Filter Results:
(425)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(425)
- News (20)
- Research (383)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (302)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(425)
- News (20)
- Research (383)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (302)
- April 2020 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States
By: Reshmaan N. Hussam and Holly Fetter
The late 20th century saw a dramatic shift in the criminal justice system of the United States. While incarceration rates had remained stable through the 1960s, they quintupled by the 2000s to 707 per 100,000, far exceeding that of all other nations in the world. By... View Details
Hussam, Reshmaan N., and Holly Fetter. "Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 720-034, April 2020. (Revised June 2020.)
- Column
The Mind of the Negotiator: Beware Your Counterpart's Biases
By: M. H. Bazerman
Bazerman, M. H. "The Mind of the Negotiator: Beware Your Counterpart's Biases." Negotiation 8, no. 12 (December 2005). (newsletter.)
- 2005
- Chapter
Bounded Ethicality as a Psychological Barrier to Recognizing Conflicts of Interest
By: Dolly Chugh, Max H. Bazerman and Mahzarin R. Banaji
- May 2019
- Background Note
Sources of Capital for Black Entrepreneurs
By: Steven Rogers, Stanley Onuoha and Kayin Barclay
This note was written primarily for black entrepreneurs in order to help them raise capital. The second objective was to recognize the capital providers who are part of the solution to the problem of less than 2% of private equity capital and 1.7% of debt capital in... View Details
Rogers, Steven, Stanley Onuoha, and Kayin Barclay. "Sources of Capital for Black Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Background Note 319-117, May 2019.
- 2012
- Working Paper
The Dark Side of the Vote: Biased Voters, Social Information, and Information Aggregation Through Majority Voting
We experimentally investigate information aggregation through majority voting when some voters are biased. In such situations, majority voting can have a "dark side", i.e. result in groups making choices inferior to those made by individuals acting alone. We develop a... View Details
Morton, Rebecca B., Marco Piovesan, and Jean-Robert Tyran. "The Dark Side of the Vote: Biased Voters, Social Information, and Information Aggregation Through Majority Voting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-017, August 2012.
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
'Pure Accidents' and the Evolving Bias of American Liability Law
By: David Moss and Michael Fein
- November 2016
- Article
Stereotypes
By: Pedro Bordalo, Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer
We present a model of stereotypes based on Kahneman and Tversky's representativeness heuristic. A decision maker assesses a target group by overweighting its representative types, which we formally define to be the types that occur more frequently in that group than in... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias
Bordalo, Pedro, Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer. "Stereotypes." Quarterly Journal of Economics 131, no. 4 (November 2016): 1753–1794.
- January 2001
- Book Review
Taking the Bias out of Bean Counting
By: Max Bazerman and G. Loewenstein
Bazerman, Max, and G. Loewenstein. "Taking the Bias out of Bean Counting." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 1 (January 2001).
- Forthcoming
- Chapter
Racism, Causal Explanations, and Affirmative Action
By: Theresa K. Vescio, Amy Cuddy, Faye Crosby and Kevin Weaver
BOOK ABSTRACT: In recent decades, research in political psychology has illuminated the psychological processes underlying important political action, both by ordinary citizens and by political leaders. As the world has become increasingly engaged in thinking about... View Details
Vescio, Theresa K., Amy Cuddy, Faye Crosby, and Kevin Weaver. "Racism, Causal Explanations, and Affirmative Action." Chap. 11 in Political Psychology: New Explorations, edited by Jon A. Krosnick, I-Chant Chiang, and Tobias H. Stark, 419–445. Frontiers of Social Psychology. New York: Routledge, 2016.
- Article
Information or Opinion? Media Bias as Product Differentiation
By: Bharat Anand, Rafael Di Tella and Alexander Galetovic
Anand, Bharat, Rafael Di Tella, and Alexander Galetovic. "Information or Opinion? Media Bias as Product Differentiation." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 16, no. 3 (Fall 2007): 635–682.
- 06 Mar 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?
On Friday, we will celebrate International Women's Day 2019, an annual event to promote the advancement of gender equality and gauge our progress across many domains. In business, researchers tell us, progress is happening but is still slow. There are more women on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
SUMMING UP Do We Need Business School Courses On Inclusion and ‘Voice’? Responses to this month’s column suggest that the issue it raised—recruitment of minority talent into business careers—was somewhat narrow and off-target. Kristin Wolfe, for example, commented... View Details
- 08 Nov 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct
- July 2014
- Article
Winners in the Spotlight: Media Coverage of Fund Holdings as a Driver of Flows
By: David H. Solomon, Eugene F. Soltes and Denis Sosyura
We show that media coverage of mutual fund holdings affects how investors allocate money across funds. Controlling for fund performance, fund holdings with high past returns attract extra flows only if these stocks were recently featured in major newspapers. In... View Details
Solomon, David H., Eugene F. Soltes, and Denis Sosyura. "Winners in the Spotlight: Media Coverage of Fund Holdings as a Driver of Flows." Journal of Financial Economics 113, no. 1 (July 2014): 53–72.
- January 2013
- Article
Not Just for Stereotyping Anymore: Racial Essentialism Reduces Domain-General Creativity
By: Carmit Tadmor, Melody Chao, Ying-yi Hong and Jeff Polzer
Individuals who believe that racial groups have fixed underlying essences use stereotypes more than do individuals who believe that racial categories are arbitrary and malleable social-political constructions. Would this essentialist mind-set also lead to less... View Details
Tadmor, Carmit, Melody Chao, Ying-yi Hong, and Jeff Polzer. "Not Just for Stereotyping Anymore: Racial Essentialism Reduces Domain-General Creativity." Psychological Science 24, no. 1 (January 2013).
- June 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Kurt Landgraf and Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Co. (A)
Kurt Landgraf, newly named CEO of Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., addresses complaints of discrimination from African-American scientists in R&D during significant downsizing and dramatic changes within the pharmaceutical industry. View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Race Characteristics; Gender Characteristics; Diversity Characteristics; Conflict and Resolution; Pharmaceutical Industry
Gentile, Mary C., and Sarah Gant. "Kurt Landgraf and Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-202, June 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- Article
The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores
By: Katherine B. Coffman and David Klinowski
Multiple-choice exams play a critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these exams deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test-takers. We consider data from a... View Details
Coffman, Katherine B., and David Klinowski. "The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 16 (April 21, 2020): 8794–8803.
- April 2017
- Article
Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment
By: Benjamin Edelman, Michael Luca and Daniel Svirsky
In an experiment on Airbnb, we find that applications from guests with distinctively African-American names are 16% less likely to be accepted relative to identical guests with distinctively White names. Discrimination occurs among landlords of all sizes, including... View Details
Keywords: Discrimination; Field Experiment; Bias; Airbnb; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Accommodations Industry
Edelman, Benjamin, Michael Luca, and Daniel Svirsky. "Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9, no. 2 (April 2017): 1–22.
- 2003
- Article
Don't Blame the Computer: When Self-Disclosure Moderates the Self-Serving Bias
By: Youngme Moon
Moon, Youngme. "Don't Blame the Computer: When Self-Disclosure Moderates the Self-Serving Bias." Journal of Consumer Psychology 13, nos. 1-2 (2003).
- June 18, 2022
- Article
In Defense of Online Anonymity
By: Michael Luca
Lack of transparency on the internet may help fuel toxic dialogue, but it also encourages honest feedback and protects people against discrimination View Details
Luca, Michael. "In Defense of Online Anonymity." Wall Street Journal (June 18, 2022).