Abstract

Within the same week that McKinsey Quarterly published an article addressing how private-sector companies can enjoy sizable benefits by empowering women in the workforce, particularly in developing countries, The New York Times reported on the remarkable gender gap in the high-tech world of Silicon Valley. See Irina A. Nikolic & Lynn Taliento, How Helping Women Helps Business 24 (McKinsey Quarterly No. 2, 2010); Claire Cain Miller, Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley, at BU1 (N.Y. Times, April 18, 2010). The McKinsey piece raises salient points that any global enterprise should consider. Meanwhile, in Silicon Valley, it would appear that female entrepreneurs - and thus the business landscape as a whole - would benefit from similar prescriptions.

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