Identity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

appeal of anonymity seems inherently flawed for storing large values in an age when the threat of identity theft through electronic eavesdropping and in-person, gun-to-the-head demands for access and asset transfers are a growing menace.... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

2021
Working Paper

Information Avoidance and Image Concerns

By: Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler

A rich literature finds that individuals avoid information, even information that is instrumental to their choices. A common hypothesis posits that individuals strategically avoid information to hold particular beliefs or to take certain actions--such as behaving... View Details

Keywords: Image Motivation; Self-image; Information; Behavior; Identity; Personal Characteristics

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2018
Flash Talks

Embodied Marginality: Learning through Black Clergywomen's Leadership

2016
Flash Talks

A conversation with Katina Sawyer at the 2016 Gender & Work Symposium: Talking the Walk

Presentation

Sarah Kaplan Presents at the 2021 HBS Gender and Work Symposium

Web

Online Security for You and your Family | Information Technology

Online Security for You and your Family Adopting good cybersecurity habits is crucial for protecting your personal information and digital life. In today's interconnected world, cyber threats like identity theft, hacking, and phishing are... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Growing Home

you become more and more international, your identity becomes the most essential part of your life and your mindset. The identity comes from where you were born and raised, and what kind of people you met... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

03 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

brand heritage as "a dimension of a brand's identity found in its track record, longevity, core values, use of symbols and particularly in an organizational belief that history is important." The Nobel Prize Heritage Quotient These five... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

Trachtman had learned how to manage founders who had strong relationships, but those experiences had not prepared him for the current situation. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807173 Publications Measuring View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Accessibility | About

and advancing educational and professional access to members of the community with disabilities. Together, we can foster an environment at HBS that affirms each person’s identity and dignity.” – Terrill Drake, chief diversity and... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Taking the Plunge

innovation adopted as well as inward-facing company concerns such as launching innovative products while managing an existing core business. “The second half of the course focuses in part on how a company’s identity can serve as a source... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
Background Note

Ways of Thinking About and Across Difference

Examines some of the habitual ways of thinking that are applied to so-called "diversity" questions to reveal the commonalities and limitations of these models--the way they can reinforce unexamined assumptions and destructuve emotional reactions--and to suggest an... View Details

Keywords: Identity; Diversity Characteristics; Cognition and Thinking

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2018
Flash Talks

Who Helps Who and How? Comparing the Helping Orientations of Black and White Men Working in Elite Jobs

2013
Stereotypes

Toni Schmader Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium

2016
Presentation

Anna Holmes

2019
Interviews

Interview with Maureen Scully on "Mobilizing Privileged Allies"

2019
Presentation

Courageous Self Awareness for Social Change

23 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 23

fairness for marriage markets in a similar fashion. We prove that there are marriage markets where no amount of money can guarantee the existence of a fair allocation. Checking Your Identities at the Door? Positive Relationships Between... View Details