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10 Dec 2018
HBS Seminar

Julianna Pillemer, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

strategy, adaptability, and resilience, and the impact of cutting-edge technologies related to artificial intelligence and climate change. We delve into the steps that boards are taking to promote diversity, not only in terms of gender... View Details

Eliminating unintended bias in personalized policies using Bias Eliminating Adapted Trees (BEAT) - PNAS

An inherent risk of algorithmic personalization is disproportionate targeting of individuals from certain groups (or demographic characteristics such as gender or race), even when the decision maker does not intend to discriminate based on those... View Details

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Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center | About

in American history, said that her mother “was a positive, optimistic person who believed in the transformational power of education regardless of gender in developing leaders for the world. Angela Chao (Harvard AB 1995, MBA 2001), the... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

English, Kendall Ernst, Furman Haynes, Quintin Haynes, Vi Mai, Colin McWatters, Nikita Ramanujam, Andrew Seo, Amara Warren, and Ava Zhang were 2021 Fellowship recipients. Other 2022 Initiative activities included the Gender and Work... View Details

07 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss

to do, but then suddenly you’re in a situation and you just can’t help but cry, that’s when you’re going to get the most bang for your buck from saying you’re passionate.” Different gender combinations were used in the experiments to... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

08 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

strong incentives to impose restrictions on women’s promiscuity. “The gender gaps in labor market participation, micro-entrepreneurship, or business ownership more generally seem to also partly reflect this social norm against women.”... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

threats. The second largest contingent of women supporting Trump was white women with college degrees. Forty-five percent of them voted for him. While some were likely attracted to Trump’s fiscally conservative policies, research suggests an even more pervasive View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

06 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

http://hbr.org/2011/12/the-ordinary-heroes-of-the-taj/ar/1 Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs Authors:Robin J. Ely, Herminia Ibarra, and Deborah Kolb Publication:Academy of Management... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Allison H. Mnookin

Allison Mnookin is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Unit at the Harvard Business School. She currently teaches the TOM and FIELD Global Immersion courses in the required MBA curriculum. In addition, she... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

In My Humble Opinion: Career Change

When Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) was 13 years old, her father’s new job took the family from their home in Tokyo to Jakarta. It was a big change, not just geographically but also culturally. Tanaka enrolled in an international school where she was encouraged to have her... View Details

Keywords: Michelle Cassidy; recruitment; demographics; Japan

September 2019 (Revised June 2021)
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Dove and Real Beauty: Building a Brand with Purpose

By: Mark R. Kramer, Myriam Sidibe and Gunjan Veda

Unilever subsidiary Dove soap became a "brand with a purpose" and created shared value when the company decided to launch a Campaign for Real Beauty to combat the artificial media-driven stereotype of female beauty that causes appearance anxiety in women and girls... View Details

Keywords: Stereotype; Body Image; Female; Self-Esteem; Brands and Branding; Mission and Purpose; Advertising Campaigns; Gender; Resource Allocation

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07 Mar 2023
HBS Case

ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?

ChatGPT, the remarkable AI chatbot garnering attention worldwide. The rollout comes amid mounting concerns that AI could perpetuate cultural, racial, and gender biases, sparking intense debate over the uses—and misuses—of this powerful... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Technology

27 Mar 2024
News

Inspirational Women in Business

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

really goes away. Since the dawn of advertising, retailers have made a point of marketing separate lines of branded products for men and women in many categories, even in cases where their functions are essentially the same. It's a concept called View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

of intimate conversations within teams and networks as well as enterprise-level exchanges with the bank’s community partners, and they have dealt with subjects ranging from race and gender to local and national events. Similarly, Adobe... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

10 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

After sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein ignited the #MeToo movement on social media, Hollywood producers began hiring more female film writers than they did before the scandal, new research finds. What's more, producers who had collaborated with... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Media & Broadcasting

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

Women on Boards empowers participants to break into corporate board roles by navigating the selection process, building strategic networks, and understanding boardroom dynamics. Participants will explore best practices, legal and regulatory environments, and View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

It is what Ron Heifetz [founder, Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School] calls the capacity to do adaptive work, to confront social problems that—like the problem of gender in organizations—have no known solutions. To... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

23 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

rating agencies’ strategic behavior incentivized by the issuer-pay model,” the study concludes. You Might Also Like: What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company? Stock Price Reactions to ESG News: The Role of ESG Ratings and Disagreement Corporate Leadership and... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

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