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- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
collectivism) than do female stereotypes. In Studies 1 and 2, using different measures, Americans rated men as less collectivistic than women, whereas Koreans rated men as more collectivistic than women. In Study 3, bicultural Korean... View Details
- 23 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It
Here’s some bad news and some worse news for women who aspire to the executive suite. The bad news is that there’s a huge gender gap in top corporate positions, both in terms of the number of female executives and how much money they make... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
how does the founder of a social venture decide to create a hybrid rather than a traditional charity? New research suggests the decision has a lot to do with the founder’s gender. "in communities where female leadership of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Medical Richard G. Hamermesh and Lauren BarleyHarvard Business School Case 810-027 Novasys has developed a new medical device and procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence that is cheaper and can be performed in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
unfreezing a labor market that saw jobs going unfilled even as people were looking for work? Has it created a pool of “new” talent—that is, prospective employees with work experience seeking new career opportunities? The female labor... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Patient–Physician Gender Concordance and Increased Mortality Among Female Heart Attack Patients By: Greenwood, Brad, Seth Carnahan, and Laura Huang... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know
2011, using cooperative and competitive scenarios in which participants performed both a verbal and a math test at Harvard Business School's Computer Lab for Experimental Research. Each participant was given a pseudonym, with women receiving obviously View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 23 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs
Ruiqing "Sam" Cao. That reality is particularly problematic for female entrepreneurs, who are more likely to invent products that address the needs of female consumers. “You could imagine those products... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
gut feelings when it comes to risk. “All of the effects that we're finding in other organizations should not be happening in this context, but yet we still see this glass ceiling.” Another finding: the more frequently male doctors treated women, the better the View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
ventures. Specifically, we argue and show that although cultural beliefs that disassociate women from commercial activity may result in female social venture founders being less likely to use commercial activity than their male... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
understand differences among the groups and find ways to appeal to a broader set of employees and customers," according to HBS professor David A. Thomas. Since then, the number of female executives in the company has grown by 370... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
unthinkable to the eight women who joined the program in 1963. This article is part of a continuing series on faculty research and teaching commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first women to enter Harvard Business School's two-year MBA program. Three years ago,... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
up anywhere. For example, a female tech genius CEO in a promising startup privately railed against a member of her investor-dominated all-male board of directors. “He calls me ‘sweetie,’” she said. Every time she heard it, she cringed,... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 21 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes
—should business leaders and policymakers do about the gender disparity? Research by Professor Boris Groysberg and colleagues shows that male and female board members have very different takes on the issue Better by the Bunch: Evaluating... View Details
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
of highly lucrative endorsement deals, making her the highest-paid female athlete in the past few years. She is represented by IMG, which is widely regarded as having developed best practices in this area. And it turned out that... View Details
- 11 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers
should begin sharing a broader personal narrative with employees to stem the female stereotyping and backlash that followed her controversial announcement. Some of the negative reaction is based on expectations of how Mayer, as a... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.
time in understanding how all this works. Here's a look at stories on some of those research areas and what they mean for becoming a better decision maker. Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men Studies reveal that investors prefer pitches from male... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
own experiences and offered expertise as well as personal reflection on this all-too-common dilemma. Myra Hart a professor at Harvard Business School and an expert on gender in organizations, described her research and the outreach she's done with View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job
opportunity. How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs Women who are star performers on Wall Street tend to fare better than men after changing jobs. Why? They place greater emphasis than men on external business relationships and conduct... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Successful Negotiation
School cases by James Sebenius and Ellen Knebel explore successful deal-making strategies. How Can Women Negotiate Past Gender Stereotypes? Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game There remains a significant "unexplained" difference in male and View Details
Keywords: by Staff