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HBS Women on Boards Library: A curated research portal of articles and data about gender diversity on boards.
https://www.library.hbs.edu/Women-on-boards

HBS Faculty Thought Leadership
Articles https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/research/publications/Pages/default.aspx

Articles
The Nasdaq Mandate Will Expand Diversity in Business—and That's Good for Business
Boston Globe (November 23, 2021), A.8.
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Andrea Silbert

Why Do Boards Have So Few Black Directors?
August 2020 Article HBR. By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Boris Groysberg and Paul M. Healy

Gender Diversity at the Board Level Can Mean Innovation Success
January 2020, Article MIT Sloan Management
By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Boris Groysberg

New Venture Milestones and the First Female Board Member
2017, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. By: Alicia DeSantola, Lakshmi Ramarajan and Julie Battilana

Women on Boards: Another Year, Another Disappointment
February 2014, Harvard Business Review Digital Articles. By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell

Dysfunction in the Boardroom: Understanding the Persistent Gender Gap at the Highest Levels
June 2013, Harvard Business Review. By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell

Papers
Report on Racial Inclusion in the Boardroom: A Workshop Convened by Harvard Business School's Leadership Initiative and Board Leadership Project
2021, White Paper. By: James I. Cash, Linda A. Hill, Hubert Joly, Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan

Case Studies (should the URL go to HBR, HBP?)
Strive Asset Management
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia. Harvard Business School Case 123-088, April 2023.

Glass-Shattering Leaders: Michele Hooper
Harvard Business School Case 421-072, April 2021. By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman

Gender Diversity on Boards: Views from Norway
July 2020, Harvard Business School Case Collection -Background Note 120-065
By: Aiyesha Dey

Board Diversity at Amazon (A)
Harvard Business School Case 121-012, July 2020. (Revised March 2021.)
By: Aiyesha Dey and Anu Atluru

BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
Harvard Business School Case 120-042, January 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
By: Rohit Deshpandé, Aiyesha Dey and George Serafeim

Diversity Thresholds: How Social Norms, Visibility, and Scrutiny Relate to Group Composition
February 2019, Academy of Management Journal 62, no. 1. By: Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman, Dolly Chugh and Modupe Akinola

Increasing Gender Diversity in the Boardroom: The United Kingdom in 2011 (A, B)
Harvard Business School Case 918006, October 2017. By: John Beshears, Iris Bohnet, Jenny Sanford

Liberté, Égalité, Sororité: How Should France Achieve Boardroom Parité?
Harvard Business School Case 412-061, September 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
By: Boris Groysberg and Hilary Fischer-Groban

Beth Stewart: Navigating the Boardroom
Harvard Business School Case 413-094, January 2013. (Revised March 2013.) By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell