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- 22 Sep 2017
- News
State Street’s SHE: Investing in Women Leaders
- 04 Oct 2019
- News
GPIF’s Hiromichi Mizuno’s Term Is Extended for Six Months
- November–December 2020
- Article
Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case
By: Robin Ely and David A. Thomas
Leaders may mean well when they tout the economic payoffs of hiring more women and people of color, but there is no research support for the notion that diversifying the workforce automatically improves a company’s performance. This article critiques the popular... View Details
Ely, Robin, and David A. Thomas. "Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 6 (November–December 2020): 114–122. (Winner, McKinsey Best Paper Award, 2021. Winner, Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Division, Outstanding Practitioner-Orientated Publication in OB, 2021.)
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
other American cities as well. Too many people were left out and left behind, despite their grit and determination,” says Kanter, who cowrote the case with HBS Research Associate Joyce Kim. Miami’s gender and race roadblocks Miami, once... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 31 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change
disconnect between a company’s stated argument for diversity and the psychological reality of decision-making. “Your employees, future employees, customers and investors are watching.” As some CEOs weigh the future of their company’s DEI... View Details
Lumumba B. Seegars
Lumumba Seegars is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (LEAD) in the MBA Required Curriculum.
Professor Seegars... View Details
- 30 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay
when presented with this information,” says Harvard Business School’s Joseph Pacelli. However, many employers neglect to highlight the diversity of their workforce. Only 17 percent of the 3,235 public firms that Pacelli studied in a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- May 2018
- Article
Linda Babcock: Go-getter and Do-gooder
By: Max Bazerman, Iris Bohnet, Hannah Riley-Bowles and George Loewenstein
In this tribute to the 2007 recipient of the Jeffrey Z. Rubin Theory‐To‐Practice Award from the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), we celebrate Linda Babcock's contributions to diverse lines of research, her tireless and effective efforts to put... View Details
Bazerman, Max, Iris Bohnet, Hannah Riley-Bowles, and George Loewenstein. "Linda Babcock: Go-getter and Do-gooder." Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 11, no. 2 (May 2018): 130–145.
- 04 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted
Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: mediaphotos] Related Reading Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced How View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
Many male business leaders have the right intentions when it comes to tackling the sticky issue of gender inequality in the workplace. But try as they might to be more sensitive and inclusive with their language, men are quite simply... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- January 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Inside GPIF's Embrace of ESG
By: George Serafeim
In the fall of 2018, Hiro Mizuno, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of GPIF, the Japanese Government Pension Fund, was reflecting on his efforts to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into every aspect of GPIF’s portfolio. His efforts ranged... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investment Funds; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance; Leading Change; Economy; Performance Improvement; Japan
Henderson, Rebecca, George Serafeim, Josh Lerner, and Naoko Jinjo. "Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Inside GPIF's Embrace of ESG." Harvard Business School Case 319-067, January 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
In the months leading up to the 2008 presidential election, CNN ran a story titled "Gender or Race: Black Women Voters Face Tough Choices in South Carolina." The "tough choice" in question: should they vote according to race (Barack Obama) or View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2018
- The Significance of Race Research in the 21st Century
Sankofa: Learning about and from Black experiences of Leadership, Race and Work
- 12 Oct 2022
- Video
Candice Morgan: Navigating Inclusive Strategy in Tech
- 2017
- Working Paper
Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation
By: Paul A. Gompers, Kevin Huang and Sophie Q. Wang
We study the role of homophily in group formation. Using a unique dataset of MBA students, we observe homophily in ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience increases the probability of... View Details
Gompers, Paul A., Kevin Huang, and Sophie Q. Wang. "Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-104, May 2017.
- 08 Mar 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Successful Negotiation
non-negotiable partner? How can women negotiate past gender stereotypes? How Is Negotiation Evolving? The New Deal: Negotiauctions Whether negotiating to purchase a company or a house, dealmaking is becoming more complex. Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Mar 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?
On Friday, we will celebrate International Women's Day 2019, an annual event to promote the advancement of gender equality and gauge our progress across many domains. In business, researchers tell us, progress is happening but is still... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?
typical of others that have found “a strong correlation between gender diversity and a company’s bottom line.” Companies in the top quartile of gender View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
retain those currently in it.”—Madeline Keulen (MBA 2019), vice president, Victress Capital Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, general trends on gender diversity were moving, slowly, in the right direction:... View Details