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  • 21 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

describe how previously identified "second-generation" forms of subtle gender bias have impeded women's progress. These practices and patterns, although unintentional, favor men and create structural career blocks for women. The... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions

people’s decisions, our false perceptions can also distort our opinions about others in general. In this case, the more important Clinton voters thought immigration policy was to Trump voters, the more negatively they viewed Trump voters... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 8, 2006

overweighted in probability judgments but are underweighted in repeated decisions under uncertainty. Two laboratory studies examine both decisions and probability assessments within the same paradigm. The results reveal overweighting and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

resource for executives and managers at all levels seeking to brush up on their knowledge of macroeconomic dynamics. Information or Opinion? Media Bias as Product Differentiation Authors:Bharat Anand, Rafael Di Tella, and Alexander... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

increased assertion activity nearing patent expiration, and forum shopping. We find, moreover, that NPE litigation has a real negative impact on innovation at targeted firms: firms substantially reduce their innovative activity after... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

Jeffrey Lees, a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Harvard Business School. In actuality, most people have a wildly inflated sense of just how negative the other side feels, according to a new paper that Lees... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 31 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

differences here.' They just don't mention it because there's all this research about bias and negative speech and hostile work environments. A lot of the research focusing on View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Aug 2015
  • First Look

First Look Tuesday

both theories of vicarious learning, as well as the practice of learning from others' experiences in organizations. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49499 Blinded by Experience: Prior Experience, View Details
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Inequality in the Digital Age: A Conversation with Mahzarin Banaji - Blog: RGE Report

Conversation with Mahzarin Banaji HBS Staff Author HBS Staff tag RGE Blog Professor Mahzarin Banaji is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, studying implicit beliefs, values, and social groups. Best known for her pioneering research on implicit View Details
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

reallocation accounts for the majority of aggregate productivity gains, suggesting that ignoring this channel could lead to substantial bias in understanding the nature of gains from multinational production. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

collects data about the outcome of an algorithm within a particular context, and then assesses its impact on its users. The platform studies facial and emotion recognition and can help uncover the racial bias in algorithms used by social... View Details
  • 08 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

unexpected networking opportunities, generating a tight community of German businesspeople in India. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54465 How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 21

change to organizational change dilemmas associated with sustainability. Publisher's link: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198704072.do   Working Papers Individual Experience of Positive and Negative Growth Is Asymmetric: Global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

by advertising revenue. On the other hand, he detected clear bias in the types of companies that the press targets for special scrutiny. For this reason, business people are wise not to underestimate the ability of the press—particularly... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing
  • 17 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission

increased public pressure to help address societal problems, for-profit firms have adopted social responsibility policies, which have pushed them to focus more on social initiatives." “Some of them have been accused of losing sight of their social mission, or even... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 15

controversies regarding "reverse racism" highlight Whites' increasing concern about anti-White bias. We show that this emerging belief reflects Whites' view of racism as a zero-sum game, such that decreases in perceived bias... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2020
  • Blog Post

Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

resumes than candidates who reveal their race—and this discriminatory practice is just as strong for businesses that claim to value diversity as those that don’t. These research findings should provide a startling wakeup call for business executives: A View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

there is a paradox inherent in the social imprinting of WISEs: although it directly enhances their social performance, it also indirectly weakens it by negatively affecting economic productivity. Results based on panel data of French... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 26, 2016

selfish intentions leading to desirable outcomes were presented jointly rather than separately (Experiment 1). Separate evaluation reduced the outcome bias even when participants were merely observers unaffected by the outcomes reached... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All

though it is always great to have high status, but it can lead to negative feelings of entitlement,” Norton says. The study included other findings about unruly passengers: The majority of disruptive passengers, 72.49 percent, were men.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Air Transportation; Sports; Travel