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- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
source of information contains greater bias and slant-text written by an expert or that constructed via collective intelligence? Do the costs of acquiring, storing, displaying, and revising information shape those differences? We evaluate these questions empirically by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
importantly, mindset. Photography firms like Nikon, Canon, or Kodak, coming into this new arena, think about it very differently than Sony or another consumer electronics firm or HP or Intel as computer industry firms. So given the biases... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
P., and Julian Zlatev Abstract—Biases influence important decisions, but little is known about whether and how individuals try to exploit others’ biases in strategic interactions. Choice architects—that is, people who present choices to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
how a truly free market will work as there are no truly free markets today Perhaps a proper study on how big money rigs and biases things in its own favour should be first carried out before deciding how this can be remedied." Ken... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
individuals' biases often get in the way of good decision making. In part, it's a reflection of what we often term "analysis paralysis" in MBA-speak. A distant cousin to thin slicing in our management curricula of the past forty... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting
activate anti-racism advocates and we want to expand how we can help communities of color.” One of the issues ARF plans to help tackle is recruiting, hiring, and supporting diverse workforces. Kevin noted, “It’s not just giving money or looking at active injustices,... View Details
- 02 Dec 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?
job Let the numbers fall where they may. You may find that people achieving their dreams has no link with gender equality.” For others, “having the best people doing the job” may have been seen as having a subjective quality to it, based in part on the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
issue of media conglomerates, Tumulty says, "I don't worry too much about corporate ownership creating biased reporting or editorial pressure, but I do have concerns about the drive for bottom-line profitability. That's caused the closing... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
egocentrically believe they have contributed more of the total work than is logically possible. Actively considering others' contributions effectively reduces these egocentric assessments, but this research suggests that undoing egocentric View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
Working PapersValuation when Cash Flow Forecasts Are Biased Author:Richard S. Ruback Abstract This paper focuses adaptations to the discount cash flow (DCF) method when valuing forecasted cash flows that are View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
behavioral health economics, focusing on insurance markets and product markets in health care. We argue that the prevalence of choice difficulties and biases leading to mistakes in these markets establish a special place for them in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
behavioral biases or informational limitations. These explanations imply that absent behavioral or informational effects, larger menus would be objectively better. However, in an important economic context—401(k) pension plans—we find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog
These practical management skills include how to craft and interpret dialogue, how to diagnose one's own biases to reduce the likelihood of error, and how to diagnose group dynamics. We treat decision making as a process and explore the... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
you’re sampling from a biased set, even if you have a thousand, a million, ten million samples, your sample is still going to be biased. There’s no amount that you can use to overcome a biased sample. Size... View Details
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
proposes that team reflexivity-a deliberate process of discussing team goals, processes, or outcomes-can function as an antidote to team-level biases and errors in decision making. We build on prior work conceptualizing teams as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
unfolded, without the usual biases and distortions that come from 20/20 hindsight. The story of how Levy tilled the soil for change provides lessons for any CEO in a turnaround situation. [...] Reinforcing Good Habits Without a doubt, the... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
in economically important contexts and designing and testing policies aimed at closing them. Her work focuses on the role of beliefs: How do stereotypes bias the beliefs that individuals hold about themselves (and others), and how do these View Details
- 21 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?
shortcuts and heuristics, and therefore they're susceptible to biases and mistakes. The implication is that if maybe they thought more, they'd do better. "And then there's this whole stream of research about ways in which you should... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
recipients, we find that all types of poor subjects are worse off. Our results suggest that the effects of truth-in-giving policies are highly responsive to recipient heterogeneity and biased against more generous giving. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
What are you working on now? A: My colleagues and I have a few other projects ongoing. In one project, we focus on the biases people have when they change employers. In another project, we are trying to determine what companies can do to... View Details