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  • 13 Apr 2021
  • Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

employers of choice for women, giving these companies an edge as they harness the value of diverse teams. Companies that take the lead in gender parity will position themselves to draw even the most... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 08 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

emphasize that gender is far from the only identity that matters in cases. It’s critical that the protagonists whom learners encounter represent racial and other forms of diversity beyond gender, but we... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
  • 03 Jan 2023
  • Book

Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

back up and running, many women are asking: What’s it going to take to effect real change? According to Tina Opie, visiting scholar at Harvard Business School and author of Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 08 May 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries

Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?

Keywords: by Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan, and Forester Wong; Banking
  • November–December 2020
  • Article

Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case

By: Robin Ely and David A. Thomas
Leaders may mean well when they tout the economic payoffs of hiring more women and people of color, but there is no research support for the notion that diversifying the workforce automatically improves a company’s performance. This article critiques the popular... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Change; Trust
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  • 06 May 2021
  • HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

other American cities as well. Too many people were left out and left behind, despite their grit and determination,” says Kanter, who cowrote the case with HBS Research Associate Joyce Kim. Miami’s gender and race roadblocks Miami, once... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
  • 31 Oct 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change

disconnect between a company’s stated argument for diversity and the psychological reality of decision-making. “Your employees, future employees, customers and investors are watching.” As some CEOs weigh the future of their company’s DEI... View Details
Keywords: by Katherine Hutt Scott and Barbara DeLollis
  • 30 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

when presented with this information,” says Harvard Business School’s Joseph Pacelli. However, many employers neglect to highlight the diversity of their workforce. Only 17 percent of the 3,235 public firms that Pacelli studied in a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2018
  • Article

Linda Babcock: Go-getter and Do-gooder

By: Max Bazerman, Iris Bohnet, Hannah Riley-Bowles and George Loewenstein
In this tribute to the 2007 recipient of the Jeffrey Z. Rubin Theory‐To‐Practice Award from the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), we celebrate Linda Babcock's contributions to diverse lines of research, her tireless and effective efforts to put... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Biography; Research; Negotiation; Leadership; Practice
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  • 04 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: mediaphotos] Related Reading Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced How View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Apr 2016
  • Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

Many male business leaders have the right intentions when it comes to tackling the sticky issue of gender inequality in the workplace. But try as they might to be more sensitive and inclusive with their language, men are quite simply... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

In the months leading up to the 2008 presidential election, CNN ran a story titled "Gender or Race: Black Women Voters Face Tough Choices in South Carolina." The "tough choice" in question: should they vote according to race (Barack Obama) or View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • January 2019 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Inside GPIF's Embrace of ESG

By: George Serafeim
In the fall of 2018, Hiro Mizuno, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of GPIF, the Japanese Government Pension Fund, was reflecting on his efforts to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into every aspect of GPIF’s portfolio. His efforts ranged... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investment Funds; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance; Leading Change; Economy; Performance Improvement; Japan
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  • 03 Oct 2018
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

typical of others that have found “a strong correlation between gender diversity and a company’s bottom line.” Companies in the top quartile of gender View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation

By: Paul A. Gompers, Kevin Huang and Sophie Q. Wang
We study the role of homophily in group formation. Using a unique dataset of MBA students, we observe homophily in ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience increases the probability of... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Diversity; Familiarity; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Performance
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  • 08 Mar 2010
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Successful Negotiation

non-negotiable partner? How can women negotiate past gender stereotypes? How Is Negotiation Evolving? The New Deal: Negotiauctions Whether negotiating to purchase a company or a house, dealmaking is becoming more complex. Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 06 Mar 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?

On Friday, we will celebrate International Women's Day 2019, an annual event to promote the advancement of gender equality and gauge our progress across many domains. In business, researchers tell us, progress is happening but is still... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2021
  • Article

Shaking Things Up: Disruptive Events and Inequality

By: Letian Zhang
This paper develops a theory of how disruptive events could reduce racial and gender inequality in organizations. Despite pressure from regulators and advocates, racial and gender inequality in the workplace remains high. I theorize that because such inequality is... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Equality and Inequality; Diversity; Race; Gender; Restructuring; Mergers and Acquisitions; Disruption
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  • 14 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

male/female responses regarding gender diversity were less harmonious. Asked whether quotas (like Norway's) are a positive or a negative for corporate boardrooms, 42 percent of women were pro-quota, versus... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Apr 2017
  • Research & Ideas

For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost

Women who come prepared to challenge an auto repair quote can overcome gender discrimination and negotiate a fairer price, according to recently published research. That's one conclusion from the research study Repairing the Damage: The... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Auto; Service

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