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- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
employee happened to be female rather than male. Women are more likely than men to link otherwise non-communicating groups of people. Q: Were there any unexpected findings in the research? A: We were surprised by a number of things:... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
people? Continue to differentiate itself in a fiercely competitive industry? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716408-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-070 Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
said, "so we can begin to get the senators we want, vote in the presidents and politicians we want; so that we can vote with our wallet instead of pleading for change. For me that's going to be the most important work of the next decade." She already foresees... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
family and societal levels: family-of-origin social class moderates effects of maternal employment, and childhood exposure to female employment within society can substitute for the influence of maternal employment on daughters and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
to increasing distance between the solver's field of technical expertise and the focal field of the problem. Female solvers—known to be in the "outer circle" of the scientific establishment—performed significantly better than... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
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
- Research & Ideas
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
- 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
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
World founded 1909 Uprising of the 20,000 female shirtwaist makers in New York strike against sweatshop conditions Clara Lemlich and the Uprising of the 20,000 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory in fire in New York kills nearly 150 workers... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
Rochester, on September 10, the club’s president, Jocelyn Goldberg-Schaible (MBA 1977) said feedback from the audience was full of praise for Jones and her insightful take on parenting, with one commenter calling her “a female Mr.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
married — there were 11 women and 700 men in my class, and I’m not sure what my priorities would have been otherwise,” Cohen laughs. More seriously, she recalls, “One of my male classmates invited me early on to join his study group. That outreach was important to me... View Details
- 05 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost
research results were analyzed. The team discovered that female callers who said they were uninformed about repair costs were quoted prices about $20 higher than male callers who presented themselves the same way. But when women indicated... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
basketball career? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-019 S'well: The Mass Market Decision This case tells the story of how Sarah Kauss, a young female... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
earned her the title of “Queen Midas” as the highest ranking female VC on the Forbes Midas List. Farrington’s experience at HBS has had a big influence on her career and she remains closely connected to the school. In 1999, as... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
patterns of their male colleagues," says coauthor Kolb. And without women in high places, younger women lack the role models and mentors to help them succeed. It seems the organization is signaling that being female is a liability,... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
numbers. The Economist also gathers data on the percentage of international and female students and the number of languages offered. Meaningless Beauty Contests? BusinessWeek fired the first shot in what became a media ranking “arms race”... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
and displacement effects of immigrants on female employment—and provide evidence that none of them can account for a quantitatively relevant fraction of our results. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
Lang Related Links “It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t”: New research by HBS associate professor Jordan Siegel finds that multinational companies can spin gender bias into gold by recruiting and hiring well-educated female... View Details
- Web
Engineering Meets Advocacy: Driving Innovation in Women’s Health - Blog: Health Supplement
Technical women bring critical perspectives as future founders, operators, and investors. I’ve focused on raising awareness of the program in female technical circles, encouraging applications, and supporting women on campus through... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
several unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter as they develop new businesses. The authors focus on factors that influence female entrepreneurs’ choices of business and industry — personal motivation, commitment, education,... View Details