The New York Times‘ Andrew Ross Sorkin poses the question in his Dealbook column and cites research by Olin’s Judi McLean Parks and Lyda Bigelow on gender bias and investor perceptions of female founders/CEOs.

Judi McLean Parks is the Reuben C. and Anne Carpenter Taylor Professor of Organizational Behavior, and Lyda Bigelow is an assistant professor at David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and an adjunct professor of organization and strategy at Olin.