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26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

What do a health food manufacturer, an infectious-diseases specialist and a content-management expert have in common? Answer: All are women, all are entrepreneurs. And by virtue of being women and entrepreneurs they share one... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2012
News

Celebrating HBS Women

In celebration of this year’s 50th anniversary of women being admitted to the full-time MBA program, HBS and the Culture and Community Initiative are planning a series of events that explore the past, present, and future of View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Sep 12 2019
Testimonial

A Conversation with AMP Women on Applying

01 Sep 2012
News

Women and VC

DODI: Backing ventures with products important to women and families. Photo courtesy Monica Dodi A cofounder of MTV Europe, a former executive at Walt Disney/Europe, and former CEO of AOL’s Entertainment Asylum, Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) is... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

28 Jan 2014
News

Women in Business: Q&A with Cathy Benko, Vice Chairman, Managing Principal and head of Corporate Citizenship at Deloitte

Keywords: Deloitte; women in business; mentoring; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

2010
Chapter

Women and Leadership: Defining the Challenges

By: Robin J. Ely and Deborah L. Rhode

We use the experience of Carly Fiorina as an introduction to the continued challenges faced by women in top leadership roles. Although Fiorina, on becoming CEO of Hewlett Packard in 1999, asserted that "there is not a glass ceiling," her memoir eight years later... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Leadership; Perception; Behavior; Attitudes; Gender

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17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

them white, came out to support him. Why did Donald Trump’s candidacy appeal to so many women voters? Although his election has been attributed primarily to disenfranchised citizens, the data suggest otherwise. View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

17 Nov 2016
News

Where Did All Those Women Voters Go?

June 2009 (Revised July 2010)
Case

Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Women Initiative

By: Christopher Marquis, V. Kasturi Rangan and Cathy Ross

Describes the conception, development, and implementation of Goldman Sachs' five-year, $100 million philanthropic initiative to provide practical business and management education to 10,000 women around the globe. The initiative recently celebrated its first... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Education; Gender; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry

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03 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers

Most of us would like to impress the people we work with. But new research from Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Alexandra Feldberg finds that, for women managers, this aspiration can undermine performance. Feldberg discovered... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Retail; Consumer Products

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Women | MBA

Women Harvard Business School is committed to accelerating the advancement of women leaders who make a difference in the world. Play Video duration: 3:16 Student Clubs Participating in one of the 95+... View Details

23 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

New research from Harvard Business School reveals a stark gap in the professional ambitions of men and women. Having surveyed a diverse sample of more than 4,000 men and women, a team of social scientists reports a list of potentially controversial findings: Compared... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Aug 2013
News

Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers

Video

50th Anniversary of Women in MBA

17 Jul 2023
News

Women Who Are Making Work Better for Women

22 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

This past year the HBS Tech Club launched a new group called the HBS Women in Tech Initiative. The mission of this group is to connect women who are interested in the tech industry and to empower View Details

03 Aug 2020
Video

Diverse Perspectives Series: Women in Tech

Jul 25 2019
Testimonial

Exploring the Leadership Potential of Women

01 Sep 2021
News

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

12 Jun 2015
News

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