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- 25 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2022
emerging. The impacts of the climate crisis are already being felt as the world experiences more frequent extreme weather events, with substantial coastal, urban, and agricultural assets at risk. Climate change is a crucial driver of... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
and agriculture production on the West Coast and in the Far East, and later consulting for several East Coast software companies, Sprinkles made his first pilgrimage to Mexico in 1999 on a four-day journey... View Details
Joseph P. Routh
When Routh assumed the position of President in 1938, Pittston’s coal and oil production businesses were generating $26 million in revenues and losing approximately $1 million on the bottom-line. Through shrewd investments and tight... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- June 2024 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
Equifruit
By: Elizabeth A. Keenan and Annelena Lobb
Jennie Coleman, president of Fairtrade banana company Equifruit, considered how best to position her firm and brand to increase sales of Fairtrade bananas in the U.S. and Canada. She saw her biggest challenge as convincing retailers that consumers would be OK spending... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Food; Goods and Commodities; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Sales; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Ecuador; Guatemala; Canada; United States
Keenan, Elizabeth A., and Annelena Lobb. "Equifruit." Harvard Business School Case 524-070, June 2024. (Revised October 2024.)
- 20 Nov 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
partnerships might seem. At the Monsanto meeting, CollaborateUp brought together conservation and environmental groups, big agriculture, beekeepers, the USDA, the EPA, and several state agriculture departments, to collaborate in saving... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
D), Summer Internship: Strategy and Marketing MBA Intern at Agriculture Capital Agriculture Capital is an investment advisor that invests in farmland and food processing assets to build consumer-driven,... View Details
- September 2004 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
Chardonnay Shortage at Mondavi Winery, The
Mondavi Winery is facing a shortage of its Chardonnay wine. This shortage will disrupt its positioning in wine outlets and impact earnings. Allows students to discuss how to communicate such temporary--but financially important--shocks to the capital markets and... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Earnings; Production; System Shocks; Capital Markets; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Miller, Gregory S., and Thomas Patrick Doyle CSC. "Chardonnay Shortage at Mondavi Winery, The." Harvard Business School Case 105-021, September 2004. (Revised December 2005.)
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
says Kendall, executive director of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, his family’s philanthropic organization, which is dedicated to creating a “resilient and healthy food system in New England that increases the production and consumption... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
George H. Love
improve its production efficiencies. The operation, which was losing money when he took the helm, was always profitable during his tenure. Love was also highly regarded for his fair union negotiations with John Lewis. In addition to... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- April 1973 (Revised April 1983)
- Case
Mirassou Vineyards (A)
Examines the decision by Mirassou to test a mechanical grape harvester that requires a major change in growing methods and operations. The machine is unproven and the investor has asked this vineyard to test it for him and commit to use it. View Details
Keywords: Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Production; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Wyckoff, Daryl D. "Mirassou Vineyards (A)." Harvard Business School Case 673-105, April 1973. (Revised April 1983.)
- 11 May 2021
- News
Pitching to Win
the five grand-prize winners. Goble is co-founder of Karivez Bio, a platform for transforming chronic disease treatment through improved drug delivery. Okrah is founder and CEO of Chaku Foods, a fast-moving consumer goods company based in Ghana, West Africa, that uses... View Details
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
country's lead in innovation. “R&D is a critical part of the innovation process, but it is not the whole thing” In this excerpt, Pisano and Shih discuss the concept of the "industrial commons." In the past a commons—a shared farming pasture—was the foundation of... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
scholarships, supported by committed donors and foundation grants. EARTH is a private, nonprofit school that offers a four-year undergraduate degree in agricultural sciences and natural resources management and a master’s degree in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
perspective. “I’d never actually heard a product speak,” he recalls. “It was like listening to a can of Coca-Cola explain how it would like to be marketed.” That initial encounter inspired Deighton to write “Marketing James Patterson,” a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
producing its oil, each of the five or six key field that are still around 90 percent of their production are in real danger of a pending production collapse. You might see the View Details
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Industrial Life Photograph Collection | Baker Library
companies. The images include men and women at work, production methods, research laboratories, factory exteriors, offices, completed products, and manufactured equipment, such as agricultural and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
Digital Initiative to facilitate online and offline conversations around classroom topics. Responses ranged from oil companies to ice-cream makers and almost everything in between. We’ve excerpted a few of them here. Shake Shack Data point: “The UN’s Food and View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Profile
Brighton Mudzingwa
to be part of a sustainable economic system." But, Brighton says, "By the time I left the country in 2003, it was effectively unraveling. Agriculture was the backbone of our country. But a controversial land-distribution... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
collect — may sicken or even kill them. The ocean-dominated Earth is indeed the “blue planet,” but only 1 percent of its water, the equivalent of one tablespoonful in a gallon, is fresh and accessible. Agriculture and industry are thirsty... View Details