Publications

summer 1994
Journal Article

The Nature of Man

By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling

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April 2020
Teaching Note

Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature

By: Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett

Teaching Note for HBS No. 620-024. Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing... View Details

Keywords: Operations; Supply Chain; Social Enterprise; Product Development; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Digital Platforms; Science-Based Business; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Massachusetts

Research Summary

Nature of Organizations

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Why do non-profit, public, and private business organizations exist? This project, begun in 2005, will became a seminar in 2007, focusing on the unique missions of these organizational forms and the resulting mechanisms for effective oversight.

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01 Jun 2000
News

A Natural Balance

Cavan Mahony and Ayla Hussain (both MBA '96) became friends and business partners through a mutual devotion to yoga and health -- and a conviction that beauty is more than skin deep. The two have joined with a third partner, supermodel Christy Turlington, to form... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

The Nature of Change

analyze the nature of change in a large institution such as HBS, adds Tedlow. “Change is important, but institutions tend to resist it. How do they resist it, and how does one get around that resistance? Why does an institution sometimes... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; The Class the Dollars Fell On; case; capstone course; John Shad (MBA 1949); class of 49; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

October 2005
Supplement

The Nature Conservancy (DVD)

By: Allen S. Grossman and Jane Wei-Skillern

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry

1995
Working Paper

The Nature of Man

By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling

April 2020
Case

Promoting Land and Nature Jerky

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine B. Hartman

Kathy Ayers, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Land and Nature (L&N) Jerky Company, needs to make a recommendation about L&N's 2020 promotional spending. L&N's CEO, Tim Ryan, wants her to calculate different scenarios using historical data to determine... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Spending; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Food and Beverage Industry

10 Oct 2021
News

Nancy Koehn: The Nature of Leadership

01 Jul 2013
News

The Nature of Business

Mark Tercek Mark Tercek likes a challenge. As CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), he has led the global nonprofit to fearlessly take on conservation projects that no one else would. "We are trying to tackle those global challenges that... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

December 2018
Case

The Nature Conservancy in 2018

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a U.S.-based environmental NGO with $7 billion in assets and a presence in 72 countries in 2018. TNC originated in 1951 as a land trust, acquiring land in order to conserve it. Over the last 20 years, it developed a pragmatic... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

June 2006
Teaching Note

Natural Blends, Inc. (TN)

By: H. Kent Bowen

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

2002
Working Paper

The Nature of Care

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer

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November 2, 2012
Editorial

Natural Disasters Hurt Incumbents

By: Shawn A. Cole, Andrew Healy and Eric Werker

Keywords: Election Outcomes; Natural Disasters; Political Elections

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May 2022
Case

Cultivo: Investing in Natural Capital

By: Gunnar Trumbull

April 2019
Supplement

Changing the Nature of Work

By: Robert L. Simons