Publications

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

Participation, and Economic Incentives By: Zhou, Yanhua, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Exploitive working conditions have spurred the development of formal organizational structures that deploy mechanisms including... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2015
First Look

October 20, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49873 forthcoming Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Economic Development U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence By: Kerr,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2009
Teaching Note

Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna, Santiago Mingo and Jonathan West

Teaching Note for [708443]. View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Sales; Integration; Globalized Markets and Industries; Developing Countries and Economies; Competition; Business Model; Trade; Performance Efficiency; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; New York (state, US); Brazil; India; China

27 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 27

agricultural raw materials were safe, high quality, of consistent supply, and sustainably, ethically, and economically produced? How can the procurement process enable the small-scale producer to become a viable partner in the milk... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

December 2021
Case

Bunge: Building a Sustainable Future?

By: Forest Reinhardt, David E. Bell, Pedro Levindo and Ruth Costas

Bunge, one of the world’s leading agribusiness traders and processors, strives to comply with its commitment to having a deforestation-free value chain by 2025 while it considers potential new business growth areas. After a complex turnaround, which involved one of the... View Details

Keywords: Deforestation; Value Chain; Agribusiness; Values and Beliefs; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

developing world. We then discuss how survey techniques can be improved to better measure willingness to pay for urban amenities. Finally, we explain how Internet data is being used to improve the quality of city services. Publisher's... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
Supplement

From "BIG" Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

In August 2023, Raviv Zoller, CEO of ICL Group, discussed his upcoming business trip to St. Louis with Eduard Croitoru, VP of ICL Corporate Initiatives, to commemorate the construction of ICL's new $400 million advanced manufacturing facility. In preparation for the... View Details

16 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

Europe, a private equity investment company, had worked in the family business for a few years but had developed a career mainly outside of the family business. The transfer of the shares’ ownership had tightened the three brothers’ bonds... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

October 2010 (Revised October 2011)
Case

Polyface: The Farm of Many Faces

By: Deishin Lee and Stephanie van Sice

This case explores a method of value creation through exploiting synergies that exist in an environment where there is diversity. The context of the case is a farm where biodiversity is leveraged to create value. This is contrasted to industrial farming, which operates... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Product Development; Production; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Value Creation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

30 Jan 2018
First Look

January 30, 2018

2017 Annual Review of Economics Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development By: Cole, Shawn A., and Wentao Xiong Abstract—This article provides a review of recent research on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. We use a unique firm-level data set in a broad sample of developed and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Minnesota; Wisconsin