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- 03 Oct 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure?
use at business schools across the world, my own experience tells me to expect a bias toward success. ” At that point, John suggested that we examine in depth 10 pairs of companies in the same industries, all with strong cultures, in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
Publications August 2013 Journal of Consumer Research Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride By: Bellezza, Silvia, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research examines how core consumers of selective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men
from our findings that managers are necessarily aware of this bias,” he says. “It could be conscious or unconscious. Just seeing this information and being aware of the bias could help both men View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
In "You Can't Enlarge the Pie," the authors argue that barriers to effective government decision making result in poor decisions about critical issues like the environment, organ transplants, and energy policy. Why? Because... View Details
- 03 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'
his research, race and racism in the marketplace, and more. Turner founded and runs the Technology Race and View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis
- October–December 2022
- Article
Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem
By: Mochen Yang, Edward McFowland III, Gordon Burtch and Gediminas Adomavicius
Combining machine learning with econometric analysis is becoming increasingly prevalent in both research and practice. A common empirical strategy involves the application of predictive modeling techniques to "mine" variables of interest from available data, followed... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Econometric Analysis; Instrumental Variable; Random Forest; Causal Inference; AI and Machine Learning; Forecasting and Prediction
Yang, Mochen, Edward McFowland III, Gordon Burtch, and Gediminas Adomavicius. "Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem." INFORMS Journal on Data Science 1, no. 2 (October–December 2022): 138–155.
- January 2024
- Case
Deion Sanders: The Prime Effect
By: Hise O. Gibson, Nicole Gilmore and Alicia Dadlani
In 2023, Deion Sanders, known as “Coach Prime,” became head football coach of the University of Colorado Boulder (CU). Sanders was tasked with leading CU’s struggling football program, which had only achieved one winning season in the last 15 years, back to glory. Many... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Style; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Sports; Experience and Expertise; Sports Industry; United States; Colorado
Gibson, Hise O., Nicole Gilmore, and Alicia Dadlani. "Deion Sanders: The Prime Effect." Harvard Business School Case 624-001, January 2024.
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
PublicationsThe Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup Authors:Noam Wasserman Publication:The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Research Summary
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Professor Coffman studies the sources of gender gaps in economically-important contexts. 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 biased beliefs shape... View Details
Achieving Reliable Causal Inference with Data-Mined Variables: A Random Forest Approach to the Measurement Error Problem
Combining machine learning with econometric analysis is becoming increasingly prevalent in both research and practice. A common empirical strategy involves the application of predictive modeling techniques to "mine" variables of interest from available data,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2018
- HBS Seminar
Kartik Hosanagar, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
- 21 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change
Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
- Background Note
African American Inequality in the United States
By: Janice H. Hammond, A. Kamau Massey and Mayra G. Garza
This note describes how historical and on-going policies and practices that discriminate against African Americans led to present-day inequality. Topics include slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, “black codes,” and policies and practices relating to criminal justice,... View Details
Keywords: African Americans; Justice; Slavery; Discrimination; Race; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Policy; History; United States
Hammond, Janice H., A. Kamau Massey, and Mayra G. Garza. "African American Inequality in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 620-046, September 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
treated fairly within their larger organizations. “These surveys should be broken down by demographic categories, including race and gender, to identify certain populations that have a lower engagement or sense of commitment to the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 2009
- Working Paper
Capitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan
By: Robert Dujarric and Andrei Hagiu
Japan's industrial landscape is characterized by hierarchical forms of industry organization, which are increasingly inadequate in modern sectors, where innovation relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; Innovation and Invention; Industry Structures; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
Dujarric, Robert, and Andrei Hagiu. "Capitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-114, April 2009. (Revised October 2009.)
- 02 Jan 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Should Businesses Take a Stand on Societal Issues?
Keywords: Re: Hubert Joly
- Web
Student Performance - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
content, but also the delivery and timing of comments within the flow of the class discussion. More frequent participation is often a positive factor, although excessive attempts to comment may lead to lower quality contributions View Details
- Portrait Project
Vi Mai
to the States when I was nine. I learned English by watching TV, reading grocery catalogs, and interpreting for my parents at doctor visits. As I grew older, I came to realize that the problem was not my English. It was the ignorance... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks
take the lead. He understood the incident’s implications went well beyond the specifics, triggering widespread concerns about racial bias in the country and threatening to damage Starbucks’ image as a safe,... View Details
- 03 Apr 2025
- HBS Seminar