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- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
for significant psychological biases that lead to irrationality. By accepting this fact, you can learn to overcome bias and think more rationally during your most important negotiations. View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
The train wreck that was Enron's collapse is only one big, blatant example of how some disasters catch us unawares—but shouldn't. In fact, according to Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins, many surprises in all types View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
spreading that skill set through the organization can solve more and bigger problems," Tucker says. "They're not going to get better by picking the right problem. They're going to get better by becoming better problem-solvers." Decision... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
PublicationsThe Coexistence of Overestimation and Underweighting of Rare Events and the Contingent Recency Effect Authors:Greg Barron and Eldad Yechiam Publication:.Judgment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2014
- Teaching Note
Uptake of Rapid Diagnostic Tests: A Development Challenge
By: Nava Ashraf, Andrew Boozary and Kristin Johnson
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, Andrew Boozary, and Kristin Johnson. "Uptake of Rapid Diagnostic Tests: A Development Challenge." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 914-042, March 2014.
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
PublicationsDo Strong Fences Make Strong Neighbors? Authors:Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Publication:National Tax Journal 63 (December 2010) Abstract Many features of U.S. tax policy towards multinational firms—including the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
it was achieved. These results clarify our understanding of the correspondence bias using evidence from both archival studies and experiments with experienced professionals. We discuss implications for both... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
that as the same customers gain more experience with online DVD rentals, the extent to which they hold should films longer than want films decreases. Our results suggest that present bias has a meaningful impact on choice in the field... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
turnaround. Hilfiger also shared the story of his first company, which went bankrupt in 1977—an experience he referred to as “my MBA.” Some 500 members of the HBS community attended a candlelight vigil on Spangler Lawn organized by the African-American Student Union to... View Details
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
correct this bias by recovering the lives of key business leaders across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We learned of different sorts of capitalism in a session devoted to this endeavor to create a whole... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: John Cortines (MBA 2015)
and getting accepted to the Social Enterprise Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) which I used for 5 years. What has your experience with debt repayment been like? My wife and I are savers so we have a... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
under joint evaluation (Experiment 3). Finally, raising the salience of intentions prior to discovering outcomes helped joint evaluators overcome the outcome bias (Experiment 4). Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
address this inherent bias problem by enacting strict and scientific hiring mechanisms. For instance, rather than vetting possible hires via job interviews, Los Andes both... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Bias in Search Results?: Diagnosis and Response Author:Benjamin Edelman Publication:The Indian Journal of Law and Technology 7... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
Related Links Ten Amazing Facts about Beauty Register for a Club presentation with Professor Jones on October 19 In his new book, Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry (Oxford University Press), HBS professor Geoffrey Jones explores how the beauty... View Details
- 2019
- Flash Talks
Stereotype Threat’s Silver Lining: Speaking Out for Change
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
supporting the Trump administration is unsustainable and that for many even neutrality will seem difficult or impossible. But that’s just my assessment, which is as likely to be a product of confirmation View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Publications August 2013 California Management Review What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan Abstract—Organizations with social missions, such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
who are increasingly willing and able to care for their own conditions. The result: changing models of health-care delivery. The Bias of Wall Street Analysts Historically, stock analysts’ recommendations... View Details