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  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

ventures. Specifically, we argue and show that although cultural beliefs that disassociate women from commercial activity may result in female social venture founders being less likely to use commercial activity than their male... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

female entrepreneur in the turbulent economy of Kenya, Eva Muraya observes, "It's really up to the leadership of the business to define the moral code." Insights, Struggles, And Achievements These insights... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 02 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?

showed that older, shorter, and relatively overweight men tended to view more profiles than their younger, taller, slimmer counterparts. With the female sample, tall women were the ones who tended to view the most profiles. (In the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

(HBS MBA '81) had been getting together every year since graduation for a long weekend with ten of her female classmates. She observed that most of her friends dropped out of the workforce at some point in their post-HBS lives. Welsh... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

More broadly, why does the startup ecosystem contain so many market failures that lead to biases and inequities – particularly in terms of access to capital for female entrepreneurs and View Details
  • 28 Oct 2021
  • News

Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

to change. The discussion also featured guest panelists: Yasmin Cruz Ferrine, General Partner of Visible Hands VC, and Glynn Lloyd, Executive Director at The Foundation for Business Equity. Through their respective organizations, these View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Jan 2005
  • News

Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

Initiative Advisory Board, and in 2001 she received the HBS Women's Student Association award as the outstanding female graduate in finance and consulting. Named to Forbes magazine's list of the world's most powerful women for the past... View Details
  • 16 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth; exploring the relationship between business and democracy; and the role entrepreneurs and firms, not governments or markets, have played in driving globalization. "Important subjects... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
  • Web

Women's History Month | Baker Library

Protagonists Women's Healthcare Entrepreneurs By: Regina Herzlinger Contemporary Collections Contemporary Collections aim to support the research and curriculum of the Harvard Business School today and into the future. Collection... View Details
  • 01 Feb 1998
  • News

Women at the Top

They came from as far away as Nigeria and as close as Harvard Square, from industries ranging from banking to television. They were entrepreneurs who headed their own companies, senior executives at major corporations, and leaders of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: book review; faculty books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 24 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

Ventures By: Lee, Matthew, and Laura Huang Abstract—Recent studies find that female-led ventures are penalized relative to male-led ventures due to role incongruity, or a perceived “lack of fit,” between female stereotypes and expected... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Jan 2025
  • Blog Post

Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

all-female founding teams received less than 2% of venture capital dollars, and Black founders received less than 1%) and shares her advice for entrepreneurs seeking funding. “We can’t ignore that the precious resource of high-growth... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions

were reinforced by Denise Condon Welsh (MBA '81), an HBS classmate of Hart's who wrote to Clark about the issues of women's reentry into the professional ranks. Welsh noted that each year since graduation she had joined ten female... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Professional Services
  • 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
  • 29 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

consumers had to pay for merchandise with cash. This, the entrepreneur believed, precluded a consumer from making a spontaneous purchase. In the late 1940s, banks did not usually provide loans for consumer purchases other than housing.... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 20 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

  Working PapersNone this week.   Cases & Course MaterialsFemale Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Harvard Business School Note 807-018 Examines the extent of and challenges facing female View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

angel financing is independent of the level of venture activity and entrepreneur friendliness in the country. However, we find that the development stage and maturity of startups that apply for angel funding (and those that are ultimately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

before 1938. Rubinstein is widely considered the single most important female entrepreneur in the United States in the 20th century. She was born in Poland but immigrated to Australia where she started a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Fair Trade

physical perfection that traps women in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred. Yet beauty is also an industry in which women have been unusually prominent as entrepreneurs and business leaders. The list of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade
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