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- 05 Jul 2023
- News
GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council recently marked the grand opening of "The House"—a new permanent club headquarters and collaborative space located in Dubai and open to all HBS alumni living in or visiting the Gulf region. According to...
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Margie Kelley
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
of nonalcoholic beverages. The livestreamed event also included a Founder’s Chat between 2018 aNVC Crowd Favorite winner Benoit Dupont (PLDA 2016), cofounder and CEO of WeMaintain, and Jodi Gernon (MBA 1991), director of the HBS Rock...
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- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
By: Kerr, William R., and Ufuk Akcigit Abstract—We build a tractable growth model where multi-product incumbents invest in internal innovations to improve their existing products, while new entrants and incumbents invest in external...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
2017 New York: Oxford University Press Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
must retain flexibility. Remember, there will always be surprises once you start turning over the rocks. You’re bound to have new questions you wish you’d been able to ask before you accepted the job. Get your View Details
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by John Quelch
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
New Biotech Joint Degree Program Kicks Off
Students in the second cohort of the new MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences program arrived on campus this summer. When Elisa MacColl (MS/MBA 2022), a consultant in L.E.K.’s life sciences practice, first considered graduate school, she...
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- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
Stanford Social Innovation Review Selecting the Right Growth Metrics: Fewer but Better By: Schlesinger, Leonard A. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52742 Minimizing Justified Envy in School Choice: The...
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Sean Silverthorne
- July 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Supplement
United Rentals (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
In April 2012, Jenne Britell, the Chairman of the board of directors of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) was preparing her notes for an upcoming stockholders' meeting. It was a meeting unlike most other meetings she had chaired. Stockholders were about to vote on a...
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Boards Of Directors;
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Chairman;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Construction Industry;
North America
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "United Rentals (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 414-031, July 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
the world’s biggest problem—CO2 and climate change—provides a quick and entertaining introduction to the science behind it. This concise primer is for anyone interested in how CO2 impacts our climate, but even knowledgeable readers will learn something View Details
Divestment or Engagement? New Research on Innovation in the Energy Sector
Why you should watch: A new and important NBER working paper, by Cohen, Gurun and Nguyen, takes a long hard look at innovation in the energy industry - and concludes that divestment campaigns targeted at fossil fuel companies may not just be ineffective....
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan
In an effort to expand the reach of its Asia-Pacific Research Center, HBS has opened a satellite office in Japan. Masako Egawa (MBA '86) has been named executive director of the Japan Research Office in Tokyo. Formerly an executive View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
entrepreneurs. A field study conducted on question-and-answer interactions at TechCrunch Disrupt New York City during 2010 through 2016 reveals that investors tend to ask male entrepreneurs promotion-focused questions and female...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2017
- News
New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach
members, to understand management issues in these growing economies,” says Victoria Winston, executive director of the Global Initiative. She oversees the centers, offices, and the staff of more than 60 with Luis Viceira, the George E....
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World
couple met their new son, Jonathan. While they had been discussing adoption for two years, the reality of taking care of a five-day-old infant was overwhelming. "It really hit me then what we were getting ourselves into," Costan admits....
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Young, Susan
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
2018 Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism American Capitalism: New Histories By: Beckert, Sven, and Christine Desan, eds. Abstract—The United States has long epitomized capitalism. From its enterprising shopkeepers, wildcat...
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New York Club Names Entrepreneur of the Year
Over three hundred enthusiastic alumni and guests gathered at New York City's Plaza Hotel in February for the first annual HBS Club of Greater New York Entrepreneurs' Exhibition and Conference. Along with...
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- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
firms and shareholders. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51128 Harvard Business School Case 418-019 Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi Inspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had invested in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
2018 New York: Cambridge University Press American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition', 1890–1940 By: Phillips Sawyer, Laura Abstract—American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
spin-off announcement, the stock price barely reacted. The case protagonist, Robb LeMasters (MBA ’05), managing director at Blue Harbour, joined the new company, BWX Technologies board of directors, to help...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2021
- Case
Walmart's Blockchain Quest: Integrating New Technology into a Complex Supply Chain
Blockchain is a digital, distributed, immutable ledger designed to build trust among parties without requiring an independent, third-party arbitrator or intermediary. The technology has potential to improve a variety of industries, including the complex, fragmented,...
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Hoffman, Andrew J. "Walmart's Blockchain Quest: Integrating New Technology into a Complex Supply Chain." William Davidson Institute Case 4-290-769, 2021.