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- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
both theories of vicarious learning, as well as the practice of learning from others' experiences in organizations. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49499 Blinded by Experience: Prior Experience, View Details
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
differences here.' They just don't mention it because there's all this research about bias and negative speech and hostile work environments. A lot of the research focusing on View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
reallocation accounts for the majority of aggregate productivity gains, suggesting that ignoring this channel could lead to substantial bias in understanding the nature of gains from multinational production. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
by advertising revenue. On the other hand, he detected clear bias in the types of companies that the press targets for special scrutiny. For this reason, business people are wise not to underestimate the ability of the press—particularly...
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- 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
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
change to organizational change dilemmas associated with sustainability. Publisher's link: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198704072.do Working Papers Individual Experience of Positive and Negative Growth Is Asymmetric: Global...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
though it is always great to have high status, but it can lead to negative feelings of entitlement,” Norton says. The study included other findings about unruly passengers: The majority of disruptive passengers, 72.49 percent, were men....
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- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
increased public pressure to help address societal problems, for-profit firms have adopted social responsibility policies, which have pushed them to focus more on social initiatives." “Some of them have been accused of losing sight of their social mission, or even...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews
resumes than candidates who reveal their race—and this discriminatory practice is just as strong for businesses that claim to value diversity as those that don’t. These research findings should provide a startling wakeup call for business executives: A View Details
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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
attempts to stroke/fondle/kiss you 24% 23% 28% 28% 24% Offered/Implied rewards if you engaged in sexual behavior 12% 11% 10% 5% 13% Exposed a private part of his/her body 4% 6% 5% 9% 4% Other Harassment, Career By Region* All Asia Europe Latin America US / Canada...
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- 26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016
selfish intentions leading to desirable outcomes were presented jointly rather than separately (Experiment 1). Separate evaluation reduced the outcome bias even when participants were merely observers unaffected by the outcomes reached...
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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
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
there is a paradox inherent in the social imprinting of WISEs: although it directly enhances their social performance, it also indirectly weakens it by negatively affecting economic productivity. Results based on panel data of French...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
information on sites such as Yelp, eBay, and TripAdvisor. The framework relies on an algorithm set up to tackle bias inherent in reviews by taking into account reviewers who vary in accuracy, stringency, and by reputation. Luca cowrote...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
completely off guard. Drawing on social science theory, he developed a tentative notion that “there are negative events out there waiting to happen, which people have sufficient information to predict or prevent, but for various reasons...
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- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other people. Are harmful actions carried out through others evaluated less negatively than harmful actions carried out directly? Four...
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Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
that it takes six to twelve weeks to move from an initial sales call to a legally binding agreement. Yet, when a new prospect comes along, she may nonetheless believe that she can close the deal within three weeks. Furthermore, the overconfidence View Details
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by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
biased forecasts for potential future employers are more likely to face favorable career outcomes and bank executives appear to profit from the analysts' bias since the bias is associated with higher levels...
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- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America Globalizing Latin American Beauty By: Jones, G. Abstract—This article discusses the growth over time of the beauty industry in Latin America and its bias towards celebrating whiter rather than...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
the two tendencies can be explained as a product of a contingent recency effect: although the estimations reflect negative recency, choice behavior reflects positive recency. A similar pattern is observed in the field study: immediately...
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Sean Silverthorne