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collects data about the outcome of an algorithm within a particular context, and then assesses its impact on its users. The platform studies facial and emotion recognition and can help uncover the racial bias in algorithms used by social... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
softened their official position and once again offered to cooperate with the rankings. Both assigned someone to forward online surveys to recent graduates and alumni, and to coordinate data collection from various departments and funnel... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
luggage and screen passengers for traces of explosives and narcotics. Public transit systems deploy the company’s surveillance cameras. Homes and offices rely on GE’s security and fire alarm equipment. Exporters install the company’s tiny monitors to track containers... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
should take that diversity seriously rather than trying to find a one-size-fits-all management prescription. Moreover, if you look at Baker Library's historical collections before 1933, it is clear that they were View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
most challenging aspects of systems integration. August 2013 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Group Membership Alters the Threshold for Mind Perception: The Role of Social Identity, Collective Identification, and Intergroup... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION... View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
data-id=_/7NDg5UAWK5opclYhgyzG][/div] Before the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses provided almost half of the country’s private sector jobs and accounted for 44 percent of US gross domestic product. While policymakers are starting to appreciate the economic might of... View Details
- 17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
in tastes. Our framework allows us to characterize matching equilibrium in a flexible way that includes as special cases the classic fully- and non-transferable utility models, collective models, and settings with taxes on transfers,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
golden age of U.S. innovation by undertaking a major data collection exercise linking inventors from historical U.S. patents to Federal Censuses between 1880 and 1940 and to regional economic aggregates. We provide a theoretical framework... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
Crashes, explains that after a bubble bursts—during what he calls the “revulsion” phase—most investors lose their appetite for risk taking. Our collective conservatism in the immediate wake of the dot-com crash might be seen as what... View Details
- 23 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It
probability of reaching the top, nor are they paid equally,” the researchers write. An entire nation of data To investigate the gender gap, the research team collected data on virtually every person who worked as a top executive in a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
Protection Bureau with requiring banks to collect and maintain certain data in connection with credit applications made by women- or minority-owned businesses and small businesses.) However, the information that exists paints a troubling... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007
collective research process. In particular we show that the process of creating breakthrough innovations of meanings partially mirrors the process of creating breakthrough technological innovations. Studies of design-driven innovation may... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
Much has been written about the long tail phenomenon in the entertainment industries. Long-tail enthusiasts claim that low-selling books, CDs, and movies, which are not available in brick-and-mortar stores, will collectively take up a... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
Kennecott also arranged for an Export-Import Bank loan plus U.S. political risk insurance. The mine's output would then be sold to North American and European industrial customers under long-term supply contracts, with collection rights... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
this sector. Part of my responsibility at the fund was to review the ESG ratings of companies in Asia that were potential investment targets of this new strategy. Once I was told who the target company was, I collected their current ESG... View Details
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Trends and Insights: Board Leadership Diversity and Organizational Performance - Blog: RGE Report
team’s collective intelligence and decision-making. But what exactly happens when a corporate board becomes more diverse? Is there a difference between when a board becomes significantly more diverse versus only slightly more diverse?... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
changing. Businesses that are slow to understand the value of a diverse workforce through all levels of the organization will be left behind.” MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: Advancing Racial Equity HBS Addresses Racial Equity The Value of Difficult Conversations... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2020
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A New Approach to Contact Tracing
need, and also assess the extent of the virus’s spread in the population. The issue of government’s role in health-related data collection is not a new dilemma nor is it a simple one to resolve, says Weiss. “Contact tracing is a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed
affordable-housing development, and commercial revitalization. Total revenues for Allen will soon top $25 million per year, with about half coming from donations to the church (the cathedral’s average weekly collection is $235,000) and... View Details