Identity - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

male-typed task even when they have identical resumes. Using a novel control condition, we document that this discrimination is not specific to gender. Employers are simply less willing to hire a worker from a group that performs worse on... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Apr 2008
What Do You Think?

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

Naeem puts much the same sentiment this way: " ... there has to be a defining identity that uniquely defines that idea ... if you do create something, you do own it, until you decide to do otherwise ...." To the degree that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Mar 2023
News

Is AI OK?

approach to evaluating job candidates is virtually bias-free when compared with traditional methods: Men and women perform almost identically on the game-based assessments, with only minute variations occurring across racial and ethnic... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Jan 2007
News

Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

sales force and establishing training courses in the United States for surgeons interested in learning the new techniques of bone fixation. More recently, he led the firm's global expansion by acquiring the two other companies that were selling View Details

April 2024
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Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work

By: Hubert Joly, Nitin Nohria and Emilie Billaud

When he became CEO, facing limited growth prospects, a low valuation, and therefore a stagnating share price, Menegaux and his team launched a set of initiatives to reposition Michelin. These included (1) articulating a clear purpose (“We care about giving people a... View Details

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23 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

employees who work very stressful jobs.” Technology-based therapy has certain advantages over other employee services, such as in-person counseling, the researchers say. Online programs allow employees to keep their identities... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

the US Midwest and one from the US South, Cromwell demonstrated the analytical impact of overlaying the heat index forecast on these two locations. The bonds have nearly identical credit ratings and yields, even though the Southern... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

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1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects | MBA

Field Research Students must avoid deceptive practices and obtain informed consent from all individuals interviewed as part of a project. When conducting interviews or performing any other work for company sponsors, students must not withhold information about company... View Details

28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

Populations By: Gray, Kurt, David G. Rand, Eyal Ert, Kevin Lewis, Steve Hershman, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Psychological explanations of group genesis often require population heterogeneity in identity or other characteristics,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

American business leaders at HBS and beyond. Laura is a faculty affiliate of the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons School of Management (Boston). Laura’s research centers on... View Details

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

employers and 92 percent of small ones offer employees only a single health insurance plan. And even when companies offer three or four options, precious little distinguishes them—most managed-care plans provide the same benefits, insure virtually View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

in this way holds great promise, Thomke writes, “and may generate innovations that companies simply cannot imagine today.” — Deborah E. Blagg Becoming a Manager (second edition) by Linda A. Hill (Harvard Business School Press) First published in 1992, Becoming a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

some circumstances, charities with identical objectives can differ by obtaining funds from distinct donor groups. The model then provides an interpretation for situations in which the number of charities rises while total donations are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)

They sacrificed, so that I could be Where I am today, to live and to see. As a first-gen, low-income student, I walkA unique path, a different talk, The weight of responsibility on my back Makes my journey an uphill track. My identity... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

study fit into your broader interest in workplace gender issues? Our research speaks to the question of how men construct identities in the workplace, and the role organizations can play in shaping this process. In other research, we have... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

New Yorker at heart, and a curious and resourceful learner. All of these pieces of her identity have shaped the leader she is today and the impact she makes in her company and community. Plugging into Support to Carve Her Path Born and... View Details

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

systems but also the human process of ego suppression. This would be the second time his smaller airline has merged with (taken over, some would say) a larger one, and the second time he has let go of the identity of the enterprise he... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

United States can try to ensure good government, but it backs down on that commitment because the flip side of Panama being important is that Panama can also interfere with the functioning of the canal." An identical situation is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Sep 2021
News

September 2021 Alumni Books

moments of a boy’s life. Silent Winds, Dry Seas is a poetic, powerful, and universal novel of identity and place, of the legacies of colonialism, tradition, modernity, and emigration, and of what a family will sacrifice for its children... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

research, we propose that socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large business process outsourcing company, we found that socialization... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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