By Hua Wang (Chicago) According to a recent study, when changing jobs, women are more likely to continue to shine than men. Harvard Business School professors compiled data on 1,052 star Wall Street research analysts (defined by their Institutional Investor rankings) in the United States from 1988 to 1996. They found that a significant number […]
Contributed by Beth Collinge of CTG – a division of ILX Group plc. Global equities rebounded this week. Santander purchased Bank of America’s stake in its Mexican operations, seizing back full control of the business. BP may suspend its dividend to fund the cleanup of the Gulf oil spill. EU finance ministers backed Estonia’s bid […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) For the last five years, Agnès Hussherr, Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, has led the Women in PwC project in France. It’s part of a challenging and interesting role that has kept her at the company for over twenty years. “I joined PwC twenty years ago just after graduation, aged 22, as an […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) What does your boss think about giving you gadgets for work? And what do you think about carrying around a smart phone or BlackBerry? While it might feel like technology means you are chained to the office – even when you aren’t actually there – new research shows that gadgets actually […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “The pipeline leaks start very, very early,” said Christina DelliSanti Miller, founder of the Athena Collaborative, an organization whose mission is to expand the population of women entering and thriving in quantitative careers. She explained that research shows “girls check out of math in 6th grade.” On the […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “My job at Google is to represent the customer,” explained Claire Hughes Johnson, Vice President, Global Online Sales at Google. And Johnson is enthusiastic about the ability for technology to improve business for her customers. “In terms of impact that grows a business, tech has the ability a […]
By Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog Women’s networks – are they still relevant in 2010? This has been a question posed of late by a number of commentators, who suggest that encouraging women to group together, network and share ideas and experiences is counterproductive to 21st century business life, creating silos and […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) Last Thursday, the Financial Women’s Association of New York held an informational panel discussion on the state of microfinance in Latin America. The panel, moderated by Sheila Hooda, Senior Managing Director, TIAA-CREF, featured a broad spectrum of experts: Sandra Darville, Unit Chief, Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) The business case for diversity has become a popularly held belief and it’s something we’ve discussed at length here at The Glass Hammer. The reasoning behind it is very simple: When board directors and top level executives are too much alike, they think too much alike and in turn, look […]
Contributed by Beth Collinge of CTG – a division of ILX Group plc. Stocks were down at the end of last week. JPMorgan was fined for its failure to keep client money in separate accounts. The US Congress is set to impose conflict of interest rules on banks and push ahead with reform of the […]