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May 2014
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Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India

By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Stephen D. O'Connell

We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not increase after the reforms, we find... View Details

Keywords: Women; Female; Political Reservations; Development; Informal Sector; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Manufacturing Industry; India; South Asia

2013
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Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India

By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Stephen O'Connell

We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; India

February 2009
Article

Beyond Gender and Negotiation to Gendered Negotiations

By: Deborah M. Kolb and Kathleen L. McGinn

Keywords: Negotiation; Gender

October 2005 (Revised January 2006)
Supplement

Augusta National Golf Club Controversy, The (B)

By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Melissa Tritter

Keywords: Sports; Diversity; Sports Industry

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August 1995
Case

Managing Diversity, Course Overview and Syllabus

By: Mary C. Gentile and James I. Cash Jr.

Keywords: Management; Diversity

24 Sep 2021
News

5 Terms You Should Learn to Become a Better Ally

07 Jul 2021
News

Former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson and Cleveland Avenue Foundation’s Liz Thompson: Breaking Barriers

01 Oct 1996
News

No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)

When Nancy Havens-Hasty stepped onto Wall Street after graduating from HBS, her first account as a corporate finance associate was not one of Kidder Peabody's several computer company clients, despite her background as a physics major at Cornell University, a marketer... View Details

Keywords: Linda Goodspeed

01 Apr 1999
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HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students

Five years ago, HBS professor Francis J. Aguilar (now emeritus) and Walter Y. Elisha (MBA '65), then chairman and CEO of Springs Industries, Inc., brought together a dynamic coalition of corporations and business schools to address the challenge of increasing the... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

01 Feb 2000
News

Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

Laura A. Liswood (MBA '76) is cofounder and secretary-general of the Council of Women World Leaders (CWWL), an independent, international organization based at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Made up of many of the world's current and former female... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

June 1993
Article

The Dynamics of Managing Racial Diversity in Developmental Relationships

By: D. A. Thomas

Keywords: Management; Diversity; Growth and Development; Relationships

Article

Advancing Gender Equity in Organizations: The Challenge and Importance of Maintaining a Gender Narrative

By: R. J. Ely and D. E. Meyerson

Keywords: Communication; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Gender

April 2, 2013
Article

Has the Glass Ceiling Been Shattered for Women Leading Major Companies?

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

With all the talk recently about the need for women to "lean in," the phrase that has gained instant currency with the publication of Sheryl Sandberg's book about how women should act more aggressively in pursuing their careers, it is worth asking: Has the glass... View Details

Keywords: Women And Leadership; Women; Glass Ceiling; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Gender

October 2009
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Pioneering Entrepreneur Yoshiko Shinohara on Turning Temporary Work into Big Business in Japan

By: Anthony J. Mayo and Mayuka Yamazaki

Tempstaff's founder, a pioneering Japanese entrepreneur, wondered whether she would go to jail for launching her business. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Business Startups; Employment Industry; Japan

December 2004 (Revised August 2005)
Case

Managing a Public Image: Sophie Chen

By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas

Sophie Chen, an Asian-American MBA student at Harvard Business School, describes a professional situation in which she was unable to mentor a junior person effectively because she disapproved of the way her Asian-American mentee conformed to an ethnic stereotype.... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Perception; Relationships; Diversity

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2003
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Using Difference to Make a Difference

By: D. Meyerson and R. Ely

Keywords: Diversity; Power and Influence