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3/8/2017

Financial Times Report on Women in Business

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Report by the Financial Times on the ​current status of Women in Business for International Women's Day 2017. The report includes country articles on the US, UK and Japan and industry articles on hospitality, the arts, and technology. It also provides the latest data on the pay gap globally, strategies for companies to promote women in their workforce, networking and recruiting practices.

​Read the article here. (3/6/2017, Financial Times)

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3/1/2017

Women in business - new perspectives on risk and reward

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Grant Thornton provides recommendations to increase women in senior leadership, with a particular focus on how men and women approach assessment of risk differently, and how diverse management teams can improve business decision making around risk.

Read the full report here. (March 2017, Grant Thornton)

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3/1/2017

Winning the fight for female talent

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PwC provides a statistical analysis of the status and impact of diversity in recruitment practices, and provides recommendations for companies that are interested in improving their practice in this area.

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7/12/2016

An Analysis of Organizational Factors That Increase Women’s Ambition for Promotion

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This article examines how workplace conditions affect the ambitions of female employees regarding promotion. The author concludes that while women on average have less ambition for promotion compared to men, the management styles of supervisors and efforts of a company to promote career advancement for its employees can have important effects on ambition.

Read the full article here. (07/12/16, Japan Labor Review)

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2/1/2016

Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey

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In this working paper, authors from the Petersen Institute for International Economics use the results from a global survey of firms to examine the relationship between the presence of women in corporate leadership positions and a firm's performance.

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10/1/2015

Strategy at Work

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In this book review, Vicki Beyer discusses Bonnie Marcus's book The Politics of Promotion: How High-Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead.

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5/30/2015

Womenomics 4.0: Time to Walk the Talk

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Kathy Matsui talks about Japan's potential for an increase in its GDP by increasing the female workforce and the involvement of women in business.

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5/14/2015

75% of Japanese women not interested in management 

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This article talks about a survey showing how most Japanese women do not want to become managers or directors even if they were given the chance. 

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5/1/2015

Female millennials in financial services 

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​This was a survey done by the PWC on female millennials working in financial services. They talk about what the female workers think and how companies could make their company more attractive to female millennials.

Read the full article here. (May 2015, PWC)

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4/24/2015

When Women Thrive, So Will the World

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The writer talks about how the female labor force participation rate is low despite the high percentage of Japanese female completing higher education. Moreover, this article talks about Japan's need to expand more opportunities for women. 

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3/5/2015

Women in business: the path to leadership

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​The author discusses the key factors as to why few women are business leaders, and proposes what we can do to increase the number of women in leadership. 

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3/1/2015

How a private-sector transformation could revive Japan

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This article talks about the areas on which Japanese private sectors could focus to boost productivity. The article suggests the need to have more female leaders in areas such as corporations and government institutions.

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12/12/2014

Women at Work: A Guide for Men 

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The author describes some characteristics of women in the workplace and shares tips on how men could work with women.

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11/1/2014

女性活躍推進企業50選 

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This is the Japanese translated version of "50 Leading Companies for Women in APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)”. It introduces companies that have focused on increasing promotion of female employees.

Read the full article here. (11/14, APEC)

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10/24/2014

Give Japan’s Abe some credit for women in workforce

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The author talks about how we should give credit to Prime Minister Abe for his efforts to increase the number of working Japanese women. Although many obstacles still exist, female participation in the workforce is gradually increasing.

Read the full article here. (10/24/14, Malay Mail)

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