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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Vital Signs
cognitive bias or basic, late-afternoon fatigue, Gresser adds. As much as she believes that AI can help correct for human imperfections, she’s also adamant that technology is no substitute for the clinician in the room or the knowledge... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
between the board’s conservative Republicans, who perceived a liberal bias in the curriculum, and its more moderate Republicans and Democrats. For three days, the board held contentious open meetings, arguing issues centuries old—Were the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
David G. Bradley, MBA 1977
knack for recruiting and retaining the right people. And just as he does in all aspects of his life, he brings his natural bias for information-gathering to the task of hiring. “I don’t believe in 51/49 decisions,” he says. “You want to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
critical issues such as racism in business technologies, inclusion in organizations, bias in legal policies, and the effect of incarceration on employment and entrepreneurship,” says Debora Spar, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
For many entrepreneurs, the inspiration for starting a business is rooted in personal experience. An enterprise is born not just to fill a neglected market niche but a personal need as well. Such is the case with ventures created by HBS graduates, Darren Brehm (MBA... View Details
- 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
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
media. Most have been from West Africa, but this is changing. Elumelu hopes the program will reach across the continent. “Geographical bias should no longer constrain people,” he says. The foundation recently introduced TEFConnect, an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Use Your Social Network as a Tool for Social Justice
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
were often, let’s say, flexible. I do not want to be a party to adding women because there is a rule that says that’s the first criterion. In some situations, the danger is that we will add mediocre women. That helps no one. In other situations, the issue is that we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
inclusivity. We have a conscious bias toward companies with diverse leadership and companies focused on solving problems that disproportionately affect women and people of color. Both are systematically overlooked by venture capital, so... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
you is accurate. If you're getting a second opinion, start with a blank slate. Don't say what the diagnosis is that you've already been told. There's confirmation bias in a system that can lead to years of misdiagnosis like it did for my... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
bias that riddles medical care, and to explore how we can do better in a diverse twenty-first-century America. Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (MBA 1986) Knopf The Pulitzer Prize-winning... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
and longitudinal data collection. Strengthen Connections—Engage and work with HBCU leaders and faculty. MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: Advancing Racial Equity The Value of Difficult Conversations Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory outcomes, a problem known as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters
expert committees, which are ubiquitous in science. Yet exactly how those experts deliberate and what factors may influence or bias their determinations has remained a mystery. “To ensure that the decisions coming out of such committees... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
those people don't know you at all. DM: [laughs] JI: [crosstalk] cultural bias or something else. Here's the way you really should see it. And I think that's ... I think that's you know, that's what you have to say. You know? Like, when... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Code Breakers
equip young women with the necessary skills for the work ahead. “Until we see women making it into positions of power at the same rate as men, we need organizations to help us navigate more challenging roads than the ones men have to navigate,” says Singer. “Even if... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
Kiva Systems Intuit Angie’s List Rakuten athenahealth Pandora Bloomingdale's and Gilt Groupe Social Finance Innovation is the real business of Harvard Business School. It begins with the School’s bias toward action, as embodied in its... View Details