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- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
owned by the aboriginals in Canada and has since distributed $750 million to First Nations). As the CEO of One Earth Oil and Gas, Favel has worked with aboriginal Canadians to access and develop Canada's oil sands—the second-largest oil... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
developing world, and they must take the special needs of small-scale producers and malnourished consumers into account. They see how to adapt the developed world’s technology to the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Feedback
from Nigeria's agriculture minister. No Small Beer Re: Alumni brewers You omitted Peter Doering (MBA 1987), a local HBS alumnus, who started a brewery about 15 months ago. We did an HBS alumni club event at his brewery recently, and it... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- News
David Perry’s Green Revolution
Studio Nouveau/Courtesy of Indigo Ag Studio Nouveau/Courtesy of Indigo Ag The latest issue of Harvard magazine includes a feature on agricultural innovation, and highlights the work of Indigo Ag CEO David Perry (MBA 1997) The piece traces... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Global Leaders
and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East Africa. He and his wife,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Supporting our Exceptional Faculty
practitioners. It was a particular honor for me to be named the George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business in 1998. Established 60 years ago, this chair helped launch agribusiness as a field of study at HBS; it was previously... View Details
- 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
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
World Bank's Wolfensohn Highlights Challenges, Increased Role for Private Sector
age of global development -- not the agricultural revolution and not the industrial revolution, but a digital and electronic revolution, which will have enormous implications on where we go both in the world... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
little bit of help could make a big difference, and everybody just needs a chance.” Wu got his start in international aid work early. After getting his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth, he worked on development projects in Tanzania and... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
in Asia but in the Middle East that really got Kondo excited about social media. After a stint as a World Fellow at Yale (where he developed Table for Two, a nonprofit he cofounded to fight both hunger and obesity internationally), he... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
strategic execution, and beneficial stakeholder participation. Successfully replacing the oil resource curse requires several factors, including unwavering political will, market and trade focus, and access to finance—all complemented by technical assistance and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Business Plan Contest Has Many Winners
entrepreneur-owned, for-profit centers throughout rural India would offer one-stop shopping locations for customers needing government-required permits and deeds, microfinancing, agricultural information, and other essential services. A... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
economy. “For a long time, we’ve looked to the government to address almost all of the issues,” Elumelu says of the economic and social concerns in Nigeria and Africa. “The government cannot do everything alone. The private sector is in a position to play a role in the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
leadership of the Costa Rica–based university in January 2017. To this most recent task, he brings his entrepreneurial mindset, global perspective, and firm belief in the power of young people to change the world. The innovative university focuses on View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
volumes of goods and people long distances—humanity’s best bet might lie with overweight algae. And staving off the climate apocalypse could be just the beginning. That’s the premise underlying a decadelong joint effort to develop algae... View Details
- 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
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
level," notes Ebrahim. "It doesn't disappear into other government agencies. The reasoning is that you can't achieve results without an accountable, locally embedded authority directly championed by the country's executive leadership. In the case of Ghana, it's called... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture
- 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
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
building an agricultural and market infrastructure in places—like parts of Nepal, Romania, Haiti, and Guatemala—where little or none has previously existed. “The way we do this is through value-based development, where we engage farmers... View Details