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SOM
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Mary
Beth Borgwing SOM ’98 has been named to head the Life Sciences Practice
for the New England region of Marsh Inc., the world’s leading risk and
insurance services firm. Ms. Borgwing will lead the team responsible
for providing transactional and consultative expertise on risk control,
employee benefits, and professional liability issues for New England companies
in the biotech, medical device, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical industries.
SOM faculty were active and honored participants at the recent United
States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference
(USASBE) in Dallas, January 15-18, 2004. Accomplishments include:
* Professors Bonita L. Betters-Reed and Lynda L. Moore presented
the “Darlene Jeter and Jet-A-Way, Inc.” case. They received funding from
the USASBE Minority and Women Division Case Writing Incubator Project
sponsored by the Coleman Foundation for researching and writing the Darlene
Jeter and Jet-A-Way, Inc. case. Professors Moore and Betters-Reed also
received a Coleman Grant at the Conference to develop a case on
Kija Kim, CEO, Harvard Mapping and Design, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This case is the second in a series of cases written on minority women
entrepreneurs and their successful leadership by Professors Moore and
Betters-Reed. This is Professor Moore’s second Coleman Scholarship in
as many years.
* Professors Jill Kickul, Deborah Marlino, and Fiona Wilson won
the best paper award at the USASBE conference. Their paper, “Our Entrepreneurial
Future: Examining the Diverse Attitudes and Motivations of Teens Across
Gender and Ethnic Identity,” drew on the findings of the SOM/The Committee
of 200 national study “Teen Girls on Business: Are They Being Empowered?.”
The paper will also be published in the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship.
* Professor Jill Kickul presented “Measure for Measure: Modeling Entrepreneurial
Self-Efficacy onto Instrumental Tasks Within the New Venture Creation
Process,” with Pennsylvania State University professor Robert D’Intino.
This won the Coleman Foundation best empirical paper award at the
conference.
* Professor Jill Kickul presented “Building an Inclusive Entrepreneurial
Culture: The Effects of Organizational Participation on Venture Performance
and Innovation,” with Lisa Gundry, DePaul University and Tim Blumentritt,
Marquette University.
* Professor Kickul was also elected as the Chair for the individual
entrepreneurship division of USASBE.
* SOM Professors Jill Kickul, Deborah Marlino, and Fiona Wilson have
also had a second paper based on the SOM/The Committee of 200 study accepted
for presentation. The authors will present “Are Misalignments of
Perceptions and Self-efficacy Causing Gender Gaps in Entrepreneurial Intentions
Among our Nations Teens?” at the Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship
Research Conference in Glasgow, Scotland this June. This was a competitive
process, with only one in three papers being accepted for presentation.
EVENTS
Leading
Women Entrepreneurs Series
2nd in our series: Building Strategic Networks for Sustainable Businesses
451 Marlborough Street, Boston MA
February 5, 2004, 6:00 - 7:30pm panel discussion and Q & A; 7:30 - 8:30
pm light refreshments and booksigning
RSVP at www.simmons.edu/som/entrepreneur
Save the date for the second program in our Leading Women Entrepreneurs
Series, made possible through a generous donation from the Citizens Bank
Foundation. The mission of this program is to enable leading women entrepreneurs
to address business issues critical to starting a new business and growing
an existing one. The Entrepreneurs Series is part of our ongoing commitment
to enhance the relevance and breadth of our teaching, research, and convening
in entrepreneurship. The cornerstone of this agenda is the establishment
of the Elizabeth J. McCandless Professorship in Entrepreneurship. Simmons
SOM is committed to excellence in educating future women entrepreneurs.
Women-owned businesses employ more workers than the Fortune 500 combined.
Yet, the “rules of the game” are still largely dictated by men. These
four women entrepreneurs and investors have discovered what it takes to
start and run a thriving business, and are adding some rules of their
own. Join them as they share their triumphs and lessons learned on the
road to being a successful entrepreneur.
Panelists:
Connie Duckworth, Board Chair, The Committee of 200
Kathy Elliott, Board Member, MIT’s Technology Capital Network
Sharon Whiteley, Chief Executive Officer, ThirdAge, Inc.
Gretchen Fox ’87, Founder and President, FOX Relocation Management
Corp. Moderator: Dr. Jill Kickul, Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor
of Entrepreneurship
Duckworth,
Elliott, and Whiteley are co-authors of Old Girls’ Network: Insider Advice
for Women Building Businesses in a Man’s World (Basic Books, 2003). In
this work, they serve as virtual mentors for any woman interested in starting
and building her own business. Learn insider tips and join in the rollercoaster
ride of entrepreneurs who have hit the mark.
Gender
at Work: A Bold New Perspective
As they mark their fifth anniversary, the Center for Gender in Organizations
(CGO) at the Simmons School of Management continues to garner international
recognition as a source of innovative ideas, research, and practice on
cultural dynamics in organizations. We invite you to join us for an important
series of events highlighting CGO’s unique contributions and featuring
influential thinkers on gender, work, and organizations.
From Talk to Walk: Gender Equity & Gender Mainstreaming
February 10, 2004, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Struggling with how to move gender equity from idea to reality? Presenters
will discuss gender equity in organizations by exploring efforts to effectively
incorporate women into defense policymaking, and the United Nations institutional
commitment to “mainstream gender” into peace and security policy.
Carol Cohn, Joint Senior Fellow, CGO and Wellesley College
Laura Roskos, Former CGO Postdoctoral Fellow
New Leadership Models: Are They Really Helping Women?
March 25, 2004, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Does the “female advantage” exist or is it a myth? Join us to explore
new leadership models and why they aren’t delivering the expected results
for women. Stacy Blake-Beard, Associate Professor, Simmons School of Management
and CGO Research Faculty Joyce K. Fletcher, Professor, Simmons School
of Management and CGO Faculty Affiliate Deborah Merrill-Sands, Associate
Dean, Simmons School of Management and CGO Faculty Affiliate
Karen Proudford, Associate Professor, Morgan State University and CGO
Faculty Affiliate
All CGO events will be held at Simmons SOM, 409 Commonwealth Avenue. Schedule
subject to change. To reserve space or for more information please email
cgo@simmons.edu or call 617-521-3824.
www.simmons.edu/som/cgo
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