Government Agricultural Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

2017
Working Paper

Creating the Market for Organic Wine: Sulfites, Certification, and Green Values

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean

This working paper examines the history of organic wine, which provides a case study of failed category creation. The modern organic wine industry emerged during the 1970s in the United States and Western Europe, but it struggled to gain traction compared to other... View Details

Keywords: Product Launch; Failure; Problems and Challenges; Complexity; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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Talia Gillis

policies, made me aware of the gap that often exists between the theory and actual impact of law. Studying economics has provided me with the empirical tools need to closely evaluate the actual effects of policies. I also have a strong interest in experimental... View Details

05 May 2022
News

Like-Minded

continued to connect with one another along the way. Murakami was with OECD Tokyo Center, leading discussions on economic policy issues with government and business leaders in Asia, after 20 years in... View Details

02 Sep 2016
Op-Ed

The Twitter Election

unlikely to suffice. Many voters are now looking not just for problem-solving skills but for specific policy solutions that hold up under scrutiny.Third, Trump is under-leveraging Twitter. Though he feeds his followers a continuing diet... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch and Thales Teixeira

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

corporate attention than employee, consumer, and environmental health. In a survey of more than 80 companies attending the Building a Culture of Health conference at Harvard Business School in April 2016, a lower percentage of respondents reported having innovative... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

02 Sep 2021
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Back to School

operations, drawing him to HBS. After receiving his MBA, Simmons took a job in Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s office as policy advisor and director of strategic initiatives, with a focus on education equity, workforce development, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

20 Sep 2011
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A Taxing Question

so-called territorial system that would permit corporations to pay taxes only to the country where income is earned. Such territorial tax policies have been adopted by a number of industrialized countries, including Canada, France,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Accounting, Tax, Bookkeeping, Payroll Services; Professional Services

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

financial management and the usefulness of formal hedging of agricultural production risks was offered to randomly selected farmers in Gujarat, India. The authors evaluate the effect of the financial literacy training and three marketing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

promote entrepreneurial activities have struggled to date. A lot of times, it’s probably fair to say that there are well-meaning government officials who don’t really understand the intricacies of the process and make poor View Details

Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking

08 Oct 2013
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The Green Giant

sustainable products, if our government incorporates nature into its foreign policy objectives, and if our grandkids are talking about creating businesses that are all about the planet and they're still... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; World Wildlife Fund

01 Jun 2003
News

Bottom-Line Discrepancies

Desai, who is studying the gap between book income — what companies report to shareholders — and tax income — what companies report to the IRS. In a paper titled “The Divergence between Book and Tax Income” published in the forthcoming volume 17 of the National Bureau... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2016
Blog Post

Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

year in the MBA program at HBS. This fall I will start the third year of the joint degree program, which combines courses at both schools. Prior to coming to Harvard, I worked for McKinsey & Company in Mexico and India, and then with the McKinsey Center for View Details

22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

monetary policy over the past two years, and yet, not only is the economy robust, housing prices are robust. It's almost a mystery as to why things are so strong with such significant tightening. Layne: There have been some warning... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

September 2019
Teaching Note

Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joseph Paul

This is a teaching note to the original case: Gun violence was a significant problem in America. Three Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellows Christy Wood, Russell Sternlicht, and Gareth Glaser each decided to do something about gun safety. They each used... View Details

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22 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

generations of the same family may even cease to regress towards the mean. Moreover, we demonstrate that government interventions intended to ameliorate inequality may in fact lower intergenerational mobility—even when they do not... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2008
News

Faculty Books

neighborhoods, poor-quality housing stock, concentrated poverty, and health hazards. In this book, leading housing researchers, including Lecturer Nicolas Retsinas, examine these problems and assess whether existing government View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Rescue & Recovery

decision; we have to look at our values and find the right course based on that.” The board of directors and executive team have been chipping away at a list of commitments designed to strengthen governance and build in mechanisms for... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 1998
News

Going Against the Flow

startup evolve into Banco Pactual, which today is a full-service investment bank with a net worth of $700 million. Jakurski has found contrarian skepticism useful for analyzing emerging-market turbulence. "The government will enact a... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Dec 1998
News

Faculty Retirements

for six years. In addition, he chaired Harvard's International Senior Managers Program in Vevey, Switzerland. Over the years, Hayes has consulted for a number of corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the... View Details

March 2005 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (A) (Abridged)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Karen Wruck

Sealed Air Corp.'s CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the... View Details