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Medicare Advantage plans now had access to Humana-provided primary care, home... April 2025 Teaching Material 'Care in Every Drop': Ayala Corporation and Manila Water (A) and (B) By: Debora L. Spar and Sarah Sasso 2025 Book Chapter... View Details

March 2013
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Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble

In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Agribusiness; Environmental Sustainability; Food; Nutrition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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development for agencies such as the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority and Rocky Mountain Institute. Elise Clarkson Community Manager Elise is the community manager of the Business and Environment Initiative. She manages core... View Details

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Clubs - Business & Environment

Prize. MIT Energy & Climate Club Connects students, alumni, and community members who are passionate about energy and climate change. MIT Food & Agriculture Club Brings together students – and other MIT community members – to coordinate and support work in the areas of... View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

trouble letting go, he gave us freedom to sink or swim." The brothers have pursued a strategy of maintaining Ayala's core strength—extensive, large-scale, high-end real estate development in and around Manila—while expanding their investments in the middle market real... View Details

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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment

affordable, immediate, and scalable to the size of the problem.” David Perry HBS MBA 1997 CEO, Indigo Ag Danielle Amirault HBS MBA 2020 Co-President, Food, Agriculture, & Water Club “Changing the way we eat is necessary to address climate... View Details

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Adan Acevedo

Every evening my father walked through the kitchen, caressed my mother’s shoulder as she prepared dinner, and headed to the backyard. He unraveled the hose, screwed on the attachment, and started to water the plants he loved so much. I... View Details

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Blog - Business & Environment

Feb 2025 | Alumni Careers IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management Safiyah Bharwani, Sandra Charipper, Emily Orchant & Francesca Polycarpe 20 Feb 2025 | Courses & Curriculum IFC India 2025:... View Details

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Profiles - MBA

about how entrepreneurship can help us make a greater impact!” Tech areas of interest Renewable Energies, Water Purification Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business My main motivation to become involved in the... View Details

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

extreme heat, loss of the Web or telephone lines, disruption in the water supply). 2. A flexible set of response modules. Leaders should be able to pull combinations of pre-set response "modules" off the shelf. Modularizing the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

17 Nov 2023
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HBS Veteran Spotlight: Rex Willis (MBA 2024)

impact in defending our country. And I was able to do just that by driving a billion-dollar warship in contested waters and communicating with our allies to protect the nation’s interests. Even though I appreciated the responsibility, I... View Details

April 2009
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How to Market in a Downturn

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine Jocz

This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Because no two recessions are exactly alike, marketers find themselves in poorly... View Details

Keywords: Customers; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Spending; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Segmentation

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30 Nov 2015
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Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do

to consider which of two charities should receive a $100 donation: Kids Korps USA, an organization aimed at engaging young people in volunteerism, or charity: water, which brings clean drinking water to people in developing nations. The... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Jul 2008
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Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

natural gas market. Diversification into water utilities and broadband soon followed, as did expansion to other countries that promised to deregulate and privatize energy production and distribution. Unfortunately, applying the company's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

23 Apr 2024
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Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now

With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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MBA Class of 1959 Chapel | About

ceremonies, and concerts, the chapel is easily identified by its cylindrical, copper-clad, main building and adjacent glass pyramid. Visitors pass through an enclosed water garden before entering a simply furnished main sanctuary, which... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Game On

It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

26 Jun 2020
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Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

action.” Yakult delivers water and instant noodles to survivors They are called the “Yakult Ladies,” a team that delivers probiotic drinks manufactured by Yakult to customers’ homes. Shortly after the earthquake and tsunami destroyed... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Skydeck - Alumni

Coalition, an organization focused on improving India’s water quality and health outcomes Home Grown Naveen Tewari (MBA 2005) , founder of InMobi and now Glance, is at the forefront of a growing trend of global consumer technology... View Details

07 Mar 2023
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Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

sustainability campaign Instead of a central sustainability team, LEGO Group’s emissions, water use, and landfill reduction strategies are woven into the organization’s operations, packaging, materials, and molding groups. On the... View Details

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