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  • August 2019
  • Article

When and How to Diversify—A Multicategory Utility Model for Personalized Content Recommendation

By: Yicheng Song, Nachiketa Sahoo and Elie Ofek
Sometimes we desire change, a break from the same or an opportunity to fulfill different aspects of our needs. Noting that consumers seek variety, several approaches have been developed to diversify items recommended by personalized recommender systems. However,... View Details
Keywords: Recommender Systems; Personalization; Recommendation Diversity; Variety Seeking; Collaborative Filtering; Consumer Utility Models; Digital Media; Clickstream Analysis; Learning-to-rank; Consumer Behavior; Media; Customization and Personalization; Strategy; Mathematical Methods
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  • Web

Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity

Resources Recommended Reading Racial Justice Reading List Disparities in Higher Education Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities By: Craig Steven Wilder In Ebony and Ivy, Craig Steven Wilder, a... View Details
  • July 2020 (Revised March 2021)
  • Case

Board Diversity at Amazon (A)

By: Aiyesha Dey and Anu Atluru
The case revolves around the decisions that the board of directors of ecommerce giant Amazon would need to make in response to the controversial letter that activist shareholder CtW investment group sent to Amazon’s shareholders, urging them to vote in favor of a... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Boards; Governing and Advisory Boards; Diversity; Gender; Race; United States
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  • July–August 2018
  • Article

The Other Diversity Dividend

By: Paul Gompers and Silpa Kovvali
Researchers have struggled to establish a causal relationship between diversity and financial performance—especially at large companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Decision Making; Finance; Performance Improvement; Venture Capital
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  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Diversity and Community

full pay to work for community organizations. At IBM, on the recommendation of eight workforce diversity task forces consisting of company employees (Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American, Gay/Lesbian,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 04 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

Gompers recommends first and foremost being aware of one’s own biases that can influence them to hire homogenously. “Most people aren’t bad people, but we have these internal biases to think that people who look like us are smart and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services
  • 10 Sep 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations

Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Financial Services
  • Forthcoming
  • Article

On the Limits of Anonymization for Promoting Diversity in Organizations

By: Linda W. Chang and Edward H. Chang
Anonymization of job applicant resumes is a recommended strategy to increase diversity in organizations, but large-scale tests have shown mixed results. We consider decision-makers’ social dominance orientation (SDO), a measure of anti-egalitarianism/endorsement of... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Selection and Staffing; Rank and Position
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  • June 2023
  • Article

Do Job Seekers Value Diversity Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment and Human Capital Disclosures

By: Jung Ho Choi, Joseph Pacelli, Kristina M. Rennekamp and Sorabh Tomar
We examine how information about the diversity of a potential employer's workforce affects individuals’ job-seeking behavior. We embed a field experiment in job recommendation emails from a leading career advice agency in the U.S. The experimental treatment involves... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Job Search; Employees; Corporate Disclosure
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  • 16 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities

achieve a goal. Lastly, be intentional with the “who.” Francis recommended that companies consider who is in the room when screening resumes and ensure there is a diversity of abilities and experiences among... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 04 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

men to the bench. “There was plenty of evidence showing Trump wasn’t particularly pro-diversity,” says Chang, noting that Trump had issued a memo telling federal agencies to halt diversity trainings because they were “un-American.” “It... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 28 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Navigating Recruiting with Diverse Abilities: Advice from Alumni

you wanted to check in and see how I’m doing.’” Having people around her who understand the pressures of recruiting and could offer support was critical to her success. Francis also recommends seeking out mentors who share your View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

Recent studies have found that gender diversity in the corporate boardroom can enhance dialogue, curb excessive risk-taking, and boost both performance and share price. And yet, women still hold only about 19 percent of S&P 500 company... View Details
  • Web

Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 16 Sep 2024 Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Industries All Locations Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Recruiting Advice Looking... View Details
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks

SmartLess, with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, and No Such Thing as a Fish, from the researchers behind the BBC game show QI. Bookshelf: “Most of the books I read are to fuel curiosity and creativity. One I’d recommend is The... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; diversity; leadership; real estate; Real Estate
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Interview

Jeffrey Rayport on Product Market Fit, Profit Market Fit and Whiplash, and More

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Doug Levin
This episode of "Lessons from Startup Life" podcast features Jeffrey Rayport, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Jeffrey specializes in teaching and researching growth-stage technology ventures and their scalability. Prior to... View Details
Keywords: Scaling And Growth; Start-up; Diversity; Equity; Inclusion; Technology; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation
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  • 10 Jul 2023
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

part of his larger look at the role of public places in a democratic society. That leads to my second reading issue, saving democracy. I will read The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure by Yascha... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 2019
  • Chapter

Conclusion—Intersections of Race, Work, and Leadership: Lessons in Advancing Black Leaders

By: Laura Morgan Roberts and Anthony J. Mayo
In chapter 23, the concluding chapter of Race, Work, and Leadership, “Intersections of Race, Work, and Leadership,” Roberts and Mayo provide insights for understanding and enhancing the black experience. In addition, the editors summarize a series of... View Details
Keywords: Race And Ethnicity; Inclusion; Race; Diversity; Leadership
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  • 28 Feb 2018
  • HBS Seminar

Kartik Hosanagar, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

  • 30 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

particularly young people: the diverse, inclusive workplaces they’ve worked hard to develop. “Job seekers are more likely to click on job ads for firms with high diversity scores when presented with this information.” “Job seekers are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne