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On the Origins of Restricting Women's Promiscuity
By: Anke Becker
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...
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- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
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...
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- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
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...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
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...
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Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery
- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
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...
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- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
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...
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Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
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...
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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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
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...
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- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
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...
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Carmen Nobel
- 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
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Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13
http://hbr.org/product/fei-cheng-wu-rao/an/414056-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 712-463 Sweet Deal-Industry Self-Regulation of Breakfast Cereal Advertising to Children In response to growing concern View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
was selected as the start point for two reasons: First, it was when the CEO of BigAC observed that less than 10 percent of the candidates for partnership were female—this after a decade of actively recruiting highly qualified women. And second, clients were openly...
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- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
about 90 percent of them were women. "I wanted to make it clear that we really are taking an intersectional approach to gender," said Robin Ely, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who co-organized the event...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
answer is necessarily that women need to imitate the men. This may be about developing women's voice in a new way. McGinn: [Author] Steven Lukes has a very radical view of power. At a surface level, power is...
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by Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008
topics and concerns that are similar across different disciplines. This paper reports on the consortium outcomes and insights from mentors who took part in it. We develop a set of observations to guide the evolution of the sciences of...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015
"owners"; and (8) knowing that their current beliefs about the future of services are wrong, great service leaders build agile service organizations that learn, innovate, and adapt. The book explores the ideas and leadership...
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Carmen Nobel
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53204 December 2017 Current Opinion in Psychology Gender, Social Class, and Women's Employment By: McGinn, Kathleen L., and Eunsil Oh Abstract—People in low-power positions, whether due to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55650 February 2019 Top Sales Magazine Sales Managers Must Manage By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract— A common complaint from C-level executives about their sales colleagues View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25
consumers' technological skills and openness to new experiences, and that consumers' beliefs about the social utility of feature-rich products are predictive of their choices of such products. Further, we examine when impression...
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Sean Silverthorne