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  • In the Land of OZ (Opportunity Zones) Who Will Benefit? (The Beeck Center, Georgetown University)
  • What the California Wildfires Can Teach Us About Data Sharing (Wired)
  • Trouble in board land
    Tech isn't the only space where women have a tough time breaking in. The highest echelons of corporate America – the boardrooms – are still out of reach for most women.

    In fact, barely 15 percent of the board seats of companies in the Standard & Poor's 1500 index were held by women in 2014, up modestly from 9.7 percent in 2003, explain business and entrepreneurship professors Yannick Thams, Bari Bendell and Siri Terjesen.

    They looked deeper into the data on a state-by-state level to reveal some startling findings – and also point to some potential solutions that could increase boardroom diversity. Instituting quotas – such as the one California passed in 2018 – is one idea. Another is more training.

    "Making it into the highest echelons of a corporation is very difficult and typically requires opportunity for training and access to social networks, both of which are jeopardized when, for example, women suffer harassment on the job or incur a 'motherhood penalty,'" they write.


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