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- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
stunning—completely untouched,” says Turner. They named the property Madava Farms after daughters Maddie and Ava. “There were no roads, no houses; just forest, trout streams, and wildlife,” he notes. “We’d walk in the woods and think how... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
automation slashes jobs Service industry outpaces growth in manufacturing Civil Rights Act Equal Pay Act Unions concentrated in big businesses Formation of United Farm Workers union Influence: Medium 70 1970 s 19 Wage controls OSHA... View Details
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Home Finance
Great Depression, when foreclosures on residential properties soared alongside farm foreclosures. Scholars still know relatively little about the American real estate industry before World War II. The U.S. Commerce Department did not... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
difference,’” says Dave Bangert (MBA 2005), who became CEO of the company shortly after the program was introduced. Some employees were able to pay pressing bills, while others invested in cows for their farm or saved for house down... View Details
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season
to the USS Constitution, the oldest ship in the U.S. naval fleet, which first saw action in the late 1790s. Go apple or pumpkin picking. Nearby orchards and farms offer an enjoyable experience for everyone. If you don’t want to pick your... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
Business Development at SunPower. Chrissy Kahn (MBA 2023, Section J), Summer Internship: Strategy Intern at Montauk Seaweed Supply Company Montauk Seaweed Supply Company is a start-up working to transform New England-area farmed seaweed... View Details
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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
by labor and farm parties and union activists. Growing political debates centered on matters of scale, and anti-trust issues became concerns not only for the railroads but in the telephone, oil, and steel industries as well. A dramatic... View Details
- 22 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup
responsibility efforts, including investing in solar energy and environmentally friendly farming with his sights set on reducing the company's carbon footprint. "The more we leaned into development in the community, the better we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
awareness around the importance of soil health and the benefits of more sustainable agricultural practices like no-till farming and polyculture—in other words, the same practices used by indigenous cultures and promoted by Sacred Seed... View Details
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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
magazines and the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. White, a renowned photographer and educator, encouraged his students to apply artistic principles to commercial work. At the same time, the notion of the photographer as reporter gained credence, particularly... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
priority in my mind. The interest became a calling that evolved into a huge opportunity. Twelve years ago, I founded a business that develops wind farms that generate clean, renewable energy. I am active in two markets, the UK and Israel... View Details
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
farming — Comcrop is growing herbs and vegetables with a fraction of natural resources and no pesticides on rooftops. Once this was profitable I moved to start my second venture, Fork & Goode, a cultured meat company in New York... View Details
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
of Arts and Sciences in 2000. 1991 Kathleen L. McGinn : Recipient of a 1991 Dissertation Grant from the Media Management Center, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. Kathleen L. McGinn : Winner of the 1991 State Farm... View Details
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Wyatt Smith
up, "show how much more we need to work to buy new clothes, go out for dinners, or take a vacation." I was confused. We didn't take many vacations. On our family farm in Alabama, my dad's work ethic seemed oppressive, almost... View Details
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
membership peaks The AFL merges with the CIO: 15 million members Influence: Medium-High 60 1960 s 19 Factory automation slashes jobs Service industry outpaces growth in manufacturing Civil Rights Act Equal Pay Act Unions concentrated in big businesses Formation of... View Details
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
smallholder farmers capitalized on existing infrastructure to farm rubber around the edges of established groves, creating a rubber supply parallel to that produced by the foreign direct-invested estates. This increase in supply drove... View Details
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
that farmers have access to credit lines. However, it's understandable why lenders might hesitate to grant loans to the cheese producers. Trichakis explains that farms are essentially small- and medium-sized enterprises, helmed by farmers... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
advantage of changes in wind direction. Knowing the economic loss from downtime for each turbine on a wind farm allowed GE to determine a better maintenance schedule for turbines, figuring out which should be fixed first, and utilizing... View Details
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
Avery, it is essential for organizations diving into digital not to give in to the temptation to farm out blogging and social media to outside companies. "You have to be confident that whoever is speaking on behalf of the institution... View Details