Biases - Publications - Faculty & Research

Portrait Project

James Corcoran

long-term? Am I too biased toward an ever-retreating horizon? Let's be honest: My one wild and precious life is subject to the whims of a capricious universe, my rationality bounded, and my information imperfect. But it's OK. Complete... View Details

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

modest role biases can blow up potential deals. Suppose a plaintiff believes he has a 70 percent chance of winning a million-dollar judgment, while the defense thinks the plaintiff has only a 50 percent chance of winning. This means that,... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-057.pdf Managing Functional Biases in Organizational Forecasts: A Case Study of Consensus Forecasting in Supply Chain Planning Authors:Rogelio... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2016
News

Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias

over time. Her findings indicate that expert evaluators were indeed biased in favor of projects in their own area, which increased the application’s funding chances by 3.2 percent. But there was an unexpected benefit to their bias.... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

18 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

have worked on" —Max Bazerman A recent collaboration between Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) reveals that you're much less likely to stereotype by gender if you apply an "evaluation nudge"—an intervention aimed at overcoming... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

31 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

When Not to Trust Your Gut

In past issues of this newsletter, we have highlighted a variety of psychological biases that affect negotiators, many of which spring from a reliance on intuition. Of course, negotiators are not always affected by bias; we often think... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra

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Just Digital Future - Race, Gender & Equity

Just Digital Future Technology has the potential to build a better world but its applications and uses are often biased and can reinforce systems of inequality. We teamed up with our friends at The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3)... View Details

Portrait Project

Alyza Keshavjee

peace. I wonder, will I ever know what life could be like otherwise? Jaded by war and inhibited by cultural barriers, Parwadah lacks the empowerment she needs to succeed and become self-sufficient. Biased by the free market and daunted by... View Details

08 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Phil Strazzulla

stories. Here's the quick elevator pitch: The average job seeker spends 2 hours researching a company before applying, and for most businesses that means they find a generic job description, career page with little on it, and some biased... View Details

Keywords: Technology

19 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

earnings on a more timely basis than "good" news using a regression of earnings on returns. We examine the asymmetric timeliness estimation procedure and identify properties that result in biased test statistics used to test... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Adil Seetal

the one-dimensional idea of leadership as, "Jack Welch rallying his troops. There's no one solution or leadership style that fits everything. The intriguing thing about our cases is that each one brings different qualities to the fore. Leadership is about... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

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)

21 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

the hiring process lies in evaluating job candidates as a group, rather than one at a time. So says new research by Iris Bohnet, Alexandra van Geen, and Max H. Bazerman. Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases Despite... View Details

19 Jun 2018
Research Event

Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?

Celsius?" A number of practitioners reported that progress could and was being made in their sectors, despite the challenges. Many are focusing energy on addressing short-term biases in capital markets and in the ability of investors... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Energy

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Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making - Course Catalog

understanding of the behavioral biases that can hinder effective decision-making. It also requires a foundational understanding of the modern analytical toolkit, which can mitigate the risk of mistakes and guide managerial decisions. This... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Books

biases that make predictable what otherwise so commonly emerge as surprises in business and society. They outline six danger signals that suggest when a predictable surprise may be imminent and provide a systematic framework that leaders... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Why I Spent this Summer Coding

techniques myself that I grasped how biases can get trained into a neural network unintentionally. Being able to recognize these biases and observe how they take form helps to not only understand the problem... View Details

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

value: Attraction and recruitment. Actively seek candidates outside managers’ networks, and assess the language used to describe jobs and the company. Hiring. Educate managers about the gender biases that influence hiring decisions.... View Details

04 Jan 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

“grown up,” lived, and worked with people of other backgrounds. These people are less likely to have the hidden biases that lead to a lack of diversity in hiring and employee recognition. How much emphasis should we place on that approach... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Student-Profile

Anastassia Fedyk

am trying to better understand how psychological biases affect decision-making in organizations and financial markets. I have been long interested in optimal incentive design for employees subject to self-control problems. For example,... View Details

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