffee café concept. Like many of AlleyCorp and Ryan’s companies, Truebird started with the observation of an unmet need – an...  View Details
      Keywords: Startup; Hiring; Staffing; Recruiting; Business Ventures; Finance; Leadership; Management Skills; Management Teams; Jobs And Positions; Job Interviews; Human Resources; Recruitment; Selection And Staffing; Technology Industry; Food And Beverage Industry; United States
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Truebird—An AlleyCorp Venture." Harvard Business School Case 821-030, November 2020.
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      Going It Alone: Competition Increases the Attractiveness of Minority Status

      By: Erika L. Kirgios, Edward H. Chang and Katherine L. Milkman
      Past research demonstrates that people prefer to affiliate with others who resemble them demographically. However, we posit that when competing for scarce opportunities, strategic considerations moderate the strength of this tendency toward homophily. Across six...  View Details
      Keywords: Homophily; Group Selection; diversity; Gender; Race; Competition
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      Kirgios, Erika L., Edward H. Chang, and Katherine L. Milkman. "Going It Alone: Competition Increases the Attractiveness of Minority Status." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 161 (November 2020): 20–33.
      • November–December 2020
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      Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case

      By: R. Ely and David A. Thomas
      Leaders may mean well when they tout the economic payoffs of hiring more women and people of color, but there is no research support for the notion that diversifying the workforce automatically improves a company’s performance. This article critiques the popular...  View Details
      Keywords: diversity; Organizational Culture
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      Ely, R., and David A. Thomas. "Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 6 (November–December 2020).
      • October 2020 (Revised December 2020)
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      AfricInvest: A Pan-African Investment Platform

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Youssef Abdel Aal
      The case is set in December 2018, when Ziad Oueslati, co-managing director and co-founder of AfricInvest, a leading pan-African private equity firm headquartered in Tunisia, was reflecting on the future direction of his firm. AfricInvest started as a traditional small...  View Details
      Keywords: Finance; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Strategy; Governance; Financial Services Industry; Tunisia; Africa; Middle East
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "AfricInvest: A Pan-African Investment Platform." Harvard Business School Case 221-037, October 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • October 2020 (Revised December 2020)
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      Investing at Pivotal Ventures

      By: Emil N. Siriwardane, Emily R. McComb and Eren Kuzucu
      Launched in 2015 by Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pivotal Ventures is an investment and incubation company. The company aims to support and promote transformational ideas, people and organizations, and advance social progress for women...  View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Management; Mission And Purpose; Venture Capital
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      Siriwardane, Emil N., Emily R. McComb, and Eren Kuzucu. "Investing at Pivotal Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 221-033, October 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • October 2020
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      Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
      Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural...  View Details
      Keywords: Female Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Inclusion; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Racism; Sexism; Start-up; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice And Bias; Innovation And Invention; City; Culture; Miami
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joyce J. Kim. "Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women." Harvard Business School Case 321-083, October 2020.
      • 2021
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      Accounting for Organizational Employment Impact

      By: David Freiberg, Katie Panella, George Serafeim and T. Robert Zochowski
      Organizations create significant positive and negative impacts through their employment practices. This paper builds on the substantial body of research regarding job quality and impact measurement to present a framework for monetized analysis of employment impact. We...  View Details
      Keywords: Impact-weighted Accounts; Iwai; Employment Impact; Employment; Jobs And Positions; Quality; Measurement And Metrics; Analysis; Framework
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      Freiberg, David, Katie Panella, George Serafeim, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Accounting for Organizational Employment Impact." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-050, October 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
      • October 2020 (Revised November 2020)
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      The Akamai Technical Academy

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Barnett
      By January 2020, Akamai Technologies had completed eight Akamai Technical Academy training programs in the U.S., Costa Rica, and Poland. Academy programs trained individuals without a traditional STEM degree for technically oriented jobs at Akamai. With aims to improve...  View Details
      Keywords: Competency And Skills; Experience And Expertise; Talent And Talent Management; Demographics; Education; Ethics; Jobs And Positions; Technology Industry; United States; Costa Rica; Poland
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and James Barnett. "The Akamai Technical Academy." Harvard Business School Case 821-021, October 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
      • October 2020
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      OpenIDEO (B)

      By: Karim R. Lakhani, Anne-Laure Fayard, Manos Gkeredakis and Jin Hyun Paik
      In the midst of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic was unfolding, OpenIDEO—an online open innovation platform focused on design-driven solutions to social issues—rapidly launched a new challenge to improve access to health information, empower communities to stay safe...  View Details
      Keywords: Innovation Competitions; Ideo; Contests; Contest Design; Platforms And Ecosystems; Open Innovation; Open And User Innovation Strategy; diversity; Design; Social Entrepreneurship; Global Range; Collaborative Innovation And Invention; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Social And Collaborative Networks; Health Pandemics; Health; Information; Business And Community Relations
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      Lakhani, Karim R., Anne-Laure Fayard, Manos Gkeredakis, and Jin Hyun Paik. "OpenIDEO (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 621-058, October 2020.
      • September 2020
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      The Black New Venture Competition

      By: Karen Mills, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin Sinozich and Gabriella Elanbeck
      Black entrepreneurs encounter many unique obstacles when raising capital to start and grow a business. During their second year at Harvard Business School (HBS), MBA students Kimberly Foster and Tyler Simpson decided to do something to make a difference for...  View Details
      Keywords: Startup; Start-up; Startup Financing; Startups; Start-ups; African-american Protagonist; African-american Entrepreneurs; African-american Investors; African-americans; African-american Women; Black Leadership; Black Inventors; Black Entrepreneurs; Harvard Business School; Harvard; Business And Society; Early Stage Funding; Early Stage Finance; Technology Entrepreneurship; Discrimination; Technology Ventures; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurial Financing; Business Plan; Business Startups; Business Ventures; Business Growth And Maturation; diversity; Gender; Race; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Small Business; Leadership; Technology; Competition; Technology Industry
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      Mills, Karen, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin Sinozich, and Gabriella Elanbeck. "The Black New Venture Competition." Harvard Business School Case 821-029, September 2020.
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