USEFUL LINKS, RECOMMENDED READING
LINKS
Universities & Business Schools
Harvard Kennedy School – Women and Public Policy Program
Cranfield’s Female FTSE report 2008
IE Business School – Centre for Diversity
INSEAD – Gender Diversity Initiative
International Organisations
Doing Business Gender Project, World Bank
Vital Voices Global Partnership
World Bank – Gender and Development
Key Company & Think Tank Reports
World Economic Forum, Gender Gap Report
Specialist Gender Websites
Femco – blog on women and leadership
RECOMMENDED READING
Business Case
Moss Kanter, R. (1977) Men and Women of the Corporation, BasicBooks.
Catalyst (2007) “The Bottom Line: Connecting Corporate Performance and Gender Diversity”.
Daly, K. (2007) Goldman Sachs Global Economics Paper No 154, “Gender Inequality, Growth and Global Ageing”, April.
Deszo, C & Gaddis Ross, D (2008). Girl Power: Female Participation in Top Management and Firm Quality. Social Science Research Network
The Economist (2006) “Womenomics” 12 April.
Kramer, V.W., Konrad, A.M. and Erkut, S. (2006). Critical mass on corporate boards: Why three or more women enhance governance (Wellesley Center for Women, Report No. WCW 11). Wellesley, Mass.
McKinsey & Company Women Matter
Thomson, P. and Graham, J. (2005) A Woman’s Place is in the Boardroom. Palgrave Macmillan.
Wittenberg-Cox, A, & Maitland, A (2008) Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of Our Next Economic Revolution. Wiley.
Marketing to Women
Barletta, M (2006) Marketing to Women, How to Increase Your Share of the World’s Largest Market. Dearborn Publishing.
Cunningham, J. and Roberts, P. (2006) Inside Her Pretty Little Head. Cyan Communications.
Daly, K. (2007) “Gender Inequality, Growth and Global Ageing”, Goldman Sachs Global Economics Paper No. 154, 3 April.
Johnson, L, & Learned, A (2004), Don’t Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy – and How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market. Amacom.
Thomas Yaccato, J (2003), The 80% Minority: Reaching the Real World of Women Consumers. Viking.
Warner, F. (2006) The Power of the Purse. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Gender Differences and Development of Women
Babcock, L. and Laschever, S. (2003) Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the
Gender Divide, Princeton University Press.
Baron-Cohen, S. (2003) The Essential Difference. Allen Lane.
Brizendine, L. (2006) The Female Brain. Broadway.
Gurian, M, & Annis, B. (2008) Leadership and the Sexes: Using Gender Science to Create Success in Business. Jossey-Bass.
Heffernan, M. (2007) How She Does It, Redefining power and the nature of success for the 21st century, Penguin.
Heffernan, M. (2004) The Naked Truth. Jossey-Bass.
Hewlett, S.A. (2002) Creating A Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children, Hyperion.
Kimmel, M. (2007) The Gendered Society. Oxford University Press.
Kunin, Madeleine M. (2008) Pearls, Politics, and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead. Chelsea Green Publishing.
Quirk, J. (2006) Sperm are from Men, Eggs are from Women. Running Press.
Ruderman, M.N. and Ohlott, P.J. (2002) Standing at the Crossroads: Next Steps for High-Achieving Women, Jossey-Bass.
Tannen, D. (2001) Talking 9 to 5: Women and men at work. Harper Paperbacks.
Public policy
Australian Government – EOWA (2008). A Gender in the Boardroom
OECD (2004, 2005) Babies and Bosses
World Bank (2007) Economic Status of Women.
World Economic Forum (2008) The Gender Gap Report
