Tag: Debora Spar

  • Work & Economy

    From the playing field to the boardroom

    Accomplished professional women who were once serious athletes discussed the lessons of sports in the HBS forum “Sports as a Classroom: Women in Sports, Leadership and Empowerment.”

    4–6 minutes
    Five notable Harvard star athlete/alumni discuss women in leadership roles and what they've learned from sports about power at Harvard Business School.
  • Nation & World

    Feminism without perfection

    Harvard Business School students gathered Tuesday evening to kick off a yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first class of female M.B.A.s. But as Barnard College President Debora Spar reminded the group, women at the top of the ladder still face hurdles — including their impossible demands on themselves.

    4–6 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Spar takes on boom in baby biz

    The field of reproductive technologies has become a fast- growing and profitable economic sector. “Parents choose for different traits, clinics woo clients, and specialized providers earn millions of dollars,” points out Harvard Business School Professor Debora Spar in her book, “The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.” Some parents…

    1–2 minutes