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  • 08 Sep 2008
  • HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
  • Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein
Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details
Keywords: Teams; Teaming; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Team Design; Team Leadership; Teamwork; Team Process; Team Function; Team Launch; 60/30/10 Rule; Team Boundary; Distribution Of Leadership Authority; Self-Managed Teams; Virtual Teams; Unbounded Teams; Acts Of Leadership; Execution Teams; Decision Making Teams; Creativity Teams; Team Size; Task Design; Team Timeline; Team Roles; Team Representation; Diversity; Team Familiarity; Collective Intelligence; Team Stages Of Development; Team Coaching; Performance Pressure; X-Teams; Team Focus; Interaction; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Management Systems; Management Style; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social Psychology; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Familiarity; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Projects; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Design; Interpersonal Communication; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Forestry Industry; Asia; North and Central America; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Central Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Oceania; West Indies
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  • 24 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger

including a Master of Forestry from Yale. I had some exposure to economics and business through my work, but I knew an HBS program would likely set me on the course for advancement, so I wanted to make the most of it, even if it seemed an... View Details
  • July 1992
  • Case

Riverside and DEC: Riverside Lumber Confidential Instructions

By: Howard Raiffa and Thomas T. Weeks
A two-party, integrative, negotiation exercise involving several pre-specified issues to be resolved. Each party is given a pre-specified scoring system in monetary units. Side payments, within limits are possible. Face-to-face negotiations take place with no... View Details
Keywords: Natural Environment; Government and Politics; Pollutants; Negotiation Types; Negotiation Process; Forestry Industry
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  • September 2001 (Revised October 2001)
  • Teaching Note

Tree Values TN

By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs
Teaching Note for (9-201-031). View Details
Keywords: Forestry Industry
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  • October 2000
  • Case

Tree Values

By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs
Describes two alternative tree cutting strategies. The first is to cut all trees that are at least 12 inches in diameter at breast height. The second is to thin the forest by cutting less desirable trees immediately and harvesting the crop trees later. The case... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Decision Making; Cash Flow; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Value Creation; Forestry Industry
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    Richard J. Cullen

    Cullen pioneered both the development of Kraft paper, as well as the paper industry as a whole in the South. Cullen was a leader in exploiting the resources of the southern woodlands as the raw material for making Kraft paper. Cullen was also one of the early advocates... View Details
    Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
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    Thaddeus Mosley Illusory Progression 2020 | About

    materials and local sawmills, as well as fallen logs sourced from Pittsburgh’s Forestry Division, Mosley’s carved abstractions, or “sculptural improvisations,” as he calls them, show the influence of jazz on his artistic process. He often... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2017
    • News

    The Middle Way

    for the environmental groups at the table. “Their job is to stay there and not make too many waves.” But Eamer got it, she says. “He was the sane one, trying to actually find solutions.” Rick Jeffery, CEO of Coast Forest Products—a View Details
    Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
    • May 2006
    • Teaching Note

    Forest Stewardship Council (TN)

    By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco
    Keywords: Forestry Industry
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    • 08 Aug 2018
    • News

    Getting Life Back in Balance

    viticulture, and forestry industries. Although it would be a jarring lifestyle change, Gower says he had the full support of his wife and their three grown children to take the leap. In fact, Sally is used to his adventurous streak. The... View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Myers
    • 16 Sep 2019
    • News

    Smarter Farming

    Zealand forestry and turn it into farming for animals. That involved cutting down a lot of trees, putting up a lot of fences, and putting lots of animals across some of New Zealand's most pristine country. Today, our mission is very... View Details
    Keywords: meat; dairy; cattle; Agriculture
    • 15 Feb 2023
    • Blog Post

    Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Closing the ‘Intention-Action’ Gap

    Renewable Forestry Clause. This means that for any tree they cut to produce our pulp, they have to plant a minimum of five. It’s between five and seven, but the minimum is five. If you hold our tissue box and turn it upside down, you will... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2010
    • News

    Sole Mates

    firsthand as CFO of Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority (FDA). An American citizen, I came here in 2006 to work in a USAID-sponsored project aimed at combating corruption in state-owned enterprises. Here’s one case I encountered: A... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging

      John R. Kimberly

      After a short political career, Kimberly rejoined the family business as a sales executive and helped grow revenues to $153 million by 1952. His best work, however, came during his tenure as CEO, when he encouraged a wealth of expansion and research that helped... View Details
      Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

        Henry S. Dennison

        In 1916, Dennison Manufacturing established the first employer-initiated unemployment insurance system in the United States. Dennison also initiated a program to end absentee stockholder control over company policy, called the “Management Industrial Partner” program,... View Details
        Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

          John P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.

          Like other Weyerhaeusers, John Jr. had an extensive career in some of the family’s other lumbering operations before becoming president of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in 1946. He assumed the office following the exit of his Uncle, Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser, and... View Details
          Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

            Edward I. Scott

            Scott capitalized on the growth of in-home bathrooms by being one of the first to produce a product that would eventually replace old newspapers and catalogs which were typically used in outhouses. Scott was also the first to place the toilet tissue on a roll and the... View Details
            Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

              John A. Kimberly

              Kimberly built one of the largest manufacturers of pulp and paper products in the world. His company introduced two big sellers, which are widely sold today – a sanitary napkin (“Kotex”) and a disposable handkerchief (“Kleenex”). View Details
              Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

                Owen R. Cheatham

                In 1927, Cheatham founded the Georgia Hardwood Company becoming an early pioneer in the Southern timber industry. Over the next 40 years, he significantly expanded the business, as he created a cross-continental lumber empire by acquiring several companies in the... View Details
                Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry