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04 Nov 2021
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities, selling into View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

both the firm and their own energy. Richard Tedlow will present his observations of "why bad things happen to good companies," focusing on the 1982 and 1986 Tylenol... View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

October 1994 (Revised November 1994)
Case

Alcoma: The Strategic Use of Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice Futures

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Phil Herndon and Katherine L. Morris

Increases in orange tree production led to an orange juice surplus. How does one manage price risk in the orange juice industry under these conditions? View Details

Keywords: Hedging; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Price; Risk Management; Futures and Commodity Futures; Food and Beverage Industry

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03 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

ceremony in which a Scandinavian monarch presents the medal; and the traditional flowers flown in from San Remo, Italy, where Alfred Nobel spent the last years of his life. But, well before all that there's the traditional early morning... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

January 2024
Teaching Note

Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A) & (B)

By: Tiona Zuzul

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 724-391 and 724-398. In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between... View Details

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24 May 2021
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Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast

better, and smarter. Elise Clarkson: This season of Climate Rising you speak with entrepreneurs leading innovations in the fight against climate change. What role do you see for entrepreneurs in confronting climate change? Rebekah... View Details

09 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Career Advancement Without Experience

work of high-tech contractors varies widely from job to job. People who are good at presenting their prior experience can narrow the gap between their past experience and future capabilities. "Film crew... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Motion Pictures & Video; Technology

22 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Why You Are Unhappy at Work

jobs for the right mix of organizational support and responsibility. Why Can't Organizations Engage Their Employees? Who is responsible for generating employee engagement? asks James Heskett The employee or the employee's managers? What's... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 May 2018
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Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker Fixing Price Tag Confusion What do you think of this research? Share your insights and experiences below. View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

22 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Memoirs of an International First Year Student

bucket my questions and experiences thus far into three categories: social life, professional development, and the good ol’ Boston winter! Social Life Walking into my section... View Details

14 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 14

viable product, in order to real-world test Gallop's "business of the future" concept while development was ongoing. IWRTW was conceived to bring together human good intentions with corporate good... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2011
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It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research

traditionally have depended on hard corporate data, previous literature, and insular theories, they are increasingly hinging their hypotheses on proactive sociological and psychological experiments—both in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Apr 2004
What Do You Think?

Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

Jean-Marc Frion opined that, "Only in certain circles, such as family…where both parties sincerely want the good of the other and are not motivated by greed, can there be deals in which neither of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem

good profits are not in conflict with investing in your employees and your processes," she says. "Retail employees are on the losing end of the income-inequality gap. This case offers a great... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Food & Beverage

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

mindsets, they innovate around (rather than through) technology, and they scour the globe for good ideas. These strategies, we believe, are as important for managers in developed countries as they are for... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

19 Apr 2004
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Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

have made goods more attainable and enticing to a larger portion of the population. At the same time, trade liberalization and more sophisticated manufacturing techniques... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

on campus. Sean Silverthorne: Let's start with Jobs and his track record at his second tenure at Apple. From what you have seen, what has he tried to do, what's he been successful at, and what has he not... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2024
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Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities

Roche and Boudou considered several explanations for their findings: whether the technology driving the startup was too new or not good enough, and whether the founders took... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Biotechnology; Health

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

expectations. Should he assign the story to one of his journalists and, if so, whom? Alternatively, should he hire new talent? In that case who would be a good fit? Moreover, how might this impact ProPublica's model View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Sep 2007
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High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

several members of the quartet. Time spent rehearsing was time not spent performing and recording. They did eventually record the entire string quartet cycle on Nimbus. Folks who are able to play the way these guys play can get lots of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

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