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- 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;
Board Committees;
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.)
- 19 Sep 2018
- News
When an Owner’s New Company Puts the Old One in Trump’s Cross Hairs
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
Alumni-founded startups M7 Health and Hue came out victorious in the 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition on Thursday, winning the Grand Prize and Runner Up awards respectively in an impressive field of eight global regional winners. During the virtual, live...
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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
- 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
- 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
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 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
- 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
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
Lincoln or Jefferson Memorial - this will memorialize an incident that is just as important as what they originally memorialized." The LMDC - whose directors include Deborah C. Wright (MBA/JD '84), president and CEO of Carver Bancorp and...
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- 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
- 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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- 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 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
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Global Research Site Announced in Hong Kong
remarks by praising the Hong Kong Club's efforts in organizing the "hugely successful" Global Alumni Conference last April, noting that it had "set a new standard" for HBS alumni gatherings. Then mentioning the extraordinary changes that...
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Audrey Snee; photographs by Graham Uden