Author: EconLearner

That’s the lesson from his new research Mariam Kouhaki, professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School. In several experiments, Kouhaki and her colleagues—Celia Chui of HEC Montreal and Francesca Gino of Harvard Business School—found that people cheat at higher rates in larger groups.Why; The researchers found an interesting self-fulfilling prophecy at work: people expect there to be greater numbers of cheaters in larger groups. This perception, in turn, increases the sense that cheating is common and therefore acceptable.The study demonstrates the importance of context and social norms in determining whether we behave ethically or not. After all, we…

“Often there are multiple communities facing the same potential grievances against the government,” he says Jacopo Ponticelli, associate professor of economics at Kellogg. “In some of these communities, that resentment is being acted upon. And not to others.”Ponticelli and a colleague, Meng Miao at Renmin University, wondered whether a community’s history of protests made a difference. If a place was known for emergence in the past, even decades or centuries ago, would that tradition influence modern citizens’ decisions to take action?The researchers tested their hypothesis in China, studying rebellions during the Qing dynasty from the 17th to the early 20th…

So, what can motivate someone to share a contrary opinion? In a new paper, Georgy Egorovprofessor of managerial economics and decision science at the Kellogg School, and his colleagues looked at how so-called reasoning can tip the scale.Arguments are narratives that support a particular point of view that may emerge organically or be promoted by political actors, social movements, and the media. Sometimes, it’s an attempt to convince people of a position on its merits. More often, however, they function as a social cover, a means of making the unpleasant seem more acceptable. It is less of a real argument…

“Even among those who were the most privileged, they also had to stay home and follow certain rules,” he says. Nicole Stephens, professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School. “And so the pandemic was this leveling force that touched everyone, to some extent.”Of course, hopes for a major equalizer were short-lived. It quickly became clear that the pandemic was taking a grossly disproportionate tolls in communities of color, exacerbates wealth inequalityand pushing low-wage workers out of work much more than their higher-income counterparts. Thus, the pandemic did not actually reduce economic inequalities. But Stephens, along with a group…

To Nicole Stephens, professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School, Bridges’ story highlights a blind spot in how some organizations still view diversity. “I think a lot of schools and workplaces are focused on the idea of ​​getting people in the door and increasing diversity based on race, socioeconomic status, gender and so on,” says Stephens. “But much less attention is paid to what happens after we get people in the door.”In a recent study, Stephens and her colleagues sought to fill this gap by exploring the diversity of people’s actual interactions at American universities. They asked: Does…

Generative AI, then, presents users with a fundamental trade-off: to maximize its performance benefits, you must sacrifice some of the product’s “fidelity”—that is, how faithfully or exactly it adheres to your unique style or perspective.”If the whole point is to work faster and increase productivity, then you have to give up something for the sake of speed somewhere,” says Sébastien Martin, assistant professor of managerial economics and decision sciences at Kellogg. .For individuals, this trade-off can be burdensome, but at least it’s simple. Either accept the AI-generated output as “good enough” or spend more time customizing it, perhaps by providing…

Growing up the son of actress Mia Farrow and Academy Award-winning composer André Previn, Fletcher Previn expected to follow in his family’s footsteps and go into entertainment. But a funny thing happened while working on movie sets and interning for David Letterman and Conan O’Brien: Previn became fascinated with the equipment. “I remember being on a movie set and being more interested in the camera setup and the visual effects and the phone system than the storytelling,” says Previn, who is now Cisco’s chief information officer. As the person who leads IT at a company that has built the IT…

The AI ​​Pin accessibility story is disappointingly untold by Humane. Human After much pomp and circumstance, the San Francisco-based tech startup Human this week officially introduced the much-hyped AI Pin. The device, which is spiritually similar to a Star Trek communicator, is a wearable that a person wears on their clothes and can ask questions to their built-in assistant, as well as take pictures. There is also a projector that projects a simple interface into the palm of the user’s hand. According to Humane, the AI ​​Pin costs $699 and pre-orders begin on November 16. It will start shipping sometime…

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 28: A pedestrian walks past a new logo and the name “Meta” … [+] on the sign in front of Facebook headquarters on October 28, 2021 in Menlo Park, California. A new name and logo have been unveiled at Facebook headquarters following a long-awaited name change for the social networking platform. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty Images Ads on Meta platforms like Instagram and Facebook have grown dramatically in recent years. But that could soon change — at least in Europe. Meta announced that starting this month, it will offer people living in the European…

The third street triangleTeicke The world is on the precipice of massive change as we face the existential challenges of the climate crisis and a new definition of the role and purpose of humans brought about by artificial intelligence. We are at the crossroads of an unimaginable transformation that requires a new level of human cooperation. I have tried to articulate a very simple framework based on Spiral Dynamics that explains the transformative journey we take from conflict, compromise and finally to the peak of synergy. The framework, which I have called “The Third Way,” represents what I see as…