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- 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
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
for example? Are they talking about labor practices? Are they talking about cost? What are the issues on their minds? You can even use that minute-by-minute information to create a dynamic map. The caveat is that you might get a biased... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 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
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
300 applicants and became the largest student-led business plan competition for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. But as the competition progressed, Foster and Simpson began to identify some biases and frictions in the evaluation and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
first commercial strip development in 1983. Since then we have pursued a strategy that has overcome historical biases and roadblocks to urban reinvestment. How did you contribute to this strategy? I led a comprehensive study that helped... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
for investing are going to asset managers and portfolio companies that are cognizant of their broader societal impact. April White: There are three topics covered in the pledge: biased policing, ballot access, and economic inclusion.... View Details
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
Rocks who's going to be in the Kentucky Oaks, which is, I guess, a mile and an eighth for threeyear-old fillies. What's special about this horse, and how do you like her chances? Finley: I'll reiterate, I'm biased. You have to be biased... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
to be unattractive. Women—attractive or not—were least likely to successfully persuade investors. The paper grudgingly acknowledges that this type of bias on the part of investors may “not necessarily represent irrational marketplace behavior.” Although these View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
individual action, against which individual biases can be lessened and competing interests balanced. At BP, the overriding concern was economic efficiency. What was not considered, argue the authors, were external costs: the potentially... 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
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Releases
common errors or biases in decision-making and ideas for overcoming or avoiding them. "Smart Choices should be relevant and accessible to all MBAs," says Raiffa, adding a bit whimsically, "and to all non-MBAs as well." On Competition by... 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
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Lesson Plans
which will help erode the stigma that still exists around online education. In addition, the way that hiring managers perceive online education will change. We tend to be biased toward what we know, and a lot of hiring managers today had... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
moving forward while others wait for certainty, or make impetuous and foolish bets. These strategic mindsets for solving tough problems in uncertain times help you fight decision biases and give you the data to develop informed strategies... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
mentored person. We all benefit from having mentors, but they are especially important for women starting businesses or pursuing careers in organizations that have male-created cultures. A good mentor can help women understand and overcome the cultural View Details
- 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
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
convening of students and alumni from around the world who are excited about health care.” Gaglani: “Many left a great impression on me. I am biased though, since a few HBS professors and staff have since become angel investors in... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
can take to begin to fight racism. Organized around the themes of biased policing, electoral disenfranchisement, and economic exclusion, the pledge calls on business leaders to agree to specific acts—from supporting data-informed police... View Details