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June 1993
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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

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April 2, 2013
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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

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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

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December 2004 (Revised August 2005)
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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

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01 Jun 2011
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Touch Down

Gannon: After flying his own plane to 155 countries, feeling more like a global citizen. Other Newsmakers Diana ("Dido") Harding (MBA ’92) David Miller (MBA ’03) Allison O’Kelly (MBA ’99) Amos Schocken (MBA ’70) Mike Stone (MBA ’88) Tom Tiller (MBA ’91) Bill Wyman (MBA... View Details

Keywords: world records

05 Feb 2021
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What Happened When India Mandated Gender Diversity on Boards

16 Jun 2017
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Gibson Brands Transforms Guitar-making into Diverse 'Music Lifestyle' Firm

Keywords: Manufacturing

23 Mar 2014
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A Vintage Iranian Cafe—a Mumbai Favorite—Draws London Crowds

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

15 Jan 2014
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B-Schools Should Offer Broader Perspective, Says Oxford's Tufano

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

01 Dec 2003
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Spreading the Words

When the youngest of his three sons went off to college in 1994, Carey Cook (MBA 1969) finally had time to pursue a lifelong dream: creating word games and puzzles designed to build the vocabulary skills of school-age kids. At the same time, he discovered the fledgling... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

May 2025
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Workplace Segregation Between College and Non-college Workers

By: Francis Dillon, Edward L. Glaeser and William Kerr

We measure the level and growth of education segregation in American workplaces from 2000 to 2020. American workplaces show an educational segregation, measured by the degree to which the establishment has mostly workers of similar education levels, that is... View Details

Keywords: Isolation; Segregation; Mobility; Education; Demographics; Equality and Inequality; Labor

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From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration

By: Vasiliki Fouka, Soumyajit Mazumder and Marco Tabellini

How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration. Between 1915 and 1930, 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to Northern... View Details

Keywords: Assimilation; Great Migration; Group Identity; Immigration; Race; History; United States

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April 2017
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Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

By: Benjamin Edelman, Michael Luca and Daniel Svirsky

In an experiment on Airbnb, we find that applications from guests with distinctively African-American names are 16% less likely to be accepted relative to identical guests with distinctively White names. Discrimination occurs among landlords of all sizes, including... View Details

Keywords: Discrimination; Field Experiment; Bias; Airbnb; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Accommodations Industry

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