Inês Black

Inês Black is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy area at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Her research focuses on how and when the matching process between workers and firms yields performance gains. She is particularly interested in how organizations choose hiring channels as a result of their demand for skills. Professor Black teaches the core Strategy course for Fuqua's daytime MBA.

Ines Black is a researcher at Duke University focusing on Labor Markets, Firm Strategy, and Personnel Economics. Her work explores how firms navigate labor market dynamics, influence productivity through strategic decisions, and manage human capital to enhance performance. Key areas of interest include firm-driven labor market search, CEO identity's impact on productivity, and the role of information technology in strategic human capital. Her research also examines network hiring, firm growth, and the aging firm. Black's studies highlight the interplay between organizational form, information technology, and knowledge-based processes in shaping firm outcomes.