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  • 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
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

50 Years & Counting

in a sequential way—one individual, then another, and so on—you dramatically increase the likelihood that you're going to end up with discriminatory hiring practices. You're more likely to let your biases take over and to use stereotypes... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 13 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

systems that are trained on past behaviors. This could lead to AI scribes being biased toward upcoding, reflecting volume-based revenue maximization incentives. What needs to be done? The promise of AI to improve provider well-being and... View Details
Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • News

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 notes. “Picking your head up and thinking about broader... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
  • 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
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Scientific Research and Development Services
  • 20 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Misgovernance at the World Bank

undertaking. The data are all publicly available, and have been for decades; it was just a question of looking at the data in such a way as to test whether the structure of the Executive Board led to systematically biased allocations of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Risky Business with Structured Finance

especially biased or imprecise." The computer simulations used to create the ratings are a standard tool, he says, adding that many would also describe it as a dangerous one because they create a false sense of confidence in what are... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial responses to securities mispricing. The managerial biases approach studies the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

influenced by personal biases? In situations requiring careful judgment, we're all influenced by our own biases to some extent. But, with Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, you can learn how to overcome those View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

point in time. Clarify and challenge the biases and business models in your firm and in your industry. Identify potential disruptors that could be a source of opportunity: Identify people with a broad range of perspectives on potential... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
  • 07 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 7

expect others to do more than we do to solve energy problems. We then propose ways in which these biases could actually be used to our advantage in steering ourselves toward better judgment. Finally, we outline the key questions on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

business through informal personal networks, Advanced Technology, for example, has established dialogue groups as its core tactic for achieving diversity. These groups give employees a forum in which to examine their biases and engage in... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
  • 17 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?

well-informed about what will make someone successful, or it could be that they are hiring someone from their hometown”—or any number of other biases that have nothing to do with job performance. To test this, Li and her fellow... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment
  • 06 Jul 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

(personal and individual) biases and all becomes 'rational' again for management purposes." Ron Palmer observed that the discussion "adds weight to the ideas that we need new and better tools for managing complexity ." Tony... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 19 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles

investor. We expect these biases to be even more severe among the general public. Q: What have we learned about how inexperienced fund investors affected financial bubbles before the 1990s? Can't we learn by past mistakes? A: Our research... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Reimagining China and India

constraints you mentioned include differences in availability of information? Access to information is a fundamental societal construct. In China, information is biased but noise-free. What do I mean by that? It’s noise-free in the sense... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management; Retail Trade
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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

Considerations An Analysis Using the Reflective Leadership Framework Examining Employee Responsibilities at Scale: What Can We Learn from Google? Review and Self-Reflection Featured Exercises Analyze your biases and reflect on past... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

What We’re Reading

it’s also about overcoming biases and coming out a winner, even when the odds are against you. I am such a fan that I even attended the Jane Austen Festival, in Bath, in 2010. —Fariha Ansari Javed (PLDA 18, 2014) is the chief strategy... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
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