On Tuesday April 14th, Harvard Business School hosted the MBA Program’s COVID-19 Symposium. The symposium consisted of a series of fireside chats between HBS faculty and several of Harvard University’s leading thinkers, who help us better understand the challenges that COVID-19 poses to public health, to our economies and globalization, and to the way we live. Speakers included Ashish Jha of the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School faculty Juliette Kayyem, Carmen Reinhart and Dani Rodrik. Former American Express CEO & Chairman Ken Chenault—who is playing a leading role in organizing the business community in the fight against COVID-19—will be the symposium’s keynote speaker.
Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic:
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Keynote Speaker Mr. Ken Chenault, CEO of General Catalyst, and HBS Senior Fellow Professor Karen Mills discuss how to unlock the collective potential of US businesses to catalyze action and bolster the public sector in response to COVID-19.
The Clinical Challenge of Managing a Pandemic
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Professor Ashish Jha and Professor Rob Huckman discuss the clinical challenges of managing a pandemic and how the business and public health sectors need to work together.
Mobilizing for a National Response
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Professor Juliette Kayyem and Professor Dutch Leonard detail what crisis management looks like in a COVID world, with unprecedented challenges, and how effective leadership can turn the tide to flatten the curve.
Macroeconomics of a Novel Crisis
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Professors Carmen Reinhart and Laura Alfaro discuss the impacts COVID-19 has on the local and global economy, comparing it's immediate effects to the Great Depression.
Perspectives What Becomes of the Global Economy - and Globalization?
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Professor Dani Rodrik and Professor Debora Spar discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Global Economy and Globalization, as a whole.
COVID-19: What We Learned in China
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Flex CEO, Revathi Advaithi, and Professor Willy Shih discuss the company’s response to manufacturing disruptions due to coronavirus, lessons learned in China, and leading a global manufacturing company in this time of crisis.
A Conversation with Larry Summers, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
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Professor Robin Greenwood and former Harvard president, Lawrence H. Summers, discuss the impacts of Covid-19 and what lies ahead for the US and global economy.
