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Featured Reports
The Partnership Imperative: Community Colleges, Employers, & America’s Chronic Skills Gap
By: Joseph B. Fuller & Manjari Raman
Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, & Kristen Hines
Building From the Bottom Up
By: Joseph B. Fuller & Manjari Raman
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Results
- January 2023
- Article
- Journal of Human Resources
Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
By: William R. Kerr and Martin Mandorff
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times more concentrated in self-employment for dry cleaning than other...
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- 01 Dec 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Hubert Joly on humanizing the profit motive
Bill Kerr
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- 1 Dec 2021
- Presentation
Hubert Joly on Humanizing the Profit Motive
Can businesses afford to see employees in terms other than unit labor cost? How do you factor the Golden Rule into a profit and loss statement? Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly explains how unlearning business orthodoxies helped him prove that a human-centered approach...
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- 17 Nov 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Lisa Cook on why inclusion benefits the economy and economics
Bill Kerr
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- 25 Aug 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Coursera: From virtual lecture hall to platform for lifelong learning
Bill Kerr
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- 28 Jul 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Veeva’s distributed approach to building institutional knowledge and shared culture
Bill Kerr
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- 02 Jun 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
AI-assisted language translation: Context is king
Bill Kerr
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- 21 Apr 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Architect Stefan Behnisch on designing for a changing workforce
Bill Kerr
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- 24 Mar 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Spotify’s talent play: distributed, flexible, and diverse
Bill Kerr
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- 24 Feb 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Factoring high-skills freelancers into the enterprise equation
Bill Kerr
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- 03 Feb 2021
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
MIT’s David Autor on engineering more equitable growth
Bill Kerr
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- 09 Dec 2020
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Udacity’s skills play: Closing the loop on demand and supply
Bill Kerr
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- November 2020
- Teaching Material
The New Generation of Retail
By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and James Palano
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- 18 Nov 2020
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
WWT: IT innovation rooted in diversity and employee wellbeing
Bill Kerr
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- 06 Aug 2020
- Podcast
- Managing the Future of Work
Unilever’s workforce transformation: hard truths and help with change
Bill Kerr
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- June 2020
- Case
Agile Consumer Product Innovation with Alibaba's Tmall Innovation Center
By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and James Palano
Consumer products companies were beset by changes on all sides during the 2010s. Customers were increasingly turning to ecommerce platforms rather than shopping in-store. Meanwhile, nimble, digitally-savvy competitors were gaining market share by capitalizing on the...
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- June 2020
- Teaching Material
Catalant's Operating System for the Future of Work
By: Christopher Stanton, William R. Kerr, James Palano and Kendall Smith
This case touches on the topics of project-based work, agile methodology, and skill and talent management through Catalant's evolution as a company. Catalant’s journey to becoming a software platform and talent marketplace provides context for students to explore new...
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