Gender

Faculty & Research

Faculty & Research

Research 

Boris Groysberg

Valentina Tereshkova: Conquering Space

By: Boris Groysberg and Annelena Lobb
  • July 2020 (Revised October 2020) |
  • Faculty Research
On June 13, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman to fly in space on Vostok 6. Soviet leaders publicly espoused gender equity, but also sent Tereshkova on her mission in order to be the first country to send a woman to space, a milestone they reached before the U.S. did. Five Soviet women were in the initial group chosen to train as cosmonauts, but of the five, only Tereshkova would make it to space. The case explores why Tereshkova was selected from the group and her...
Boris Groysberg

Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

By: Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss
  • 2020 |
  • Faculty Research
When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder. Dig deeper. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies. We offer a different worldview. We argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: Build others up. Leadership isn’t about you. It’s about how effective you are at empowering other people—and making sure that this impact endures even...

Life & Leadership After HBS 

Life & Leadership After HBS is a longitudinal study of the post-MBA paths of Harvard Business School alumni. Study findings have been published in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Poets & Quants, and covered in other print, digital, and broadcast media outlets. Life & Leadership examines the role played by race and gender in the life and career outcomes and experiences of alumni.

Faculty

Jill J. Avery

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator
Dr. Jill Avery is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She is an authority on brand management, customer relationship management...
Dr. Jill Avery is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She is an authority on brand management, customer relationship management...

Julie Battilana

Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration
Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the...
Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the...

Max H. Bazerman

Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration
Max H. Bazerman is Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.  His recent books include Better, Not Perfect; The Power of Experiments (with Michael Luca); The Power of Noticing; Judgment in Managerial...
Max H. Bazerman is Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.  His recent books include Better, Not Perfect; The Power of Experiments (with Michael Luca); The Power of Noticing; Judgment in Managerial...

Anke Becker

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Anke Becker is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Anke’s areas of research include economic development, political economy, economics of gender, and behavioral economics. Her recent work...
Anke Becker is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Anke’s areas of research include economic development, political economy, economics of gender, and behavioral economics. Her recent work...

Edward H. Chang

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Katherine B. Coffman

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Katherine Coffman is an assistant professor of business administration in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets unit. Before joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of economics at The Ohio State University and a visiting assistant...
Katherine Coffman is an assistant professor of business administration in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets unit. Before joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of economics at The Ohio State University and a visiting assistant...

Robin J. Ely

Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration
Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture...
Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture...

Christine L. Exley

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Christine Exley is an assistant professor of business administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. She teaches the Negotiation course in the MBA elective curriculum. Prior to joining HBS, Professor Exley earned her PhD in...
Christine Exley is an assistant professor of business administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. She teaches the Negotiation course in the MBA elective curriculum. Prior to joining HBS, Professor Exley earned her PhD in...

Alexandra C. Feldberg

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Alexandra (Allie) Feldberg is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Feldberg uses qualitative and quantitative methods to examine intersections between gender,...
Alexandra (Allie) Feldberg is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Feldberg uses qualitative and quantitative methods to examine intersections between gender,...

Sara L. Fleiss

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Sara Fleiss was the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Emeth Partners, an emerging markets arbitrage hedge fund.  Prior to founding Emeth, Sara was the lead analyst on the Emerging Markets Equities portfolio at Harvard Management Company (HMC)....
Sara Fleiss was the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Emeth Partners, an emerging markets arbitrage hedge fund.  Prior to founding Emeth, Sara was the lead analyst on the Emerging Markets Equities portfolio at Harvard Management Company (HMC)....

Frances X. Frei

UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management
Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research investigates how leaders create the conditions for organizations and individuals to thrive by designing for excellence in strategy,...
Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research investigates how leaders create the conditions for organizations and individuals to thrive by designing for excellence in strategy,...

Nori Gerardo Lietz

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Nori Gerardo Lietz is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units. She presently teaches Real Estate Private Equity and Venture Capital and Private Equity. Nori Gerardo Lietz is the founder of...
Nori Gerardo Lietz is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units. She presently teaches Real Estate Private Equity and Venture Capital and Private Equity. Nori Gerardo Lietz is the founder of...

Paul A. Gompers

Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration
Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the Finance and...
Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the Finance and...

Boris Groysberg

Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration
Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School. Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school's MBA and Executive Education programs. He...
Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School. Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school's MBA and Executive Education programs. He...

Janice H. Hammond

Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing
Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community
Janice H. Hammond is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing and the Senior Associate Dean for Culture at Community at Harvard Business School.  She currently teaches Supply Chain Management in the HBS MBA program. She serves as program chair...
Janice H. Hammond is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing and the Senior Associate Dean for Culture at Community at Harvard Business School.  She currently teaches Supply Chain Management in the HBS MBA program. She serves as program chair...

Nien-he Hsieh

Professor of Business Administration, Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow
Nien-hê Hsieh is Professor of Business Administration and Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow in the General Management Unit. His research concerns ethical issues in business and the responsibilities of global business leaders. Professor Hsieh...
Nien-hê Hsieh is Professor of Business Administration and Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow in the General Management Unit. His research concerns ethical issues in business and the responsibilities of global business leaders. Professor Hsieh...

Laura Huang

MBA Class of 1954 Associate Professor of Business Administration
Laura Huang is an associate professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit.  Prior to joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.  Professor Huang’s research...
Laura Huang is an associate professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit.  Prior to joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.  Professor Huang’s research...

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration
Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and...
Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and...

Rembrand M. Koning

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Rembrand Koning is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Koning’s work explores how to discover, build, and test new products, ventures, and strategies. His work highlights how...
Rembrand Koning is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Koning’s work explores how to discover, build, and test new products, ventures, and strategies. His work highlights how...

Anthony Mayo

C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator, Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School (HBS).  He currently teaches Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Authentic Leader Development in the...
Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School (HBS).  He currently teaches Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Authentic Leader Development in the...

Kathleen L. McGinn

Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Strategy and Recruiting
Kathleen L. McGinn is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Professor McGinn studies the role of gender and social class at work, at home, and in negotiations. Her current field research investigates these...
Kathleen L. McGinn is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Professor McGinn studies the role of gender and social class at work, at home, and in negotiations. Her current field research investigates these...

Kristin W. Mugford

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Chair, MBA Field and Co-Curricular Activities
Kristin Mugford is the Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Unit at the Harvard Business School.  She currently teaches "Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring," a popular elective course that analyzes how...
Kristin Mugford is the Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Unit at the Harvard Business School.  She currently teaches "Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring," a popular elective course that analyzes how...

Kyle R. Myers

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Kyle Myers is an assistant professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management unit. He teaches the first-year Technology and Operations Management course. Professor Myers studies the economics of innovation. His...
Kyle Myers is an assistant professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management unit. He teaches the first-year Technology and Operations Management course. Professor Myers studies the economics of innovation. His...

Das Narayandas

Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration
Senior Associate Dean for HBS Publishing; Senior Associate Dean for External Relations
Das Narayandas is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is currently the Senior Associate Dean, External Relations and Harvard Business Publishing. His academic credentials include a Bachelor...
Das Narayandas is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is currently the Senior Associate Dean, External Relations and Harvard Business Publishing. His academic credentials include a Bachelor...

Michael I. Norton

Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration
Director of Research
Michael I. Norton is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, and a member of Harvard’s Behavioral Insights Group. He holds a B.A. in Psychology and English from Williams College and a Ph.D. in...
Michael I. Norton is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, and a member of Harvard’s Behavioral Insights Group. He holds a B.A. in Psychology and English from Williams College and a Ph.D. in...

Lakshmi Ramarajan

Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration
Lakshmi Ramarajan is the Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research examines the management and consequences of identities in...
Lakshmi Ramarajan is the Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research examines the management and consequences of identities in...

Ethan C. Rouen

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ethan Rouen is an assistant professor of business administration in the Accounting and Management Unit, where he teaches the elective course Reimagining Capitalism. His current research interest focuses on understanding what gives rise to income...
Ethan Rouen is an assistant professor of business administration in the Accounting and Management Unit, where he teaches the elective course Reimagining Capitalism. His current research interest focuses on understanding what gives rise to income...

Amy W. Schulman

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Amy W. Schulman is an accomplished business leader, widely recognized for growing and stabilizing global businesses, commitment to people, strategic judgment, and efforts to advance women and promote inclusive workplace cultures. Ms. Schulman joined...
Amy W. Schulman is an accomplished business leader, widely recognized for growing and stabilizing global businesses, commitment to people, strategic judgment, and efforts to advance women and promote inclusive workplace cultures. Ms. Schulman joined...

Anywhere Sikochi

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management unit, where he teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum. His research is directed at information disclosure, debt...
Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management unit, where he teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum. His research is directed at information disclosure, debt...

Debora L. Spar

MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Business Administration
Senior Associate Dean, Harvard Business School Online
Debora Spar is the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where she teaches the first-year Strategy course. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between...
Debora Spar is the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where she teaches the first-year Strategy course. Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between...

Sandra J. Sucher

MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice
SANDRA J. SUCHER is Professor of Management Practice, Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School and is a member of the General Management unit. She joined the faculty of Harvard Business School after 25 years in industry and...
SANDRA J. SUCHER is Professor of Management Practice, Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School and is a member of the General Management unit. She joined the faculty of Harvard Business School after 25 years in industry and...

Matthew C. Weinzierl

Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration
Chair, MBA Required Curriculum
Matt Weinzierl is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic...
Matt Weinzierl is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic...

Ashley V. Whillans

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ashley Whillans is an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit, teaching the Negotiations course to MBA students. Broadly, she studies how people navigate trade-offs between time and money. Her ongoing research...
Ashley Whillans is an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit, teaching the Negotiations course to MBA students. Broadly, she studies how people navigate trade-offs between time and money. Her ongoing research...

Letian Zhang

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Letian (LT) Zhang is an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. He teaches the Leadership course in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Zhang studies social inequality in firms and markets. His research...
Letian (LT) Zhang is an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. He teaches the Leadership course in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Zhang studies social inequality in firms and markets. His research...