R0007/2026-03-19/C012/SRC01/E01¶
Primary evidence for C012.
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Extract¶
758 consultants, 43% vs 17% improvement confirmed across HBS, SSRN, VentureBeat, Harvard Crimson
Relevance to Hypotheses¶
| Hypothesis | Relationship | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| H1 | Supports | Claim is accurate as stated |
| H2 | Contradicts | Percentages differ slightly |
| H3 | Contradicts | No such differential was found |
Context¶
Confirmed. The study (Dell'Acqua, Mollick et al., HBS Working Paper 24-013) involved 758 BCG consultants. Bottom-half performers improved by 43% and top-half by 17% on tasks inside the AI capability frontier. These specific percentages are widely cited.