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- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
tractors ($12,000 each) as a cheaper and faster way to transport melons to the warehouse. Talley also negotiated a coveted co-management supplier agreement with Wal-Mart, showing how Frey Farms could share the responsibility of managing... View Details
- Profile
Shantanu Rege
"midlife crisis," Shantanu joined McKinsey & Co. for a year- and a-half, then took a deeper dive into finance. "It was 2008, and a lot of U.S. private-equity firms were expanding in India," he says. "I saw it as an opportunity to put my... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- News
Remembering His Roots
having spent the first 16 years of his life alongside his family, moving from Mexico up and down the West Coast of the United States to harvest peaches, olives, cherries, and plums. He managed to graduate from high school in California in... View Details
Keywords: farmworkers
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
more than 300 children in orphanages across the United States and in 35 countries. “There is a great need among middle-income families – postmen, teachers, pastors – who have the heart for these kids, but are often short on the money to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen Today, 100 million unbanked adults worldwide receive government transfers, wages, or pensions in cash, a payment method that is highly vulnerable to fraud and theft. Furthermore, 1.7 billion adults lack a bank account, making it difficult to... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
quarter to prepare for that growth, adding staff and taking scores of inbound inquiries for Banyan’s services. “How does a bank quickly grow its portfolio while managing risk?” she asked. “They should definitely leverage technology and... View Details
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
representation on private and public boards. “Our goal is to get 21 Latino placements on boards in 2021,” says Lulu Curiel (MBA 2010) , president of Ivy Advisors, who organized and hosted the webinars with Melissa Hart (MBA 2017), senior finance View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
sort of technology with which to do that, even if they wanted to. We’re already seeing the current implementation of the Ethereum network have trouble managing the number of transactions people are making, such that transaction fees can... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
are hard to solve and take a lot of resources,” he says. The Answers: I have a classmate who had an incredible idea and could’ve started a platform to create cash flow. But the bigger he thought, the more monstrous the idea became, and the more View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
Fabienne Herlaut (MBA 1984) has strived for sustainability in the greater world and in her own life. The founder and managing partner of Ecomobilité Ventures, a 25 million multi-corporate venture fund based in France and committed to... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
African-Americans, to help them to manage their money,” she recalls. “These were people like Oprah— people who are on the Forbes list of wealthiest African-Americans. “I got to know some of them, and at the time we did this there were a... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform
Related Links Read about other efforts in healthcare delivery Three HBS students spent much of the last academic year helping a leading Boston hospital answer one of the most important questions in health-care management: how to create a new payment system that saves... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
We all know how political influence works: company X donates money to politician Y, and then that pol leans on regulator Z to go easy on his new best friend. In economic parlance, that circle of back-scratching is known as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
it, "When companies have to play by the same rules, then fair competition can take place terms and conditions for all concerned industries worldwide seems to be a must." The one question that is within the realm of management is... View Details
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
about the possibility of such hard-charging professionals turning off. "It has to be this way," explained one consultant, echoing many of his colleagues. "It is the nature of the work. Clients pay huge sums of money and... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
change, oil companies are diversifying their businesses, putting money toward renewable energy sources and green technology. While sustainable funds shun fossil fuel producers, which contribute half of the world’s greenhouse gases,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
striking a balance between morals and money when setting goals and offering rewards. "When you're a manager helping to set up the conditions in which people operate, be attuned to the messages you're... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
afford a watch like that." And I'm thinking, here's a guy who is making tons and tons of money and he wishes he could afford a Rolex watch like the one I had on. It was clear to me that he knew I couldn't afford that, and it was a fake... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
thought. However, that wasn’t that case, according to the study, Creating Exercise Habits Using Incentives: The Trade-off Between Flexibility and Routinization, published by the journal Management Science in October. Rigid exercise... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 04 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Finding My Passion in the Startup Space
rewards were huge, as I was able to join a startup in Silicon Valley, work and learn from amazing people, and launch and manage new product lines in the home services space. For someone who is passionate about startups, living in Silicon... View Details