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- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
Harvard Business School students darted between raindrops in the western Netherlands into the verdant lobby of Koppert Cress, an agricultural producer of microgreens. It was the last site visit of our Immersive Field Course (IFC) on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Business Plan Contest Has Many Winners
entrepreneur-owned, for-profit centers throughout rural India would offer one-stop shopping locations for customers needing government-required permits and deeds, microfinancing, agricultural information, and other essential services. A... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
Kola Masha (MBA 2006) are working to unlock the potential of agriculture in West Africa. The Nwunelis—a husband and wife team—co-founded AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd. in 2009 to combat malnutrition, provide jobs, and reduce... View Details
- 07 Jun 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
in agricultural sciences and natural resources management and a master’s in agribusiness innovation. Courses are taught by an international faculty and emphasize experiential education in sustainable View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
leadership and create more win-win opportunities in the future" In another example, apparel production is associated with water pollution at many stages of the value chain. Agricultural crop production (particularly cotton) has been... View Details
Ray T. Parfet, Jr.
During Parfet’s career at Upjohn Company, the company expanded from pharmaceuticals to veterinary, agricultural and health care fields. Under his leadership Upjohn developed the first oral anti-diabetes agent, discovered and developed... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A "Growing" Online Community
Internet commerce isn't usually associated with chicken feed, but in one country at least, that may be changing. The Dow Jones International News recently highlighted the surge of new Web sites that are geared toward agriculture in... View Details
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Water: reserves and usage
production with a thematic focus on different strategic water issues. Selected data tables from World’s Water series by Pacific Institute. AQUASTAT: Water usage database from the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the... View Details
James J. Hill
Hill, a railroad builder and entrepreneur, was a pioneer of the Northwest in a variety of ways. He located his roads and terminal facilities in potentially productive areas, he constructed them for economical operation at minimum cost (under his personal supervision),... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
and agriculture production on the West Coast and in the Far East, and later consulting for several East Coast software companies, Sprinkles made his first pilgrimage to Mexico in 1999 on a four-day journey without food or water.... View Details
Charles D. Wiman
As the great-grandson of the company founder, Wiman was principally responsible for expanding and modernizing Deere’s operations, putting it on a path to become the largest and most successful supplier of large-scale agricultural... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Otto H. Falk
As head of Allis-Chalmers, Falk introduced a product line of earth-moving and other heavy machinery, including tractors, which used the internal combustion engine. Falk was hugely successful in leading Allis-Chalmers into the competitive market for farm tractors by... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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Teams | New Venture Competition
Teams Business Track Winners, 2024 Crop Diagnostix Brandon Chi (MBA 2024) Joseph Swift, Amitesh Pratap Business Track Winner Redefining precision agriculture through AI-powered, genetic insights. Sanso Narek Dshkhunyan (MBA 2024) Daniel... View Details
- 20 Nov 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
partnerships might seem. At the Monsanto meeting, CollaborateUp brought together conservation and environmental groups, big agriculture, beekeepers, the USDA, the EPA, and several state agriculture departments, to collaborate in saving... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Feedback
from Nigeria's agriculture minister. No Small Beer Re: Alumni brewers You omitted Peter Doering (MBA 1987), a local HBS alumnus, who started a brewery about 15 months ago. We did an HBS alumni club event at his brewery recently, and it... View Details
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Darrin Rahn
Many people do not think of being a young agriculture entrepreneur as their first business venture. But for Darrin Rahn, making hay was in fact his first foray into business. He was born and raised on a family farm in northwestern... View Details
Keywords: CPG
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Pre-Industrial Credit in Practice
money supply than the visible money stock like bank notes or specie. 7 The account books of small-time storekeepers show how common credit purchases were, particularly in agricultural or frontier regions. Farmers, for example, were seldom... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Supporting our Exceptional Faculty
practitioners. It was a particular honor for me to be named the George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business in 1998. Established 60 years ago, this chair helped launch agribusiness as a field of study at HBS; it was previously... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Protecting conservation land while turning a profit
Like any private equity firm, The Lyme Timber Company seeks attractive financial returns for its investors. But Jim Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing director at Lyme, considers a second audience—the public—when making decisions about his company’s timber and View Details
James H. Goodnight
Goodnight created the initial SAS (statistical analysis system) application as part of his doctoral program. Though the software was initially used to analyze agricultural data, it was soon applied to a variety of business situations.... View Details
Keywords: Services