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The largest companies in the U.S. – those with gross annual revenues of at least $20 billion – report a larger representation of women and other underrepresented groups on their boards of directors. Seventy percent have at least two women and 53 percent have two or more directors from underrepresented groups. Women managers, however, are increasingly opting out of high-end careers when companies fail to meet their professional needs and goals. Fewer than 15 percent of Fortune 500 officers and directors are women, and graduate business schools (unlike law and medical schools) have far fewer women than men applicants. NCRW is supporting efforts to make the corporate environment more welcoming and the career ladder more accessible to women and people of color.

Women in Corporate America, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan

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04/16/2010

 

Presenters: Linda Basch, National Council for Research on Women; Melissa Fisher, Georgetown University

CEW presents a panel discussion focused on women in corporate America, both on Wall Street and in fund management. Panelists include Dr. Melissa Fisher, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Georgetown University whose forthcoming book is an ethnography of the first generation of women on Wall Street (the 1950s to the present). The second panelist is Linda Basch, president of the National Council for Research on Women. Dr. Basch along with Jacki Zehner (Women in Fund Management), examined if the recent U.S. financial system's economic meltdown might have been avoided if more women had been in the fields of hedge funds and mutual funds.
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Women in Fund Management: Bibliography

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 6:14pm

Atkinson, S., Baird, S.B., & Frye, M.B. (2003). “Do Female Mutual Fund Managers Manage Differently?”  The Journal of Financial Research, XXVI(1), 1-18

Bär, M., Niessen, A., Ruenzi, S. (2007). “The Impact of Work Group Diversity on Performance: Large Sample Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry.’ University of Cologne, Center for Financial Research. CFR-Working Paper No. 07-16. Retrieved September 2008 from http://www.cfr-cologne.de/download/workingpaper/cfr-07-16.pdf

Barber, B.M., & Odean, T. (2001). “Boys Will be Boys: Gender, Overconfidence, and Common Stock Investment.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Pp. 261-292

Closing the Gender Gap @ PwC

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 2:08pm

In an attempt to find answers to questions pertinent to business challenges and changes faced today, PricewaterhouseCoopers invited global academics, politicians, and business leaders to share their views on the gender gap and how it will impact the future.
 

URL: 
http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/women-at-pwc/pwc-closing-the-gender-gap-film.jhtml

How managers should approach a fragile economy

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 2:05pm

A powerful tension is at work today in global economic sentiment. The financial markets, pundits, and policy makers think the global economy is out of the woods, but executives aren’t so sure. Our research suggests that the executives are right—and that to thrive, companies must adopt some new approaches to management.
 

URL: 
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Productivity_Performance/How_managers_should_approach_a_fragile_economy_2442

Global capital markets: Entering a new era

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 2:04pm

The global financial crisis and worldwide recession abruptly halted nearly three decades of expansion for international capital markets. From 1980 through 2007, the world’s financial assets—including equities, private and public debt, and bank deposits—nearly quadrupled in size relative to global GDP. Global capital flows similarly surged.
 

URL: 
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Productivity_Performance/Global_capital_markets_Entering_a_new_era_2443

More women in finance, a more sustainable economy

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 2:01pm

As has been pointed out with increasing frequency, a certain group think has been widely blamed for the economic crisis we find ourselves in today. Studies indicate that women are more comprehensive thinkers and less attracted to excessive risk than are their male peers.
 

URL: 
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/0624/p09s02-coop.html

Shattering the Ceilings, for Good

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 1:55pm

The barriers that continue to prevent women from reaching senior leadership in critical mass in the financial services industry and more generally–negative gender stereotyping, lack of women in line positions, a narrow pipeline, lack of mentoring and promoting opportunities, work/life balance challenges, limited access to powerful professional networks– are the same ones faced over a decade ago.
 

URL: 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacki-zehner/shattering-the-ceilings-f_b_219285.html

Goal of New Index Series is to Advance Gender Equality

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 1:32pm

Pax World and KLD launch an index series sponsored by the international Finance Corporation to increase gender empowerment. The objective in five indices in the IF Gender Index series is to increase interest among corporations and investors in gender empowerment.
 

URL: 
http://www.socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/2645.html
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