Female - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

Quinoa-Häagen-Dazs connection? Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men Studies by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the... View Details

03 Oct 2017
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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

12 Sep 2012
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The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

dental assistant would be more likely to sign up for cadaver donation with his spouse than a married female firefighter would with hers. The findings indicate that donation program directors may want to target possible donors by sending... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

08 Apr 2013
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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

06 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 6

what still remained to be done. The case examines the evolving experiences of male and female MBAs over the decades through interviews with dozens of HBS alumni, as well as the experiences of female faculty... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

03 Oct 2018
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How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

rule on how to avoid such meetings, Phillyattorney asked, “While youth protection is critically important, has our civil discourse reached the point that the same protections are needed in the workplace?” Linda Powell commented, “Men who say they fear meeting alone... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

rankings even after changing employers: women. Unlike their male counterparts, female stars who switched firms performed just as well, in the aggregate, as those who stayed put. The 189 star women in the sample (18% of the star analysts... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Mar 2013
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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

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Publishing; Web Services

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

Holmes said. Data compiled by Google, Yahoo, Twitter, and Pinterest in 2014 showed that the number of female workers at those companies was typically 30 percent or less of the staff and that the number of black and Hispanic employees was... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Jan 2013
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Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

collaborate on a field experiment with Ashraf and two colleagues, Oriana Bandiera of the London School of Economics and Kelsey Jack of Tufts University. SFH had established a new program in which hairdressers provided HIV/AIDS education and sold View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

Working PapersFemale Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines Authors:Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Abstract Female 'empowerment' has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Nov 2006
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Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

women. First, the notion of proving and defending one's manhood may have some parallels for women. Women may be invested in sustaining a cultural ideal of femininity, especially in traditionally female jobs. To the extent that such jobs... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

16 Dec 2015
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What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training

separated into three groups: a “negotiation group” in which female Zambian coaches used the customized curriculum to teach negotiation skills during after-school sessions, a “safe space group” that attended group game and study sessions... View Details

Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these exams deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test takers. We consider data from a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Dec 2016
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The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

covering world-class brands, innovative start-ups, and social enterprises, and the most popular of the more than 30 episodes produced in the past year are listed below. The Amazing Life of One of America’s Earliest Black, Female... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

Warmth and competence represent the central dimensions of group stereotypes, the majority of which are ambivalent-characterizing groups as warm but incompetent (e.g., older people, working mothers) or competent but cold (e.g., model minorities, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

entrepreneurs are known to raise higher levels of funding than their female counterparts, but the underlying mechanism for this funding disparity remains contested. Drawing upon Regulatory Focus Theory, we propose that the gap originates... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Feb 2000
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Women Negotiating in the New Millenium

change," she said. "Now because of the changing workforce, we're challenging basic assumptions." To demonstrate the skills necessary for negotiation, Kolb presented a hypothetical situation (Jane's Dilemma), in which a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Dec 2015
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What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

traditionally has held power. Another McKinsey study found that high levels of gender equality, measured on several societal dimensions across countries, are associated with such things as better female performance on math tests, better... View Details