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- Fall 2021
- Article
Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991
By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer
This article examines how the film industry influenced prevailing gender and skin color stereotypes in India during the first four decades after Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India, shared Hollywood's privileging of paler skin... View Details
Keywords: Bollywood; Film Industry; Hollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Stereotypes; Social Impact; Gender; Race; Ethnicity; Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India; United States
Sheth, Sudev, Geoffrey Jones, and Morgan Spencer. "Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991." Business History Review 95, no. 3 (Fall 2021): 483–515.
- 06 Nov 2020
- News
Signal Boost
organizations in western Michigan, sprang up when the area—once largely white—began to undergo a significant demographic change. Latino migrants and immigrants began to move into the area for agricultural jobs. “LEDA, initially, was... View Details
- September 2019
- Article
Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital Among Female Microentrepreneurs
By: Arielle Bernhardt, Erica Field, Rohini Pande and Natalia Rigol
Multiple field experiments report positive financial returns to capital shocks for male and not female microentrepreneurs. But these analyses overlook the fact that female entrepreneurs often reside with male entrepreneurs. Using data from experiments in India, Sri... View Details
Bernhardt, Arielle, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, and Natalia Rigol. "Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital Among Female Microentrepreneurs." American Economic Review: Insights 1, no. 2 (September 2019): 141–160.
- 2011
- Chapter
Seeing and Being Seen Across Differences in Race and Gender
By: R. Ely
Ely, R. "Seeing and Being Seen Across Differences in Race and Gender." In Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. Vol. 27, edited by Arne Carlsen and Jane E. Dutton. Advances in Organization Studies. Copenhagen Business School Press, 2011.
- 10 Feb 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: New Insights into Career Development
Christensen discusses economic theory and personal happiness. WORKING PAPERS Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L. Milkman study processes of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- Web
Hidden Workers: Caregivers - Managing the Future of Work
Raman, Eva Sage-Gavin, & Kristen Hines 01 SEP 2021 Increased reliance on technology and changing demographics have shaped the way that companies hire. Hiring processes are designed to find “perfect” candidates in an efficient manner, but... View Details
- 04 Nov 2019
- News
A Home for Startups
companies, and early-stage companies, with a lot of startups, a lot of freelancers, and creative professionals who all come together. It's a very energetic space. When you walk into the space, you feel the vibe. “This is not just meant for young people. We are... View Details
Keywords: work space
- June 2021
- Supplement
Linda Oubré at Whittier College (B)
By: Debora L. Spar and Haley P. Brown
The case follows President Linda Oubré (HBS MBA Class of 1984) as she seeks to move Whittier College towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.
In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County, California,... View Details
In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County, California,... View Details
Keywords: Women And Leadership; Racial Disparity; Higher Education; Education; Diversity; Race; Change Management; Gender; Los Angeles; California; United States
Spar, Debora L., and Haley P. Brown. "Linda Oubré at Whittier College (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-058, June 2021.
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Inner-City Advantage
Investment in the inner city can reap social rewards, but there’s real money to be made as well, agreed panelists at the 32nd annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference. Named for Fitzhugh (MBA ’33), one of the School’s first African-American alumni, the conference was... View Details
- December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
- Teaching Note
Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co. and Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services (TN)
By: Robin J. Ely
Teaching Note to (9-405-047) and (9-405-048). View Details
Keywords: Diversity
- Winter 2020
- Article
Goodfellows: Men's Role and Reason in the Fight for Gender Equality
By: Debora L. Spar
The essay attempts to make the case for including—even embracing—men in the fight for gender equality. If men believe in equality, then expanding that belief to explicitly include women is not a leap of logic or an act of charity. It is instead a basic extension of a... View Details
Spar, Debora L. "Goodfellows: Men's Role and Reason in the Fight for Gender Equality." Special Issue on Women & Equality edited by Nannerl O. Keohane and Frances McCall Rosenbluth. Daedalus 149, no. 1 (Winter 2020): 222–235.
- 1 Jan 1999
- Conference Presentation
Beyond Armchair Feminism III: Moving From Gender to a Broader Diversity Lens in Organizational Diagnosis and Intervention
By: R. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson
- 2023
- Chapter
Ongoing Inclusion: African Americans in the Military
By: Hise O. Gibson, Morten G. Ender, Liat Shapiro and JooHee Han
Gibson, Hise O., Morten G. Ender, Liat Shapiro, and JooHee Han. "Ongoing Inclusion: African Americans in the Military." Chap. 4 in Inclusion in the American Military: A Force for Diversity. 2nd edition, edited by Morten G. Ender, Ryan Kelty, David E. Rohall, and Michael D. Matthews, 101–123. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2023.
- July 2022 (Revised March 2023)
- Case
The LEGO Group: Builders of a More Diverse and Inclusive Tomorrow
By: Elie Ofek and Sarah Mehta
This case explores how the LEGO Group’s diversity and inclusion efforts from 2008 to 2022. View Details
Keywords: Race; Inclusion; Equity; Demographics; Age; Diversity; Ethnicity; Gender; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe; Denmark; United States
- 15 Jun 2012
- News
New Funding for Women and Minority Entrepreneurs
- September 8, 2020
- Article
Allocation of COVID-19 Relief Funding to Disproportionately Black Counties
By: Pragya Kakani, Amitabh Chandra and Sendhil Mullainathan
This study describes correlations between the dollar amount of relief funding authorized by the US Congress to fund prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to reimburse health care entities for lost revenues, and county-level... View Details
Kakani, Pragya, Amitabh Chandra, and Sendhil Mullainathan. "Allocation of COVID-19 Relief Funding to Disproportionately Black Counties." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 324, no. 10 (September 8, 2020): 1000–1003.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Diversity in Innovation
By: Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. Wang
In this paper we document the patterns of labor market participation by women and ethnic minorities in venture capital firms and as founders of venture capital-backed startups. We show that from 1990-2016 women have been less than 10% of the entrepreneurial and venture... View Details
Gompers, Paul A., and Sophie Q. Wang. "Diversity in Innovation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-067, January 2017.
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
Comic Books Get a New Look
- Article
Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women
Any list of top CEOs reveals a stunning lack of diversity. Among the leaders of Fortune 500 companies, for example, just 32 are women, three are African-American, and not one is an African-American woman. What’s going on? The authors studied the careers of the roughly... View Details
Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas. "Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 2 (March–April 2018): 126–131.
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
best people can gather, can be inspired to do their best work, and can be celebrated for having done their best work. We need to create a world in which we can take advantage of these demographic changes. That’s a huge challenge for... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson