Prejudice and Bias - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jan 2021
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Why All Data Science Is Political

01 Mar 2013
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Alumni News | Bookshelf

individual flips from being a passionate advocate of an idea to offering realistic viewpoints of the challenges in the way of success." Other behaviors to scout for include a bias toward creating data rather than getting it, a willingness... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

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Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity

Just Digital Future Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest A Conversation with Tina Opie on Race and Appearance in the Workplace Lori Mackenzie on Identifying and Blocking Gender View Details

22 Dec 2021
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When People Assume You’re Not In Charge Because You’re a Woman

01 Mar 2011
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The Rankings Game

surveys used by Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News are subject to bias by relying so heavily on judgments from recent graduates, deans, and administrators. Students... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

14 May 2018
Blog Post

Women Making a Comeback: Diane Flynn Reboots Promising Careers

design thinking with a bias for action," she says. Through the HBS network, ReBoot Accel has spread from its base in Menlo Park, California to cities across the country where HBS alums lead classes and... View Details

05 Mar 2020
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To Reduce Gender Bias, Anonymize Job Applications

20 Feb 2019
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Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs

Talk to Tony O. Elumelu (AMP 166, 2004) for more than a few minutes and you are sure to hear about “Africapitalism.” The Nigerian businessman and philanthropist coined the term in 2010 to describe the... View Details

Keywords: April White

08 May 2020
Research & Ideas

We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years

among the least thoughtful among each month’s responses. To the extent possible, I have tried to maintain a focus on management and business-related topics, avoiding topics further afield. Political bias is... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Aimmy Asavatevavith

View Video Aimmy Asavatevavith appreciates the complexities of cultural context. On the one hand, her mother inspired her interest in business. “She was the only female executive in her company,“ Aimmy says. “I grew up hearing her talk about market share View Details

Keywords: Retail/Hospitality

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The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report

of job displacement and the fairness of the systems themselves. As IBM’s work shows, machine learning models can inherit and amplify human bias if the training data lacks... View Details

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Brett Lindsay Laffel

thesis with HBS Professor Max Bazerman and PhD student Dolly Chugh on the impact of implicit bias on decision-making. "I knew I wanted to go to HBS right then and there.... View Details

19 Jun 2017
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Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

entrepreneurs being altruistic or salespeople being inattentive and impulsive, that I think are more-- they're more aha moments for us. Morrell: One of the issues that pymetrics looks to correct is bias in... View Details

28 Oct 2021
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Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

Archie Jones. Jeff Bussgang, Yasmin Cruz Ferrine, Glynn Lloyd, and Karen Mills On September 30, Bussgang and Mills presented this case to more than 80 HBS alumni in a virtual panel discussion that explored... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Jun 2021
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The Value of Difficult Conversations

Desai’s new case, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations.” “Talking about race is hard. When you add the business implications, some people are too afraid to start the conversation. But, we did. We started a dialogue,” says... View Details

Keywords: April White; Tulsa Massacre

31 Dec 2020
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Gender Equity Is Not Zero Sum

01 Sep 2018
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In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

program that helps female CEOs learn how to raise venture capital financing. Guilty pleasure: Grey’s Anatomy. “Shonda Rhimes introduced two black characters in that show who became foundational to the storyline; I’ve learned TV is one of the best ways to begin to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

SUMMING UP: Does It Matter If China Assumes Global Trade Leadership? There are a variety of reasons why China is not a threat to the global trade leadership of the United States. They include demographic disadvantages, an unwillingness to make Chinese markets more... View Details