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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation. By early 2016 there were 20 HR business partners, covering almost 6,000 employees. Beyond risk mitigation, taking a strategic approach to diversity and inclusion can have tangible payoffs.

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To Address Gender Bias at Your Company, Start with Teams

Harvard Business Review

Real diversity efforts require organizations to address the social patterns that stifle women’s careers, not just the symptoms that result from them. Like many failed organizational changes, current approaches to diversity and inclusion run into the brick wall of the status quo. Focus on Local Practices.

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Research: Arab Inventors Make the U.S. More Innovative

Harvard Business Review

innovation system, we ran an exercise matching Arabic first names with international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). in 2016, people from these regions are not among the top recipients of PhDs at U.S. especially those with R&D operations. and around the world. universities.