Insights & Research on Women in Business

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April 28, 2021
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The Language of Gender Bias in Performance Reviews

How negative stereotypes about men and women creep into a process intended to be meritocratic.
Woman in a business meeting with two men. Credit: iStock/mediaphotos
February 04, 2019
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Fran Weld, MBA ’11: If Your Dream Job Doesn’t Exist, Create It

The senior vice president of strategy and development for the SF Giants carved her own niche in the competitive world of pro sports management.
Fran Weld, MBA ’11: If Your Dream Job Doesn’t Exist, Create It
November 26, 2018
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Does Workplace Ageism Affect Women and Men Differently?

A new study suggests that women are perceived as less of a threat by younger colleagues.
A senior businessman at a meeting. Credit: iStock/FangXiaNua
October 31, 2018
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Investing in China: It’s Still “the Wild, Wild West”

How an uncle’s battle with cancer helped Nisa Leung become one of Asia’s most successful VCs.
Nisa Leung. Credit: Amanda Kho
September 25, 2018
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Kara Swisher: Be the Boss

The executive editor of Recode discusses failure, diversity, and the value of being honest.
Kara Swisher. Credit: Photo by David Fitzgerald/Web Summit via Sportsfile

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Beyond Black-Box: Structuring Multi-Stage Recommender Systems Using Predicted Intents

Yuyan Wang, Cheenar Banerjee, Samer Chucri, Minmin Chen
April192025

Dollar Upheaval: This Time is Different

Zhengyang Jiang, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Hanno Lustig, Robert Richmond, Chenzi Xu
April2025

Presidential Address: The Economist as Designer in the Innovation Process for Socially Impactful Digital Products

Susan Athey
American Economic Review April2025 Vol. 115 Issue 4 Pages 1059–1099.
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