Striking benefits
The advantages of gender diversity on company boards is the focus of an interview with Professor Sucheta Nadkarni of Cambridge Judge in East Anglia in Business magazine. Professor Sucheta Nadkarni The "striking benefits" that gender-diverse boards bring to companies is…
Women on executive teams
Gender diversity on top management teams improves company performance in times of adverse firm conditions, but matters less in favourable conditions, says a new study led at Cambridge Judge Business School in advance of International Women's Day. There has long…
Financial Times: Business School: Cultivating polymaths, MBAs look east
Sucheta Nadkarni, Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management and Director of the Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre at Cambridge Judge, is featured in this week’s “Professor’s pick” column. Sucheta picked a Financial Times article entitled Millennial women are looking to peers for career…
Innovation (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series)
Just what is "innovation" – and is there a dark side to this wave of change that has transformed our lives through technology and other breakthroughs? L-R: Michael Kitson, Sucheta Nadkarni, Simon Stockley, Jeremy Hutchison-Krupat In this episode, joining podcast…
Narcissism and downsizing
Narcissism can help liberal-leaning CEOs in pushing corporate social responsibility, but it doesn't help conservative CEOs translate their ideology into downsizing, says a new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School. Narcissism (as in arrogance and entitlement) and extraversion (as…
Women in private equity
New research commissioned by Level 20 finds that women now entering private equity usually come from banking and consulting, while more senior women came from diverse sectors. Banking and strategic consulting backgrounds are the most common feeder industries for women…
Making the numbers count: supporting and engaging women at every career stage
Professor Sucheta Nadkarni and other researchers call for gender equality and career support for women in the workplace, and an end to "the doom and gloom narrative" over their limited numbers. Hiring more women into senior positions is the right…
Financial Times: Being funny at work is good for business
Research co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School, says humour is good for leaders as well as for staff but there are significant differences on how men and women use it. Professor Sucheta Nadkarni, director of the Cambridge Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre,…
Gender inequality in the workplace (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series)
Statistics show that gender inequality at the workplace is pervasive, with lower pay and under-representation at top levels for women. How does this harm business, and should governments intervene? In this episode, joining podcast series host Michael Kitson, University Senior…
Only timeline will tell
Rivals are lulled into retaliatory inaction through vague or distant timelines in company press releases, particularly if repeated frequently, finds new study by researchers in UK and US. Corporate press releases are full of linguistic devices aiming to boost the…
