Gender

- Aug 2018
- Article
How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

By: Cindy Pace

Women of color are a force in the U.S. economy, projected to make up the majority of all women by 2060. In the future, they are expected to become the majority of the U.S. workforce. Currently, they generate $1 trillion as consumers and $361 billion in revenue as entrepreneurs, launching companies at 4x the rate of all woman-owned businesses. Given these figures, how are women of color so underrepresented in management? Cindy Pace, who presented at the Gender and Work Syposium last Spring, talks to twenty-three women who made it to the top.

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- Aug 2018
- Article
How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

By: Cindy Pace

Women of color are a force in the U.S. economy, projected to make up the majority of all women by 2060. In the future, they are expected to become the majority of the U.S. workforce. Currently, they generate $1 trillion as consumers and $361 billion in revenue as entrepreneurs, launching companies at 4x the rate of all woman-owned businesses. Given these figures, how are women of color so underrepresented in management? Cindy Pace, who presented at the Gender and Work Syposium last Spring, talks to twenty-three women who made it to the top.

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- SEP 2018
- Interview
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Robin J. Ely

Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s Men and Women of the Corporation, published 41 years ago this year, has inspired and informed a generation of scholars studying gender, status, and power. Robin J. Ely interviews Kanter about the groundbreaking research and why it remain relevant today.

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- SEP 2018
- Interview
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Robin J. Ely

Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s Men and Women of the Corporation, published 41 years ago this year, has inspired and informed a generation of scholars studying gender, status, and power. Robin J. Ely interviews Kanter about the groundbreaking research and why it remain relevant today.

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- APR 2018
- Presentation
Spheres of Influence: A Portrait of Black MBA Program Alumni

By: Tony Mayo and Laura Morgan Roberts

Fifty years ago, five Harvard Business School students organized to form the African-American Student Union (AASU). AASU advocated for increased representation of black students and faculty at Harvard Business School, as well as curricular and policy changes. The 50th anniversary of AASU’s founding is an important milestone in the history of HBS and an opportune time to reflect and examine the backgrounds, experiences, and leadership impact of black alumni. To that end, a series of research projects were initiated to better understand and learn from the ways in which black alumni careers have unfolded. This report presents some of the initial findings from this multi-year investigation.

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- APR 2018
- Presentation
Spheres of Influence: A Portrait of Black MBA Program Alumni

By: Tony Mayo and Laura Morgan Roberts

Fifty years ago, five Harvard Business School students organized to form the African-American Student Union (AASU). AASU advocated for increased representation of black students and faculty at Harvard Business School, as well as curricular and policy changes. The 50th anniversary of AASU’s founding is an important milestone in the history of HBS and an opportune time to reflect and examine the backgrounds, experiences, and leadership impact of black alumni. To that end, a series of research projects were initiated to better understand and learn from the ways in which black alumni careers have unfolded. This report presents some of the initial findings from this multi-year investigation.

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Gender Initiative

The Gender Initiative supports research, education, and knowledge dissemination to accelerate the advancement of women leaders and promote gender equity in business and society.

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HBS Working Knowledge

19 Sep 2018

From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration

by Vasiliki Fouka, Soumyajit Mazumder, and Marco Tabellini

17 Sep 2018

The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores

by Katherine B. Coffman and David Klinowski

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Executive Education

26–30 NOV 2018
HBS Campus

Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director

Acquire the tools you need to understand the explicit and implicit ways boards function, approach the selection process strategically, and become an effective board member from day one.

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Global Activities

21 Sept 2018
HBS India Research Center

The Future of Work

Work as we know it is changing...what does this mean for women's participation in the workforce? How can organizations leverage these changes to accelerate gender parity and achieve strategic advantage? The Future of Work - Accelerating Gender Parity conference will explore these questions through panel discussions and presentations by HBS faculty, industry leaders and expert speakers and encourage CEOs and senior decision makers to consider the strategic importance of gender diversity in a changing environment.

How Women of Color Get to Senior Management