Gender Inclusivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Mar 2015
News

Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

with a successful entrepreneurial track record and a Boston address. “I am a tech CEO.” With so few women in leadership roles in the information technology sector and a dramatic gender imbalance throughout the field, Kraus’s title is more... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Leila Meliani

bulk of her career at Goldman Sachs. In her three-year tenure, she worked with the Chief Diversity Officer and Global Head of Talent on a number of initiatives including succession planning for firm partners, and multiple diversity and View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Jun 2021
What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

organizations ready to take advantage of the talent surge? Just how prepared are employers? Are incentives and support systems for returnees to the workforce in place? Have we provided for the need for inclusion for those returning to a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Jul 2024
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Next Level

Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace

01 Dec 2022
News

The Potential of Business to Improve Lives

When Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration and the faculty chair of HBS’s Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative, was studying questions of gender and race in organizations in the 1980s, research into... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2014
News

Making a Statement

whether it is international diversity or gender diversity, adds a level of richness to the conversation. Also, it is more reflective of the world in which we live.” Donor support is making it possible for HBS to develop more cases with... View Details

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

distinct geographic markets, we show that such combinations can reduce competition among merging hospitals for inclusion in insurers' networks, leading to higher prices (or lower-quality care). Using data on hospital mergers from 1996 to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2013
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Case Study: A Place at the Table

time. In September 1963, eight female students enrolled in the Class of 1965, alongside 676 men. The School has come a long way toward gender equity since then, with women making up 41 percent of the Class of 2015. But a recent case study... View Details

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

01 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

University of Pennsylvania Creary studies the dynamics of inclusion and allyship in organizations. She has been associated with the HBS community since 2007, as Professor David Thomas’s research associate, as a member of Professor Robin... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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BiGS Research | Institute for Business in Global Society

Inclusion Society is expecting businesses to help involve everyone in the benefits of economic growth. Ethical AI As artificial intelligence becomes integral to business operations, it is imperative to understand the technology’s broad... View Details

12 May 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women's Student Association (WSA)

gender equity at HBS and beyond. We have an incredible list of sponsors who, through their funding and support, help us deliver extensive programming for all members. Some of the highlights of our club include: Annual Women Business... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

21 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Coming Out and Finding Acceptance at HBS

whose religious beliefs made it challenging for them to condone our relationship asked me to coffee so he could more fully consider his stance. Several section mates have asked me how best to structure inclusive questions about View Details

12 Nov 2019
News

Seismic Shift

years ago that the approach to inclusion in business was flawed. As a former marketing expert and growth strategist who helped clients find new business opportunities—largely in nonwhite, affluent markets—she was called in to create... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Sep 2020
News

We Rise

according to research conducted by private-capital database PitchBook, just 12 percent of check-writing decision-makers at the largest VC firms in the United States are women. A survey by The Information, a tech-sector media outlet, found that just 1 percent were... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

04 Jan 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

successes, the distraction of a later effort to improve gender diversity, the disproportionate number of Black employees laid off in a major downsizing, a drop in the number of Black candidates in the pipeline, and weak retention of those... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Feb 2021
News

A Playbook for Progress

Skydeck, Adams and Stewart speak with contributing host and fellow alum Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6) about the transformational opportunity that business has to engage women of color. READ MORE Chitra: Inclusive leadership has been something... View Details

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Disability Pride Month | Baker Library

leadership, confidence, and navigating challenges. Their stories provide valuable lessons for organizations aiming to foster inclusive leadership pipelines, support gender equity initiatives, and cultivate... View Details

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Map & Directions | About

Ride Share? 111 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02163 (Note: do not use this address for mail.) Gender Inclusive Restrooms 114 Western Avenue (3) 25 Travis Street (4) Aldrich Hall Baker Library | Bloomberg Center... View Details

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Diversity | Employment

identities, interests, and experiences. Participation in staff affinity groups is open to all and supports our Institutional commitments focused on fostering a more diverse and inclusive culture for all members of the HBS community.... View Details

05 Jun 2017
News

Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement

toward more inclusive organizational cultures, more inclusive boards. There’s a high demand for understanding how to get there. At HBS, we have a critical mass of faculty researchers looking at View Details

Keywords: Margaret Kelley

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