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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Group, 1974–1995 Elizabeth E. Boit Winship, Boit, & Company, 1888–1928 J. Chadbourn Bolles Chadbourn, 1936–1970 Fred J. Borch General Electric Company, 1963–1972 Lawrence A. Bossidy AlliedSignal, Inc., 1991–1999 Marvin Bower McKinsey & Company, 1950–1967 Horace Bowker... View Details

John C. Mulliken

Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor. Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details

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South Asia - Global

experiences and develop a deeper understanding about climate change and its impact in India. Archive See more News & Highlights New Research on the Region 2025 Working Paper Using Satellites and Phones to Evaluate and Promote Agricultural... View Details

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The COFCO Group (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao

COFCO was China's sole legitimate window for agricultural foreign trade before 1987. The reform of China's foreign trade system beginning in 1987 cost COFCO its monopoly position. Subsequently, the SOE giant capitalized on its foreign trade expertise to strategically... View Details

Keywords: China; Food; China

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Strategic participation of social movement organizations

Social movements and related social movement organizations (SMOs) play an important role in the formation of new industries and market niches, as well as the emergence of new organizational forms. I argue that as SMOs become more sophisticated and... View Details

01 May 2025
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Dan Iancu, Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

property and went on to make world-class sparkling wines. Davies was a leader in the movement to establish the Napa Valley Agricultural Preserve, which protects the region's agricultural lands. Schramsberg... View Details

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The COFCO Group

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao

COFCO was China's sole legitimate window for agricultural foreign trade before 1987. The reform of China's foreign trade system beginning in 1987 cost COFCO its monopoly position. Subsequently, the SOE giant capitalized on its foreign trade expertise to strategically... View Details

Keywords: China; Food; China

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09 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 9, 2007

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsDeveloping Leaders Harvard Business School Note 407-015 Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407015 Merton's Ethos of Science: Excerpts and Summaries Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

Omole aomole@mba2025.hbs.edu Tim Kluska tkluska@mba2025.hbs.edu Club Email fnce@studentclubs.hbs.edu FinTech Club Co-Presidents Vishal Bhat vbhat@mba2025.hbs.edu Claire Feeley cfeeley@mba2025.hbs.edu Irtaza Ali iali@mba2025.hbs.edu Club Email... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

Reinert , Forest L. Reinhardt , Dante Roscini and Carlota Moniz January 2025 | Case | Faculty Research Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry ; Consumer Products Industry ; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry ; Italy Citation Educators... View Details

19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Summer 2018 RAND Journal of Economics Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

contentious... 2025 Working Paper Using Satellites and Phones to Evaluate and Promote Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Smallholder Farms in India By: Shawn Cole , Grady Killeen, Tomoko Harigaya and Aparna Krishna This paper... View Details

25 Jan 2021
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In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

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Clubs - Business & Environment

and Agriculture, and Sustainability Clubs. Food & Agriculture Club The Food and Agriculture Club creates a community for future food leaders to engage in addressing current challenges and shaping the food... View Details

David E. Bell

David E. Bell is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS. He has taught marketing many times in the MBA program including as course head.

During his career at HBS, David has taught a variety of other courses to both MBAs and executives, including risk... View Details

Keywords: agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture

03 Jun 2011
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Inducement Prizes and Innovation

Keywords: by Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner & Tom Nicholas

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Soltan Bryce

The evolution of Soltan Bryce’s early career path – health care and agriculture – have their roots in his experiences as a Palestinian refugee in rural North Carolina. “The first health care we received in the United States was from the... View Details

Elisabeth C. Paulson

Elisabeth Paulson is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the first year course on Technology and Operations Management in the required curriculum.
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Keywords: agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture; agriculture

22 Aug 2005
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Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

richest and most developed countries maintained very high levels of protection for agricultural products, far higher than before 1913.3 The advent of floating exchange rates permitted a huge explosion in international finance markets from... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

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