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- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
at Harvard Business School. The thing that happened was the Dust Bowl: a series of severe dust storms and droughts that decimated farms in the Great Plains during the 1930s, forcing thousands of families to abandon their property. Many... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
single layer. Given microgreens are inherently diminutive (no more than a few inches tall), this arrangement leaves a lot of open vertical space in Koppert Cress’s greenhouses. Baan says he has no plans to switch to vertical farming... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
Alejandro EIsztain, CEO of Cresud S.A., is faced with the difficult choice of whether to sell, develop, or continue to hold the 151,000 hectares of remaining undeveloped farmland at the company's Los Pozos farm in Argentina. Developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019
introverts). Read More>>> Meet the MBA Class of 2020 Each student that attends HBS has a different story. They are from big cities, small farming villages, and everything in between. Some students have a passion for mathematics... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
boosting the quality of life in close to 50 communities. In Nepal, Heifer’s guidance is bringing several villages out of economic distress. “We are 20 months into a new operation of goat farming there,” says Ferrari. “They’ve made $2.5... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
six hours,” quips Leone, his wife of 53 years, at the couple’s serene 150-acre farm high atop a Brownsville, Vermont, hill surrounded by fog-topped mountains and an artist’s palette of foliage. How does MedKaz work? The patient purchases... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
that corporate insiders' excess control rights aggravate the potential risks of insider expropriation of outside investors and thereby increase firms' external finance constraints. Cases & Course Materials Woolf Farming and Processing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-074 Employee Health No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516074-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections
sent to a friend who owed him money—in this homemade account book from 1673 to 1693. The book, bound in rawhide and sewn with linen thread, chronicles the family’s activity in farming and household management as well as shoemaking. Jacob... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup
silk and apply it to food, creating natural protection that slows spoiling and keeps food fresher for longer. Products can be integrated at any time from farm to shelf, allowing food producers, processors, and retailers to deliver more... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
constantly test pH levels and mineral content in the water delivered to the roses. 50-60% water used in the farm is reused after going through UV treatment. Dead leaves are left on the floor since they release CO2, which is later consumed... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
Mortgage Debt on Homes Other Than Farm Homes at the Fourteenth Census, 1920 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1923). Ham, Arthur H. A Credit Union Primer; an Elementary Treatise on Cooperative Banking (New York City: Division... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53636 Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Using the farm tractor... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
executive officer, on a visit to Pola's head office in Tokyo, heard news of critical comments about the company and animal testing in a Facebook post from a group in South Australia where the brand had been founded as a small biodynamic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
the fields and on farms gathering the cherries and the vegetables and the fruits, all up and down the state.” LEDA was established to help people understand that the populations are shifting and that they need to be more accepting and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
utility vehicles and tractors for the Indian market in the 1950s. Today, it is a $6.6 billion enterprise involved in many activities, including information technology, logistics, infrastructure development, and financial services, as well as automotive and View Details
- 21 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 21, 2007
Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507036 Earthbound Farm Harvard Business School Case 807-061 Describes a set of decisions confronting the senior management of Earthbound Farm, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Unexpected Moments at HBS
simplicity of our upbringing; stories of working summers on a farm and crowded high school basketball gymnasiums. · Sitting next to a young man who worked in manufacturing operations in China, while we listened to General David... View Details
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
countries, agriculture still represents a large share of the domestic economy. Small farms and lack of resources often means that agriculture is highly inefficient. Technology can dramatically improve productive capacity of View Details
- 05 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Solving Climate Change Starts with an Idea
semester, in the same WhatsApp group, one student shared that he had just gotten his license to farm seaweed. Another replied that they were at the US government body ARPA-E and had funding in this area and to reach out. Were there any... View Details