What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and end enter the corporate world, thev are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the 1970s women believed if thev got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they' ve found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own.