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- 21 Dec 2017
- News
A Decent Place to Live
where you work. Your access to things. How safe you feel. So, home is really at the center of development and being able to live a happy, flourishing life. “Being able to work with Habitat, so that we can serve more families around the... View Details
- April 1982 (Revised March 1986)
- Case
Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (B)
By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nicaragua
Austin, James E. "Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-149, April 1982. (Revised March 1986.)
- 22 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships
As a student at Harvard Business School, you’ll have the opportunity to realize your personal career vision with the help of resources available to you through the Career & Professional Development Office. The summer internship is... View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
developing country, with an emerging economy. Diagne needed his team to mitigate risks, protect the public’s health, and educate the population without losing ground on key initiatives that would continue to bolster Senegal’s economy,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- January 2009
- Teaching Note
Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna, Santiago Mingo and Jonathan West
Teaching Note for [708443]. View Details
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
and electric vehicles, and ride sharing. They also spoke in favor of smart agriculture and plant-heavy diets. Beef consumption is especially challenging, they said, as demand for protein to feed the world’s rapidly growing population will... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- News
Cooking Up America’s Food Culture
historian’s eye to topics like farmers’ markets. One of Duda’s current projects is the resurrection of the Redland Farm Life School, near Miami. When it opened in 1917, the school taught sewing and other homemaking skills to girls and View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
focus on large-scale beverage technology, sections cover starter cultures, regulatory challenges, genetic engineering, quality, and safety. From practical issues of developing probiotic beverages, to the marketing of these drinks to the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
and 1920—and also a time of substantial demographic change, as the country moved from being predominantly agricultural to being industrial and urban. Click on the image to enlargeBabsonchart of United States Business Conditions," January... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
relational aspects of blue-collar work are dwindling. How can positive communities among workers be enhanced while work becomes progressively more asocial? My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Impact Stories - Business & Environment
Broido Johnson MBA 2002 | Leading Change, Locally “I’m developing new financing solutions that make it more affordable for people to use renewable energy (as we did at SunEdison) and working with entrepreneurs across the clean energy... View Details
- October 2015
- Case
The Maine Food Cluster Project
By: Karen Mills and Aldo Sesia
The Libra Foundation is exploring how to grow the food sector in Maine using the strategy of creating a food cluster initiative. Maine is one of the poorest states in the United States and the food sector is one of the largest employers. Multiple efforts in... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Maine; Vermont; Oregon; Denmark
Mills, Karen, and Aldo Sesia. "The Maine Food Cluster Project." Harvard Business School Case 316-008, October 2015.
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
money to good use: Dichter would simply open his wallet. At the time, Dichter was director of business development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 29 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
3 Insights from My First Year at HBS
me to think in this way. 3. I Followed My Passions This summer I have been working on starting up Chaku Foods Limited, a consumer goods food brand from Ghana that creates delicious snacks using local agricultural products. The first... View Details
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407028 Embrapa Harvard Business School Case 507-019 Brazil's national agricultural research corporation, Embrapa, has developed an integrated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
Howard, Fitzhugh joined Pepsi in 1965, where he developed the first marketing efforts directed at African Americans. Credited with creating the concept of targeted marketing, he also attracted and mentored black executives and created two... View Details
Robert J. Kleberg, Sr.
After Richard King, the founder of King Ranch died, Kleberg, the firm’s former legal counsel, took over the management of the 600,000 acre ranch in Texas. Kleberg expanded the ranch to over 1.3 million acres. Although the ranch eventually made profits from its oil,... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- April 1990 (Revised February 1994)
- Case
Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (A) (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nicaragua
Austin, James E. "Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-105, April 1990. (Revised February 1994.)
- 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
- Web
Finalists | New Venture Competition
barrier to healthcare with its AI-powered virtual medical interpreter. Crop Diagnostix Brandon Chi (MBA 2024) Joseph Swift Amitesh Pratap Redefining precision agriculture through AI-powered, genetic insights. Poka Labs Malay Shah (MBA... View Details