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- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
inequality are more of a mixed bag. Our research highlights that one way to understand the diverging beliefs about inequality and preferences for redistribution may be to focus on View Details
- 21 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity
productive, even if the tool is a great tool,” Choudhury says. That’s not to say that companies need to necessarily hire computer scientists. It may be that with extensive training, employees without such... View Details
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the fields of medieval, Renaissance, and economic history doing vibrant work on the Italian and Mediterranean economies. Before the Great View Details
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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship
students as you learn how to launch a new venture. Spend time in one of the Harvard Innovation Labs for opportunities to meet student entrepreneurs across Harvard. Explore HBS Initiatives — A great way to... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees
HBS has provided me with a wealth of opportunities to grow as a leader in the biotech industry. I have been fortunate to work closely with mentors who are leaders in the field, and I have also learned a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
their paddle and walks off the court tomorrow, the real estate itself is a great counterbalance and risk mitigator. “That, to a finance guy, was View Details
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Yaoxin Ding
backgrounds. We have great discussions inside and outside the classrooms, not just about careers, but about life. What do we really want to get out of life?” Even as Yaoxin maintains his focus on product... View Details
- 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... View Details
Keywords: 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.)
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
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Executive Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
superintendents in member districts of the Council of the Great City Schools. This three-day program helps participants explore key topics in strategy, management, and... View Details
- 2022
- Chapter
Lessons Learned from Support to Business during COVID-19
By: Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Benjamin Iverson and Adi Sunderam
The authors survey the new federal subsidies and loans provided to businesses in the first year of the pandemic—including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and aid targeted at specific industries such as airlines... View Details
Chodorow-Reich, Gabriel, Benjamin Iverson, and Adi Sunderam. "Lessons Learned from Support to Business during COVID-19." Chap. 4 in Recession Remedies: Lessons Learned from the U.S. Economic Policy Response to COVID-19, edited by Wendy Edelberg, Louise Sheiner, and David Wessel, 123–162. Brookings Institution Press, 2022.
- 16 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
than recent economic crises and recessions such as the Great Recession of 2008 and the Mideast oil crisis, whose causes were financially driven. View Details
- Blog
Recent Insights from HBS Podcasts
cons of approaches companies can take to decarbonize electricity. Reimagining Financial Advice for the Modern World In this episode of The Disruptive Voice, Anders Jones, co-founder of Facet, offers a View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Four titans who defined a new era in business during the past decade recently concluded their terms: PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, Unilever’s Paul Polman, Mayo Clinic’s John Noseworthy, and US Bancorp’s Richard Davis. When they became CEOs,... View Details
- 22 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading
they can sell. “At the same time, companies shouldn’t simply be saying, ‘You’re a great salesperson, and I’m sure you can manage.’ I do think sales managers must learn how to manage.” Setting up... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?
They came to the United States with nothing but a great work ethic and a great attitude." As Martin Klinzing put it, "Essentially this discussion boils down to View Details
Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
- 2018
- Introduction
Introduction: History and Political Economy
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Robert Fredona
This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of political economy in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis, and suggests fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end... View Details
Reinert, Sophus A., and Robert Fredona. "Introduction: History and Political Economy." Introduction to New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy, edited by Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert, 11–32. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
relationship that many scholars have claimed could greatly improve governance in many third world nations: the United States ran the currency, provided aid, posted an official inside View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
International Business and Emerging Markets: A Long-Run Perspective
By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper explores long-run patterns in the strategies of international business in developing countries. There was a massive wave of Western multinational investment in the developing world during the first wave of globalization before the 1920s. The... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges
Jones, Geoffrey. "International Business and Emerging Markets: A Long-Run Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-020, September 2017.
- 05 Jul 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?
information that produces decisions Execution is the basic ingredient that makes a great leader." On the other hand, Philip Derrow argued, "Executive intelligence,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett