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15 Jun 2021
News

Taiwan Tech Firms Fear Fallout after Us Raises Supply Chain Alarm

June 18, 2021
Article

Who Do We Invent for? Patents by Women Focus More on Women's Health, but Few Women Get to Invent

By: Rembrand Koning, Sampsa Samila and John-Paul Ferguson

Women engage in less commercial patenting and invention than do men, which may affect what is invented. Using text analysis of all U.S. biomedical patents filed from 1976 through 2010, we found that patents with all-female inventor teams are 35% more likely than... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Gender Bias; Health; Innovation and Invention; Research; Patents; Gender; Prejudice and Bias

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February 2014
Teaching Note

Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper

By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

This teaching note provides a discussion plan and rich conceptual background for the "Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper" case. Topics covered include definitions of success, lifespan career development, team leadership, managing professional service firms,... View Details

Keywords: Professional Service Firm; Team Leadership; Women And Leadership; Career Planning; Law; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Service Industry

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13 Jun 2024
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Even as Women Outpace Men in Graduating from College, Their Earnings Remain Stuck

07 Feb 2020
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Women less inclined to self-promote than men, even for a job

08 Oct 2014

HBS 2+2 Information Session at Georgia Tech

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA program at HBS. The event will include a presentation and an opportunity to ask questions to an Admissions Officer. Registration is not required but encouraged. The session will begin at 6:00 PM EST... View Details

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Nan Morrison answers: What is your advice to women MBA students?

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 15 Jan 2015
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High Impact Women Entrepreneurs: Insights from Pioneers who are Changing the Game

During this webinar, Professor Lynda Applegate, faculty chair of the HBS Owner/President Management program, will discuss new research that is developing profiles and case studies on women entrepreneurs who founded new ventures that have become successful high-growth,... View Details

28 Jul 2020
News

Big tech CEOs face 'high stakes' as they head to Capitol Hill

24 Apr 2014
News

Bringing women to the boardroom table

January 2013 through March 2014, with more appointments expected in the coming year. “I saw how difficult it was for a woman to become a director: there was a gap in the market for this service,” says... View Details

30 Aug 2018
News

Comic Books Get a New Look

Keywords: comic books; women in business; career paths; asian american; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Oct 2023
Research & Ideas

When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy

Generations of Black business owners have had to fight discrimination to prosper in America, but a new study suggests that these entrepreneurs are now gaining more support in parts of the country when they... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Food & Beverage

02 May 2013
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50 Women Who Are Changing The World

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Tech Power at HBS: Faculty Boost Technology Ecosystem

list, now in its second year, naturally includes tech CEOs, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs, but goes beyond technologists to explore the broader ecosystem of tech... View Details

November 8, 2013
Article

What Men Can Do to Help Women Advance Their Careers

By: Debora Spar

Today, most major corporations—along with hospitals, law firms, universities, and banks—have entire units devoted to helping women and minorities succeed. There are diversity officers and work/family offices and gender-sensitivity training courses in all tiers of... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Gender

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March 2022
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Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention

By: Brad Chattergoon and William R. Kerr

U.S. invention has become increasingly concentrated around major tech centers since the 1970s, with implications for how much cities across the country share in concomitant local benefits. Is invention becoming a winner-takes-all race? We explore the rising spatial... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Invention; Agglomeration; Artificial Intelligence; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Applications and Software; Industry Clusters; AI and Machine Learning

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