Developing Agriculture - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49445 Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new products are developed. This... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

02 Apr 2013
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since the human genome sequence was completed-has changed the way we think about, study, and approach the development of novel therapies. However, these advances in knowledge have so far not been reflected in substantial medical progress... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustration by Eric Nyquist

22 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System

energies toward. This year you’ll be co-president of the Food, Agriculture, and Water Club. What motivated you to pursue this role? What goals do you have as co-president? I think to the broader HBS population, careers today in food and View Details

December 2021
Case

Bunge: Building a Sustainable Future?

By: Forest Reinhardt, David E. Bell, Pedro Levindo and Ruth Costas

Bunge, one of the world’s leading agribusiness traders and processors, strives to comply with its commitment to having a deforestation-free value chain by 2025 while it considers potential new business growth areas. After a complex turnaround, which involved one of the... View Details

Keywords: Deforestation; Value Chain; Agribusiness; Values and Beliefs; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

goods rather than agriculture or services. Industrial exports increased as a percentage of total exports from circa 25 percent to 40 percent between 2007 and 2013. It is no coincidence that the largest increase in labor productivity over... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

May 2020
Teaching Note

Bayer Crop Science

By: David E. Bell, Michael Norris and Mel Martin

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 520-055. View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Research and Development; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consolidation; Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Germany

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01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

change, stick to your guns and seek out companies and opportunities where you can play a role in protecting the planet. Food and agriculture - which drives nearly a third of greenhouse gas emissions - is a great place to start. Our global... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

One explanation for these patterns is that U.S. firms are organized in a way that allows them to use new technologies more efficiently. A model of endogenously chosen organizational form and IT is developed to explain these new micro and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

upgrades, forming hypotheses and conducting experiments with each new version along the way. Intuit adopted such a strategy when developing Fasal, a mobile platform that delivers agricultural market price... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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India - Industry specific research

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November 1994 (Revised September 1996)
Case

RiceSelect

By: Alvin J. Silk and Mary Shelman

In August 1994, Robin Andrews, President of RiceTec, Inc., faces a critical decision that will affect his firm's future: what policy should RiceTec follow for supplying grocery retailers with private label merchandise? RiceTec, a small privately owned firm engaged in... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Private Ownership; Research and Development; Conflict Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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December 2011 (Revised May 2016)
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Marine Harvest: Leading Salmon Aquaculture

By: David E. Bell and Ryan Johnson

Marine Harvest has the leading position in salmon aquaculture. Aquaculture is very much a growth business, many believing it could play a major role in solving the world's growing need for protein. The CEO is considering three alternatives for taking advantage of his... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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07 Sep 2021
News

Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

even bigger, we want to develop a suite of citizen engagement tools across different sectors,” DeBere says. “Our service doesn’t have to be just for health care. You can also think about it in the education space or the View Details

Keywords: April White

20 May 2013
Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

commercial R&D efforts by pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics, and agricultural companies. The latter was a very specific commercial bet. Placing these commercial bets requires a depth of understanding of markets and customers... View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2014
News

Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix

is developing technology to cool the eggs and make them available on demand. “We’re basically turning fish eggs into seeds you can plant anytime and use whenever you want,” says CEO Dmitry Kozachenok (MBA 2013). Since cofounding Cryoocyte... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; aquaculture; Agriculture; Agriculture

13 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Working at the Intersection of Business and Environment

areas of focus to help move the needle on climate action. The initiative is especially active on the curriculum front through facilitating the development of innovative cases, teaching notes, and other materials, both for use in the HBS... View Details

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

Finalists Business Track, 2025 Accio Alex Zannos (MBA 2025) Sara Ballantyne (MS/MBA 2025) Streamline and automates the hardware manufacturing process. Argus Systems Lisa Yan (MBA 2025) Drew Borinstein (MBA 2025) Accelerating AI model View Details

January 2008 (Revised February 2008)
Case

South Dakota Wheat Growers

By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman

As a farmer-owned cooperative, South Dakota Wheat Growers (SDWG) serves the needs of its 3,600 active farmer-members by supplying farm inputs and organizing the marketing and transportation of grain produced in the co-op's service territory. For almost 80 years, the... View Details