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- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Bias in Search Results?: Diagnosis and Response Author:Benjamin Edelman Publication:The Indian Journal of Law and Technology 7 (2011) Abstract I explore allegations of search engine bias,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
media. Most have been from West Africa, but this is changing. Elumelu hopes the program will reach across the continent. “Geographical bias should no longer constrain people,” he says. The foundation recently introduced TEFConnect, an...
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April White
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Finding the Platform in Your Product: Four Strategies That Can Reveal Hidden Value By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Elizabeth J. Altman Abstract—Five of the 10 most valuable companies in the world...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
platform systems, showing that, in contrast to step processes, this technology rewards the multiplication of options, increasing risk, and modularity. Moreover, given a modular architecture, a platform...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
to invest outside the core market, because there is less noise, great founders are sometimes overlooked when not in the Valley, and they often solve problems more applicable to a broader population base.” Also: Denver-based Guild Education, a View Details
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Julia Hanna
- 31 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing
spectrum, self-correcting to neutral bias only after hundreds if not thousands of revisions over long periods of time. Their paper, still in development, is titled Does Collective Intelligence Create More Biases Than Experts? Evidence...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
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 Bias in the Workplace In our Just Digital Future interview...
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- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
racial, gender, and other forms of bias that affect the off-line world. And in the early days of Internet commerce, the relative anonymity of transactions did make it harder for participants to discriminate. But as listings began to...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
unexpected networking opportunities, generating a tight community of German businesspeople in India. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54465 How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
controversies regarding "reverse racism" highlight Whites' increasing concern about anti-White bias. We show that this emerging belief reflects Whites' view of racism as a zero-sum game, such that decreases in perceived bias...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
host's profile picture is the second-most prominent element on any listing page, displayed next to the default picture of the property.) "Research has shown that when something is more salient, you respond more to it," Luca says. "This is something a View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies (revised) Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision variables are strategic...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707493 PublicationsMerchant or Two-Sided Platform Author:Andrei Hagiu Periodical:Review of Network Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper provides a first pass at...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB
here. What on earth is going on? Brian Sykes (MBA 2020) and Paul Ampofo (MBA 2020) THE PROBLEM The combination of systematic bias and outright prejudice have played a huge role in preventing underrepresented founders and investors from...
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- 28 Oct 2021
- News
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 what the BNVC got right, what it exposed in terms of View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three case studies—software, animation and mobile telephony—we illustrate two key sources of inefficiencies that this mismatch can create, all...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
here. What on earth is going on? Brian Sykes (MBA 2020) and Paul Ampofo (MBA 2020) THE PROBLEM The combination of systematic bias and outright prejudice have played a huge role in preventing underrepresented founders and investors from...
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- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
subsequently appointed to the boards of companies they previously covered. We find that boards appoint overly optimistic analysts who are also poor relative performers. The magnitude of the optimistic bias is large: 82.0% of appointed...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
reallocation constitute an important source of productivity gains while its relative importance varies across nations. Ignoring the role of this source can lead to significant bias in understanding the nature of gains. We also perform...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
We find clear evidence that (1) bonuses enhance productivity, (2) overachievement commissions help sustain the high productivity of the best performers even after attaining quotas, and (3) sales people exhibit present bias consistent with...
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Sean Silverthorne