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  • 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

millions of African farmers and their families achieve food security and lift themselves out of poverty. By 2008, AGRA had assembled a strong leadership team and had funded numerous small projects ranging from seed development to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

happiness gains above those that were already in place once the 1960s' standard of living had been achieved. However in the poorest half of nations we cannot reject the null hypothesis that the happiness gains they have experienced from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

e.g., to buy out minority shareholders; for gift and estate tax purposes; to tie executive compensation to firm performance; to raise outside capital; or to sell the company outright. However, these companies present certain unique characteristics that can make View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

has led to greater focus and the ability to construct meaningful performance objectives and standards across the agency. Roca has been using performance-tracking and client profile data to ensure optimal service delivery and optimal... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard. Using matching methods, panel data, and instrumental variables, we find that government procurement rules produce spillover effects that stimulate both private-sector... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008

newer technologies have been adopted faster than old ones. The cross-country variation in the adoption of technologies accounts for at least a quarter of per capita income differences. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-093.pdf Bank Accounting View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 1992 (Revised September 2003)
  • Supplement

Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (A-2)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Bronwyn Halliday and Michael Santoro
Beech-Nut's CEO must decide what to do. Asks students to consider how much evidence of impurity should be enough to trigger management's acknowledgment of a problem. What are the cognitive and attitudinal factors and pressures that lead people to persist in beliefs... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Risk Management; Attitudes; Nutrition; Cognition and Thinking; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

likes to do operations like housekeeping and food and beverage. And there’s a third entity that has the brand. Companies like the Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton, we say they “flag” a hotel. They don’t manage it; they “flag” it. Trump has a... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 12 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

environmental standards in the United States and overseas. “I don’t think Nike or Levi’s relishes this role, but in the context of weak government regulatory regimes, it’s these companies’ brand reputations that are on the line when... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 15 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

partnership with the online review platform Yelp helped the researchers evaluate consumers’ interest in dining at restaurants as well as ordering food for delivery and takeout. The team found that: People across the US had largely stopped... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage
  • 28 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

standards. Who is to blame? The owners of the factory, or the retailers that demand price levels that cannot be met if reasonable safety standards for factory workers are in place? Let's step back and... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail
  • 02 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

discussions. Known as the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Group (PAPSAC), the organization is dedicated to using a multidisciplinary approach to "assist the food... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • November 1991
  • Case

Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard
Monsanto has yet to receive FDA approval for BST, a growth hormone for cows. Anti-BST groups have successfully lobbied Wisconsin and Minnesota, major milk producing states, to ban milk from BST-injected cows; the FDA has charged Monsanto with improperly promoting BST... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Safety; Food; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Law Enforcement; Conflict and Resolution; Research and Development; Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Minnesota; Wisconsin
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  • 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

changes in Bangladesh, and independent assessments of safety standards and subcontracting in the industry. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11

Nestlé's Milk Districts: Case Supplement Ray A. Goldberg and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Supplement 906-411 Nestlé, as the largest milk company in the world, has a history of economic development, nutrition, health, and food View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

experience planted a seed for Pomeranz's future research: how to promote financial savings among "microentrepreneurs" such as food cart owners, street vendors, and cosmetics saleswomen, whose income is low and often fluctuates.... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

fifth. The global agriculture system was undergoing major changes and the standard of living in China was increasing, changing the food consumption and dietary habits of the nation's 1.3 billion people.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Accounting Information as Political Currency

information standards in accounting (through the Financial Accounting Standards Board) and in food labeling (through the Food and Drug... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

land and outgrowers for production, the addition of value-added processing to obtain premium prices, and the introduction of global certification to ensure food safety and meet retailer and consumer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 26

different sources (e.g., food versus fire safety). Up Close and Personal: Developing Foundations for Leader Development through Personalization of Management Learning Authors:Gianpiero Petriglieri, Jack Wood, and Jennifer L. Petriglieri... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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