Concern About Women's Chastity - Publications - Faculty & Research

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On the Economic Origins of Concerns Over Women’s Chastity

This paper studies the origins and function of customs and norms that intend to keep women from being promiscuous. Using large-scale survey data from more than 100 countries, I test the anthropological theory that a particular form of preindustrial... View Details

Keywords: Infibulation; Female Sexuality; Paternity Uncertainty; Concern About Women's Chastity; Pastoralism; Economic Anthropology; History; Gender; Social Issues; Culture

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08 Mar 2021
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International Women's Day Featured Stories

International Women's Day (IWD) celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is an official holiday in at least 20 countries and grows in recognition each year. This year’s IWD theme is Choose to... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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Northern California Initiative Reaches Out to Women, Girls

Schwartz and Thompson-Verga: addressing women's issues in the Bay Area. Photo courtesy Brooke Schwartz For the past seven years, the Women’s Initiative, a group of HBS alumnae in the Bay Area, has been creating networking opportunities... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton; the Women's Initiative; HBS Association of Northern California; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

6 PM – 8 PM EST, 26 Jan 2017

Alumnae Circles Open House: Boston 2017

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

7 PM – 9 PM EST, 24 Jan 2017

Alumnae Circles Open House: New York 2017

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

27 Nov 2006
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Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

Although particular women's investment in the dominant cultural ideals of femininity may vary by race and class, subcultural ideals may hold similar sway but simply offer a different set of standards . The second implication of our... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

19 Apr 2010
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The History of Beauty

perfume. As I researched this story, I realized both the huge size and the importance of this industry—and the remarkable paucity of authoritative literature about it. Or more precisely, while there are numerous books on various aspects... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

12 Oct 1999
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Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

mentor the next generation of women. My colleagues' and my work on women's management styles has revealed significant differences between generations. I hope we'll have some practitioners talking about this... View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

21 Aug 2013
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What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?

vendors to carry out the store-within-a-store concept. If cash is in short supply, they're worried about getting paid, not to mention their concern about the diminished... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results

to HBS, citing the School's mission to create socially responsible leaders as “a huge pull.” “I knew most of the students would be more interested in private-sector concerns than international ones,” says Dasgupta. “But as future leaders,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; development; leadership; social issues; management; technology; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

spurred concerns about its potential impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

About Rock Advisory Board The Rock Center’s Advisory Board is responsible for providing strategic direction for the Rock Center and its staff. The Advisory Board includes HBS entrepreneurial alumni, HBS faculty, and HBS staff. Paul Baier... View Details

27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

headquarters to local plant managers in almost 4,000 firms in the United States, Europe, and Asia. We find that firms headquartered in high trust regions are more likely to decentralize, with trust accounting for about half of the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Nov 2013
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Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

about the difference between a girl being a tomboy and a boy being a sissy—the former moniker is considered a compliment, the latter an insult. Thus, the concern about women... View Details

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

15 Dec 2003
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Women Leaders and Organizational Change

Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in formal leadership positions, and what can be done about it? That's the basic question contemplated in a book of essays called, The Difference "Difference" Makes, edited by Debra... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

Publications April 2015 Harvard Business Review How to Really Motivate Salespeople By: Chung, Doug J. Abstract—Much of what we believe about the best ways to compensate and motivate the sales force is based on theory and lab... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0910.html#wp10-061 Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Insights from Multiple Sectors Authors:Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell Abstract A combination of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Diversity: Repugnant Market Concerns Associated with Transactional Approaches to Diversity Recruitment” (September 2023). Tsedal Neeley : Winner of the 2024 Axiom Business Book Award Gold Medal in the Emerging Trends/AI category for The... View Details

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self–determined, moral act in organizing ourselves to address such societal issues of racism, poverty, neglect, exclusion and tokenism," AASU co–founder A. Leroy Willis (MBA '69) wrote. 21 In December 1969, AASU students voiced their View Details

05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio

Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) and Edith Pripas Dorsen (MBA/MPA 1985) (photo by Kathryn Elsesser) Don't let its name fool you: the Women's Venture Capital Fund is about profitability, and not social activism. Monica... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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