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id: "entity-org-harvard-university"
type: "entity"
entityType: "organization"
canonicalName: "Harvard University"
aliases: ["Harvard"]
source_timestamps: ["§ 3. The talent pipeline lever."]
tags: ["academic-institution", "research"]
related: ["claim-genai-compresses-junior-roles", "entity-org-anthropic"]
sources: ["spine"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-spine"
originDay: 1
articleStem: "hbr-ext-19-augmentation-over-automation"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/04/why-companies-that-choose-ai-augmentation-over-automation-may-win-in-the-long-run"
sourceTitle: "Why Companies That Choose AI Augmentation Over Automation May Win in the Long Run"
---
# Harvard University

A major academic institution whose economics scholars **co-authored research with [[entity-org-anthropic|Anthropic]]** showing that generative AI tends to **protect top roles while compressing or eliminating junior roles** — the citation behind [[claim-genai-compresses-junior-roles]] and the **talent-pipeline lever** of [[framework-three-behavioral-levers]]. Enrichment note: the exact study framing is not clearly surfaced in open search; adjacent Harvard/HBS work (e.g., Lakhani & Bojinov on augmenting judgment) is related but distinct.