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- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53636 Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Using the farm tractor... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
executive officer, on a visit to Pola's head office in Tokyo, heard news of critical comments about the company and animal testing in a Facebook post from a group in South Australia where the brand had been founded as a small biodynamic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
supplement:http://hbr.org/search/213014-PDF-ENG Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm Nancy F. Koehn, Nora N. Khan, and Elizabeth W. LegrisHarvard Business School Case 312-122 Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
of Soviet times were abandoned—and with them the schools, hospitals, and infrastructure that had been built and sustained by large Soviet subsidies. Western economists urged the Kazakh government to break up the collectives into privately owned View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
Alejandro EIsztain, CEO of Cresud S.A., is faced with the difficult choice of whether to sell, develop, or continue to hold the 151,000 hectares of remaining undeveloped farmland at the company's Los Pozos farm in Argentina. Developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
that corporate insiders' excess control rights aggravate the potential risks of insider expropriation of outside investors and thereby increase firms' external finance constraints. Cases & Course Materials Woolf Farming and Processing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-074 Employee Health No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516074-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
government intervention persists as the biggest threat to private minority shareholders in these firms. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2217627 Cases & Course MaterialsOcean Mist Farms Bell, David E., Jose B. Alvarez,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
particularly textiles and agriculture, to compete globally. He said it is estimated that 27 million jobs in the developing world have not been created due to subsidies on farm and textile products in developed countries. According to... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
ago, in 2001, the wind farm would be visible from Hyannis Port and Osterville, two affluent communities. The coastal residents of those towns have led a campaign in Massachusetts and in Congress to thwart the efforts of Cape Wind. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
management policy, which aimed at assuring a more secure environment for business. By the early twentieth century, however, the focus had shifted, from business to labor. As a result of industrialization, a great many workers had moved from the View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
technological advances in transportation, spatial characteristics of population distributions, and advances in farming technologies have led to a dominant economies-of-scale model of production, distribution, and retailing in fresh... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
grocers. These and other such products were made by farm households in Devon, Berwyn, and other surrounding areas. Although these foodstuffs bore no name or other information, urban retailers could generally vouch for their quality. Heinz... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
Kong and listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. In 2012, Noble shifted its business strategy towards an asset-light model. Under this model, Noble did not own mines or farms to produce commodities but built commodity sourcing capacity by... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
there are people who are literally trying to solve global issues like poverty and water scarcity, but social entrepreneurship also includes people trying to start a community garden." This is literally the case for Bethel Erickson-Bruce, who founded an urban View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
South Dakota Wheat Growers (SDWG) serves the needs of its 3,600 active farmer-members by supplying farm inputs and organizing the marketing and transportation of grain produced in the co-op's service territory. For almost 80 years, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
value-added products like yogurt. The entry of large multi-brand retailers like Walmart and Carrefour in the Indian market threatens to squeeze Amul's margins and undermine its low-cost distribution network. India's large young rural population is shying away from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
that casks of whiskey and farm animals were "branded"—or seared—with some kind of mark to identify ownership, she pointed out, the word didn't take on its current commercial connotation until the 18th century and the First... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner