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      • 2021
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      Private and Social Returns to R&D: Drug Development and Demographics

      By: Efraim Benmelech, Janice Eberly, Dimitris Papanikolaou and Joshua Krieger
      Investment in intangible capital—in particular, research and development—increased dramatically since the 1990s. However, output and measured productivity growth remains sluggish in recent years. One potential reason is that a significant share of the increase in...  View Details
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      Benmelech, Efraim, Janice Eberly, Dimitris Papanikolaou, and Joshua Krieger. "Private and Social Returns to R&D: Drug Development and Demographics." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-083, January 2021.
      • January 2021
      • Teaching Note

      Ureed.com: The Marketplace for Language

      By: Ashley V. Whillans
      This case explores the growth of Ureed, an online marketplace for translation services that is powered by a workforce consisting of remote freelancers who are based in the United Arab Emirates. Nour Al Hassan, the founder and CEO faced the challenge of how best to...  View Details
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      Whillans, Ashley V. "Ureed.com: The Marketplace for Language." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 921-028, January 2021.
      • Winter 2021
      • Editorial

      The Start of Time Smart Leadership

      By: Ashley Whillans
      The author discusses the concept of “time poverty,” which she defines as “having too many things to do and not enough time to do them.” It is a problem because it undermines happiness and productivity and increases stress. For instance, in 2012, 50 percent of working...  View Details
      Keywords: Time Poverty; Time And Wellbeing; Leadership; Employees; Time Management; Performance Productivity; Welfare
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      Whillans, Ashley. "The Start of Time Smart Leadership." Leader to Leader 99 (Winter 2021): 64–69.
      • December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
      • Case

      Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (B)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
      In 2011, Michael Ku became Pfizer’s Vice President of Global Clinical Supply (GCS) after the company had undergone three large-scale mergers and acquisitions. As Ku and his new leadership team set out to build a proactive, end-to-end, digital and physical clinical...  View Details
      Keywords: Digital Technology; Customer-centricity; Leadership; Innovation; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Customer Focus; Change Management; Talent; Talent Management; Supply Chain; Mission And Purpose; Leadership; Innovation And Invention; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Customer Focus And Relationships; Change Management; Talent And Talent Management; Supply Chain; Mission And Purpose
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      Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (B)." Harvard Business School Case 421-037, December 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
      • December 2020
      • Article

      Taking Innovation to the Streets: Micro-geography, Physical Structure and Innovation

      By: Maria P. Roche
      In this paper, we analyze how the physical layout of cities affects innovation by influencing the organization of knowledge exchange. We exploit a novel data set covering all Census Block Groups in the contiguous United States with information on innovation outcomes,...  View Details
      Keywords: Microgeography; Innovation; Street Infrastructure; Knowledge Exchange; Interactions; Geography; City; Innovation And Invention; Knowledge Sharing
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      Roche, Maria P. "Taking Innovation to the Streets: Micro-geography, Physical Structure and Innovation." Review of Economics and Statistics 102, no. 5 (December 2020): 912–928.
      • December 2020
      • Case

      France Télécom (A): A Challenging Restructuring

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Ashley V. Whillans
      These cases explore the impacts of industry shocks, resulting corporate actions that had a devasting impact on employees, and the legal conviction of corporate leaders for “institutional harassment."

      This case series follows the evolution of France Telecom...  View Details
      Keywords: Health & Wellness; Human Resource Management; Strategic Change; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Leadership And Change Management; Leadership And Managing People; Change; Restructuring; Crime And Corruption; Ethics; Health; Human Capital; Human Resources; Labor; Labor And Management Relations; Labor Unions; Law; Social Psychology; Strategy; Leadership; Leadership Style; Organizations; Problems And Challenges; Relationships; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Employees; Well-being; Telecommunications Industry; Europe; European Union
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      Montgomery, Cynthia A., and Ashley V. Whillans. "France Télécom (A): A Challenging Restructuring." Harvard Business School Case 721-420, December 2020.
      • November 2020
      • Case

      Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce

      By: William A. Sahlman, Michael D. Smith, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
      Founded in 2015, Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with ‘education as a benefit.’ The Denver-based company is transforming traditional tuition assistance programs by facilitating direct payment by...  View Details
      Keywords: Education; Market Platforms; Technology; Employees; Social Enterprise; Education Industry; Technology Industry; Colorado
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      Sahlman, William A., Michael D. Smith, Nicole Tempest Keller, and Alpana Thapar. "Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce." Harvard Business School Case 821-050, November 2020.
      • November–December 2020
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      Rethinking the On-Demand Workforce

      By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Allison Bailey and Nithya Vaduganathan
      As companies struggle with chronic skills shortages and changing labor demographics, a new generation of talent platforms, offering on-demand access to highly trained workers, has begun to help. These platforms include marketplaces for premium expertise (such as Toptal...  View Details
      Keywords: Talent Acquisition; Platforms; Skilled Labor Recruitment; Gig Economy; Talent And Talent Management; Selection And Staffing; Online Technology; Strategy
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      Fuller, Joseph B., Manjari Raman, Allison Bailey, and Nithya Vaduganathan. "Rethinking the On-Demand Workforce." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 6 (November–December 2020): 96–103.
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      Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

      By: Joseph B. Fuller
      Keywords: workforce; Future Of Work
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      Fuller, Joseph B. "Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (November 17, 2020).
      • 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).
      • 2020
      • White Paper

      Building the On-Demand Workforce

      By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Allison Bailey and Nithya Vaduganathan
      Keywords: Future Of Work; On-demand Economy; workforce
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      Fuller, Joseph B., Manjari Raman, Allison Bailey, and Nithya Vaduganathan. "Building the On-Demand Workforce." White Paper, Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), November 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege

      By: Josephine Tan and Jon M. Jachimowicz
      For many graduating college students entering the workforce, “pursue your passion” is not only a frequently repeated graduation mantra but also a commonly embraced ideal. In line with this view, prior academic research finds that passion connotes work-related benefits,...  View Details
      Keywords: Passion; Careers; Socioeconomic Status; Discrimination; Emotions; Personal Development And Career; Status And Position; Prejudice And Bias
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      Tan, Josephine, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-136, June 2020.
      • 17 Jun 2020
      • Panel Discussion

      COVID-19 and the African Workforce

      By: Folorunso Alakija, Sangu Delle, Kola Karim, Patricia Nzolantima and Euvin Naidoo
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      Alakija, Folorunso, Sangu Delle, Kola Karim, Patricia Nzolantima, and Euvin Naidoo. "COVID-19 and the African Workforce." Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series, Harvard University Center for African Studies, June 17, 2020.
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      What Will U.S. Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?

      By: Robert S. Huckman
      The pandemic crisis is almost certain to change many American industries. It would be a shame if health care is not one of them. A number of major practices have been altered to help the country cope with the extraordinary demands that the pandemic has imposed on the...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Pandemics; Health Care And Treatment; Change; Health Industry; United States
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      Huckman, Robert S. "What Will U.S. Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?" Harvard Business Review (website) (April 7, 2020).
      • April 2020 (Revised October 2020)
      • Case

      Unilever's Response to the Future of Work

      By: William R. Kerr, Emilie Billaud and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
      In February 2020, Nick Dalton, executive vice president HR business transformation at Unilever, reflected on the changing nature of work marked by rapid advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation. Launched in 2016, Unilever’s Future of Work...  View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Human Capital; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Mission And Purpose; Organizational Structure; Transformation; Human Resources; Consumer Products Industry; Europe
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      Kerr, William R., Emilie Billaud, and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej. "Unilever's Response to the Future of Work." Harvard Business School Case 820-104, April 2020. (Revised October 2020.)
      • March 2020
      • Case

      Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities

      By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley-Bowles and Michael Norris
      In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she built more and better...  View Details
      Keywords: Diversity; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development And Career; Decision Choices And Conditions; United States; Florida; New York (state, Us)
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      Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Hannah Riley-Bowles, and Michael Norris. "Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities." Harvard Business School Case 420-062, March 2020.
      • February 2020
      • Case

      Leading Change in Talent at L'Oréal

      By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney
      Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L’Oréal. He is now responsible for the hiring, development, promotion, and retention of 83,000 employees worldwide. The highly successful...  View Details
      Keywords: Advertising; Business Headquarters; Business Divisions; Business Organization; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Competency And Skills; Experience And Expertise; Talent And Talent Management; Demographics; Diversity; Gender; Nationality; Multinational Firms And Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection And Staffing; Innovation And Management; Jobs And Positions; Employment; Human Capital; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices And Processes; Marketing; Brands And Branding; Product Marketing; Organizations; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Personal Development And Career; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems And Challenges; Networks; Social Psychology; Attitudes; Power And Influence; Social And Collaborative Networks; Business Strategy; Advertising Industry; Beauty And Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; France; Paris
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      Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Vincent Dessain, and Emer Moloney. "Leading Change in Talent at L'Oréal." Harvard Business School Case 420-106, February 2020.
      • February 2020 (Revised March 2020)
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      Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)

      By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
      The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe...  View Details
      Keywords: Aluminum; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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      Fuller, Joseph B., Gamze Yücaoğlu, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-056, February 2020. (Revised March 2020.)
      • February 2020
      • Supplement

      Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)

      By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
      The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe...  View Details
      Keywords: Aluminum Industry; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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      Fuller, Joseph B., Gamze Yücaoğlu, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-057, February 2020.
      • February 2020
      • Technical Note

      Talent Management and the Future of Work

      By: William R. Kerr and Gorick Ng
      The nature of work is changing—and it is changing rapidly. Few days go by without industry giants such as Amazon and AT&T announcing plans to invest billions of dollars towards retraining nearly half of their respective workforces for jobs of the future. What changes...  View Details
      Keywords: Human Resource Management; Human Capital Development; Human Resource Practices; Talent; Talent Acquisition; Talent Development; Talent Development And Retention; Talent Management; Talent Retention; Labor Flows; Labor Management; Labor Market; Strategy Development; Strategy Management; Strategy Execution; Strategy And Execution; Strategic Change; Transformations; Organization; Organization Alignment; Organization Design; Organizational Adaptation; Organizational Effectiveness; Management Challenges; Management Of Business And Political Risk; Change Leadership; Future Of Work; Future; Skills Gap; Skills Development; Skills; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Investment; Capital Allocation; Work; Work Culture; Work Force Management; Work/life Balance; Work/family Balance; Work-family Boundary Management; Workers; Worker Productivity; Worker Performance; Work Engagement; Work Environment; Work Environments; Productivity; Organization Culture; Soft Skills; Technology Management; Technological Change; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Technology Diffusion; Disruptive Technology; Global Business; Global; Workplace; Workplace Context; Workplace Culture; Workplace Wellness; Collaboration; Competencies; Productivity Gains; Digital; Digital Transformation; Digital Transition; Competitive Dynamics; Competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Data Analytics; Data; Data Management; Data Strategy; Data Protection; Aging Society; Diversity; Diversity Management; Millennials; Communication Complexity; Communication Technologies; International Business; Work Sharing; Global Competitiveness; Global Corporate Cultures; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Management; Intellectual Property Protection; Intellectual Capital And Property Issues; Globalization; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Inequality; Recruiting; Hiring; Hiring Of Employees; Training; Job Cuts And Outsourcing; Job Performance; Job Search; Job Design; Job Satisfaction; Jobs; Employee Engagement; Employee Attitude; Employee Benefits; Employee Compensation; Employee Fairness; Employee Relationship Management; Employee Retention; Employee Selection; Employee Motivation; Employee Feedback; Employee Coordination; Employee Performance Management; Employee Socialization; Process Improvement; Application Performance Management; Stigma; Institutional Change; Candidates; Digital Enterprise; Cultural Adaptation; Cultural Change; Cultural Diversity; Cultural Context; Cultural Strategies; Cultural Psychology; Cultural Reform; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Management; Performance Evaluation; Performance Appraisal; Performance Feedback; Performance Measurement; Performance Metrics; Performance Measures; Performance Efficiency; Efficiency; Performance Analysis; Performance Appraisals; Performance Improvement; Automation; Artificial Intelligence; Technology Companies; Managerial Processes; Skilled Migration; Assessment; Human Resources; Management; Human Capital; Talent And Talent Management; Retention; Demographics; Labor; Strategy; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Working Conditions; Technology; Technology Adoption; Disruption; Economy; Competition; Globalization
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      Kerr, William R., and Gorick Ng. "Talent Management and the Future of Work." Harvard Business School Technical Note 820-084, February 2020.
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