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- 28 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness
Being a young Nigerian female on a highly quantitative desk was already unconventional, but I was also joining the firm with an untraditional background as a liberal arts major with previous experiences in media. Nevertheless, I was still... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
grandmother was the first female judge in India and that his father, who now lives in California, is involved in charitable projects in India and the United States. In four years, Ranadivé completed a bachelor's degree in electrical... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
After ten years of working at McKinsey & Co., where she had become the first female African-American partner, Pamela Thomas-Graham (MBA '88/JD '89) was ready for a change. "Consulting is an excellent way to learn management and strategy... 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
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
offices in April of 2012. In June, the company named its first female director, the company's chief operating officer, HBS alumna Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995). Facebook has since also added Susan Desmond-Hellmann, chancellor at the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
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
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
of my living room in Carlsbad, California. It is she—the beautiful female figure who ignited my dream so many years ago. I continue to work virtually with organizations that nurture and promote the new arts of Cambodia and the Southeast... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work by Sally Helgesen and Julie Johnson (MBA ’82) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Helgesen and Johnson demonstrate that what women perceive in organizations (like interpersonal factors) often goes... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
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
- 29 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Being a Mom and a Founder at HBS
reinventing the breast-milk storage process for women and providing products that will make the lives of busy moms much simpler. I recently read something written by a female founder making the comparison between motherhood and... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
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
- 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
- 07 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands
power and influence, so it’s important that those opportunities are being opened to female and BIPOC founders,” Twist said. “It can be typical for these founders to face a longer road in fundraising, requiring a larger pipeline of... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
that having this distinction, people look at me differently, especially as a woman. It forces me to be a role model. It gives me a status I have to respect.” Being a woman in a male-dominated industry has provided Herlaut a unique perspective. At HBS, she was part of a... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
investing our money wisely.”—Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007), founder and CEO, Female Founders Alliance Research has begun to identify the myriad ways gender changes the pitch process. In a 2014 paper, HBS faculty members Laura Huang and... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
competitors had recently been forced to pay a record $108 million to settle a class action suit brought by female employees who had been denied advancement opportunities. Aiyer wanted to know what Albertsons was doing to avoid this costly... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
More broadly, why does the startup ecosystem contain so many market failures that lead to biases and inequities – particularly in terms of access to capital for female entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color? 6. Financing and Exits. What... View Details
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
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
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
outcome: Female students participate more than usual. "Women are asking more questions and answering more questions online," Anand said. "That's fundamentally different than what's happening (in classrooms)." In the always-connected... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
out of their lives like visitors from an industrial park." Quindlen's address was followed by more than a dozen panel discussions led by industry professionals on topics such as career choice, entrepreneurship and women's economic power, brand management, gender... View Details