Heuristics And Biases - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2005
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Predictable Surprises

political biases in preventing leaders from recognizing and acting on warning signs of impending disasters. Could you give an example of each? In the book, we talk about the cognitive View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2013
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Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century

individual action, against which individual biases can be lessened and competing interests balanced. At BP, the overriding concern was economic efficiency. What was not considered, argue the authors, were... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; oil spill; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2020
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Lesson Plans

which will help erode the stigma that still exists around online education. In addition, the way that hiring managers perceive online education will change. We tend to be biased toward what we know, and a... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

Janet Kraus doesn’t wear a hoodie. She doesn’t live in Silicon Valley. She doesn’t write code. And she isn’t, perhaps most significantly, a straight, white, 20-something man. “I have built tech-enabled businesses,” says the HBS... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

mentored person. We all benefit from having mentors, but they are especially important for women starting businesses or pursuing careers in organizations that have male-created cultures. A good mentor can help women understand and... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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New Releases

common errors or biases in decision-making and ideas for overcoming or avoiding them. "Smart Choices should be relevant and accessible to all MBAs," says Raiffa, adding a bit... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Turning Point: One Step at a Time

was true: Either the admissions committee was biased toward athletes, or these activities were things that could be accomplished by any human who dedicated herself to the task. In other words, I discovered the difference between the... View Details

Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)

01 Dec 1997
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"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

widely used? Merton: One answer is, simply, that it filled a need. It wasn't intellectual interest that made people want to apply it. In the 1970s, profit margins to options dealers were driven down, competition was going up, and options... View Details

13 Jun 2017
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Finding Common Ground

and nonprofit activists to think beyond their biases and preconceived notions of each other. “If you think about how a business makes its money, it does so by specializing,” he... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

22 Jan 2018
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

convening of students and alumni from around the world who are excited about health care.” Gaglani: “Many left a great impression on me. I am biased though, since a few HBS professors View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

09 Jan 2020
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Your Whole Self

bit about each one of them? Amy Jen Su: Leader A and leader B was a heuristic that I created to try to describe what people were describing to me out in the trenches. Leader A is the part of all of... View Details

04 Aug 2020
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How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

for investing are going to asset managers and portfolio companies that are cognizant of their broader societal impact. April White: There are three topics covered in the pledge: biased policing, ballot... View Details

04 May 2018
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How to Win the Kentucky Derby

Rocks who's going to be in the Kentucky Oaks, which is, I guess, a mile and an eighth for threeyear-old fillies. What's special about this horse, and how do you like her chances? Finley: I'll reiterate, I'm... View Details

Keywords: horse racing

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

can take to begin to fight racism. Organized around the themes of biased policing, electoral disenfranchisement, and economic exclusion, the pledge calls on business leaders to agree to specific acts—from... View Details

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