Intel wanting more female representation and minority representation might be to do with economics. I mean each of these huge corporations (microsoft, intel etc) need highly skilled labour and also retain their top level talent. The amount of money wasted on hiring new staff, training them and getting them is quite expensive. The cost of H1B skilled techies might be cheaper but on a longer run its quite expensive , there are only so many people that can jump up the pyramid. So employee attrition is quite high. plus a culturally assimilated worker is more profitable than someone from a different cultural background.
This huge pool of women and minorities represent economic value if they are to be trained for their purposes. Also women represent more economic value to a company - stability , they dont switch jobs that often due to family etc (read this somewhere but dont remember exactly). For sure intel/microsoft are not going to invest 300 million without ROI. They definitely get the bang for the buck , plus brand awareness etc etc.
This huge pool of women and minorities represent economic value if they are to be trained for their purposes. Also women represent more economic value to a company - stability , they dont switch jobs that often due to family etc (read this somewhere but dont remember exactly). For sure intel/microsoft are not going to invest 300 million without ROI. They definitely get the bang for the buck , plus brand awareness etc etc.