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Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment

largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the largest contributor to climate change. Food & Agriculture Focusing on regenerative agriculture Food and agriculture is the... View Details
  • 2015
  • Working Paper

The Impact of Funds: An Evaluation of CDC 2004-12

By: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, Steve Dew and Dong Ik Lee
CDC was founded in 1948 as part of the U.K. government's efforts to develop the economic resources of Britain's remaining colonies. Since then, CDC has pursued a series of strategies to "do good without losing money," as its original mission was phrased. Its approach... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Great Britain
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  • 15 Nov 2018
  • Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness
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Curriculum - Business & Environment

meat sector. Compared to intensive agricultural practices, Aleph's cultured (or lab-grown) meat solution held the promise of considerably reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the use of land and water, while providing a new... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

novel technologies and innovating business models that can reshape how we produce and consume energy. Doug's role prior to HBS was a Project Engineer at ExxonMobil. Jessie Pease (MBA 2024, Section K), Summer Internship: Digital View Details
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Our Team - Impact Investments

with an emphasis on agricultural and financial management. Josh Lerner Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Unit Head, Entrepreneurial Management Josh Lerner is the Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H.... View Details
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Health Care - Faculty & Research

November 2024 | Case | Faculty Research By July 2024, Polish Agro had grown into one of Poland’s fastest-growing agribusinesses, with 230 million in revenue, 82 employees, and operations across Northern Poland. The company supported farmers with essential View Details
  • 26 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

government no longer needed Yamato’s help. Soon after visiting the Tohoku area and seeing the devastation, Kigawa felt it was time to give back to an area that had previously boosted his business with the delivery of fish and agricultural... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Singing to the Corn

volunteer garden on the site of a reclaimed golf course in suburban Omaha, Nebraska. This garden is a living ambassador of the Sacred Seed project, a nonprofit Keen founded in 2014 to simultaneously promote more sustainable agricultural... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture
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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Data Set in Excel Banana Exports by Country FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations) Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Yearbook of Food and View Details
  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Cold Call Podcast

A Rose by Any Other Name: Supply Chains and Carbon Emissions in the Flower Industry

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih & Michael W. Toffel; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • September 2013 (Revised June 2016)
  • Case

The Morning Star Company: Self-Management at Work

By: Francesca Gino, Bradley R. Staats, Brian J. Hall and Tiffany Y. Chang

Morning Star, a collection of affiliated companies, had grown steadily since 1970 when Chris Rufer, president and founder, started the business hauling tomatoes to processing plants in a truck. The company's main products continued to be tomato-based, including a... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Working Conditions; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Food; Management Practices and Processes; Compensation and Benefits; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Aerospace Vehicles & Defense Israel Aerospace Cluster (2015) Queretaro Aerospace Cluster (2015) Toulouse Aerospace Cluster (2013) Wallonia Aeronautic Cluster (2013) Morocco Aeronautics Cluster (2013) Brazil Aviation (2011) Hamburg Aviation Cluster (2009) View Details
  • 5 Sep 2013
  • Conference Presentation

The Color of Taste: Selling Food in Clear Packages in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States

By: Ai Hisano
This paper examines the role of color in the marketing and retailing of food products by focusing on the increasingly popular presentation of food in clear packages in the early-twentieth-century United States. In the 1910s, a candy company began using cellophane to... View Details
Keywords: Food; Product Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 29 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.

Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

Agarwal MBA 2010 | Founder & CEO, Mati Carbon Removals “Mati uses enhanced weathering in agricultural fields for doing scalable, permanent carbon removals, with co-benefits to marginal farmers. Leveraging our proprietary technology, we... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Winners & Runners-Up 2024 Winners Play Crop Diagnostix: Dubilier Grand Prize Winner, Student Business Track, 2024 New Venture Competition video Play Video duration: 1:31 2024 New Venture Competition Winner, Business Track: Crop Diagnostix Crop Diagnostix is redefining... View Details
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Continuing Education - Business & Environment

gathered for the Agribusiness Seminar at Harvard Business School (HBS) to deepen their understanding of the food and agriculture landscape, exchange perspectives, strengthen their networks, and cultivate ideas to shape this vital... View Details
  • 25 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

ferrantraite The Muslim ban. The Wall. Children separated from their parents at the Mexican border. The past two years have seen an aggressive push by the Trump administration against both legal and illegal immigration. But it’s not just the United States seeing a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 08 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate

when husbands were absent from the home, making it difficult for them to monitor women’s behavior. Men were away for various reasons: taking animals out to pasture, protecting them against predators and thieves, or going to faraway markets to trade for View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin