Prejudice and Bias - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2020
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Kill Groupthink

and your organization. Escape the bubble. With more than 90 percent of our information-gathering happening online these days, we are subject to more and more confirmation bias... View Details

12 Apr 2021
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Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge

It’s the new way of comparison shopping in the age of large language models (LLM): Tapping into AI-driven search engines for research and advice on which products to buy. But can consumers trust the recommendations to be impartial? New... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology

01 Sep 2005
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Predictable Surprises

Administration at HBS and is also formally affiliated with Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Psychology Department, Center on the Environment, and Program on Negotiation. Predictable Surprises (HBS... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity

access that aims to meet multifaceted needs. Value Neutrality The myth that technology is not informed by bias and other human error. An invitation to consider the relationship between creators, moral... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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Alumni Books

transplant, or a joint replacement in the United States, here's the key to getting the very best medical care: be a straight, white, middle-class male. White, a pioneering black surgeon, and his coauthor make sense of the unconscious... View Details

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

appear warmer and less threatening (i.e., babyfaceness). He is also known for his research on the intersectionality of race and gender, and how the nature of View Details

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

decision making. The insider is the decision-maker at the point of a decision—emotions and all; the insider is prone to bias and regards each decision as one of a kind. The... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

18 Mar 2020
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Leading Change

the deployment of digital networks, data, and AI in a company can create major strategic advantages around scale, scope, and learning while minimizing growth restraints. But they also explained that AI... View Details

03 Jan 2018
What Do You Think?

In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

harassment, especially in the workplace, to our attention. High-profile accusations of gender bias and sexual harassment in Silicon Valley, in the worlds of entertainment, athletics, media, View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

design and run as well as the organizations they build. LTV has a tactical, implementation bias rather than a strategic one. There is a modest overlap with Product Management View Details

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Harvard Business School

HBS Archives Films HBS Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit More Baker Library Exhibits Baker Library Special Collectons Name Year Thesis title Harding B. Young (DCS) 1955 The Development and Administration... View Details

18 Oct 2016
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Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs

Growing up, Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) thought she was unstoppable. Then she entered the business world. “I grew up thinking I lived in a post-feminist world, “ she said. “I saw no impediment in my way based on my gender.” Six years ago, she View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Birchbox; Rent the Runway; Hello Alfred; Retail Trade; Finance

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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

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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity

worldviews and ways of operating are directly informed by the circumstances of our lives. Many employers have facilitated implicit bias tests that help team members understand the deeply entrenched nature of... View Details

11 Jun 2021
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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

24 Mar 2022
News

Well Said

proud of their heritage and not try to cover that because it is a strength. At the same time, unfortunately, the world that we live in is not perfect. And the accent piece of that heritage sometimes can come... View Details

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures

How does the overconfidence bias (in which entrepreneurs overestimate their own abilities) work in cross-border settings?" As for resources, Kuemmerle also wonders about the interaction between product-market strategy View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

including the SAGE Handbook of Prejudice and The Social Psychology of Gender . Margaret Morganroth Gullette Margaret Morganroth Gullette is a cultural critic and prize-winning... View Details

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