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- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
have to change them whether they like it or not” Joanna Barsh (HBS MBA '81) of McKinsey said she favors legal solutions to the female leadership problem: "I believe people don't want to change, and sometimes you have to change them...
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by Maggie Starvish
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Working PapersFemale Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines Authors:Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Abstract Female 'empowerment' has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
women. First, the notion of proving and defending one's manhood may have some parallels for women. Women may be invested in sustaining a cultural ideal of femininity, especially in traditionally female jobs. To the extent that such jobs...
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- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
driven by the large and positive impact of immigration on native men’s employment and occupational standing, which increased the supply of “marriageable men.” We also explore alternative mechanisms—changes in sex ratios, natives’ cultural responses, and displacement...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53003 Harvard Business School Case 717-445 AKB48: Going Global? (A) After a remarkable success in Japan, the producer of the Japanese female singing group AKB48 evaluates market opportunities...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2017
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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 cosmetics company. She...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28
reforms, we find that an increase in female representation in local government induces a large and significant rise in documented crimes against women in India. Our evidence suggests that this increase is good news, driven primarily by...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
and what kind of deals they made. When we talked with female partners, the anecdotal evidence was mixed. They said, "We don't think we see any more business plans from women entrepreneurs than our male colleagues. But, we as a firm...
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by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms
controlled experiment.” Looking at the financial performance of those firms, they determined that having at least one woman in a VC fund improved performance by approximately 10 percent. That is, while the median venture capital fund return is around 14 to 15 percent,...
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- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
Warmth and competence represent the central dimensions of group stereotypes, the majority of which are ambivalent-characterizing groups as warm but incompetent (e.g., older people, working mothers) or competent but cold (e.g., model minorities, View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
2,500 lawyers across 35 countries by 1999, when she became the firm’s first non-American and female chairman. In 2005, she became France’s Minister for Foreign Trade in President Jacques Chirac’s administration and was the EU’s de facto...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018
February 2018 Management Science Laboratory Evidence on the Effects of Sponsorship on the Competitive Preferences of Men and Women By: Baldiga, Nancy R., and Katherine Baldiga Coffman Abstract—Sponsorship programs have been proposed as one way to promote View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
elected as a state legislator encourages the subsequent political participation of women, using a regression discontinuity design on constituency level data from India. We find that female incumbents are more likely than male incumbents...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
created. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55573 When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender By: Coffman, Katherine B., Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle Abstract— We use an experiment to show that employers prefer to hire...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007
examination of marketing issues and, more specifically, sports endorsement opportunities in the context of a world-class athlete. (As of 2006, Sharapova is one of the world's most recognized sports figures, and its highest compensated View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54599 When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender By: Coffman, Katherine B., Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle Abstract—We use an experiment to show that employers prefer to hire male over View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
patterns of their male colleagues," says coauthor Kolb. And without women in high places, younger women lack the role models and mentors to help them succeed. It seems the organization is signaling that being female is a liability,...
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by Maggie Starvish
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
aimed at increasing female labor force participation to compensate for Japan's aging population, reforms of the electric power sector directed at reducing electricity costs, and efforts designed to promote the "health and longevity...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016
individuals to find their own excuses. Additional results document heterogeneity in such behavior; the expectation of the ask is particularly detrimental to prosocial behavior among females and those with less previous support of the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
opened the Estée Lauder counter at Saks herself. She was determined to make each sales point for the brand "a tiny, shining spa" that whispered elegance and enjoyment for female consumers. Her signature blue color was...
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