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- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
beverage business incubator when it opens later this year. Located right next to a public transportation stop, the new facility will spur economic activity in one of Chicago’s highest need neighborhoods, East Garfield View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 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
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.
model, is a more responsive and adaptive framework than a “time-dependent” model, and can track changing prices better in times of crisis, says Harvard Business School Professor Alberto Cavallo, one of the study’s authors. “Central banks... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
extension, cultivate peace and economic opportunity in a region where growing saffron has become a more viable alternative to growing opium. “What better way to use our HBS education than for sustainable agriculture and View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
A Vital Residential Community | About
A Vital Residential Community Designed with the belief that daily interactions increase the potential for learning. Take a Tour Maps & Directions Contemporary Art A Commitment to Sustainability HBS is the only top business school in the... 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, View Details
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
organization that not only solved crimes but also prevented attacks. “He thought he was signing up to run a law enforcement agency. He ended up with a job he didn’t sign up for. And God bless him, he pulled it off” Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
research out of Harvard Business School. In fact, these are just a handful of suspect titles companies are using to classify hourly workers as supervisors and avoid paying an estimated $4 billion in overtime a year, finds a study by... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
2017 Annual Review of Economics Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development By: Cole, Shawn A., and Wentao Xiong Abstract—This article provides a review of recent research on agricultural insurance (AI)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
Fund: Lean Data in 2017 No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217072-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 905-405 Brazil's WTO Cotton Case: Negotiation through Litigation Brazil has just won a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
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
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
produce daily. Tisch held a conference call with her operations chiefs at 5 a.m., and by 8 a.m. she was on the phone with Mayor Eric Adams while parked outside a DSNY facility. Striding into a garage the size of a football field to... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
The frigid temperatures on the Harvard Business School campus in mid-January were a minor inconvenience for the 641 students enrolled in Short Intensive Programs (SIPs), the no-fee, no-credit elective courses now in their fifth year. The... View Details
- 19 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
This year the theme of Climate Week is highlighting what businesses and governments can do to meet their climate targets. In that spirit, we have reached out to recent HBS alums working in the climate space and asked them the following,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over... 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
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-024 Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts (B) The case examines the aftermath of the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners acquisition of Great... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation
into the most effective way to design a compensation plan, concentrating on whether bonuses boost sales productivity and whether they should be awarded quarterly or annually. Research, focusing on the sales force of a large office supply company, was conducted by... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
conduct sociological and psychological studies to get a true handle on what motivates people to do what they do—and what motivates them to do better. With that, we share some well-researched tips—based on the findings of behavioral economists at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- November 2002 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Charoen Pokphand Group: A Renewed Focus
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Cate Reavis
As one of Asia's biggest agriindustrial conglomerates, Charoen Pokphand, although solidly positioned in Thailand, was facing an increasingly competitive and complex business environment in China, where it made 30% of revenues. A change in management of the family-owned... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Business Conglomerates; Family Business; Competition; Restructuring; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Thailand; China
Goldberg, Ray A., and Cate Reavis. "Charoen Pokphand Group: A Renewed Focus." Harvard Business School Case 903-415, November 2002. (Revised April 2003.)