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Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley - Course Catalog
the B2B and the B2C space, can create tremendous value. Monetization of these types of opportunities, however, can prevent certain challenges. Finally, in many countries, agriculture still represents a large share of the domestic economy. Small View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
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
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Action Plan: Role-Play
defying expectations. An Iowa-born farm girl who moved east to attend Bryn Mawr in 1963, she went on to apply to HBS at a time when few women did so. (“Dear, that’s a trade school,” announced the academic dean at Bryn Mawr when Carson... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
over speed in the fulfillment process. Walden aims to build a community of home cooks who are connected to local farms in a meaningful way, not simply a transactional purchase. The Question: With year-over-year growth at 75 to 100... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
farms of Europe and the US. It helps explain laws to protect small business from the ravages of the A&Ps and Walmarts. It increasingly drives politics as well as government policy. It is especially attractive at times of low growth... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
and college students. The book illustrated the production of steel products that fueled America’s growing post-war consumerism. As the volume noted, “An estimated 14,500 pounds of steel in some form—in homes, machines, mines, bridges, automobiles, railroads, View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
coffee in this area. How coffee is farmed has an important impact on the environment. CI recognizes the need in this situation for an environmental strategy, without ignoring economic realities for the families who live in these areas.... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
management policy, which aimed at assuring a more secure environment for business. By the early twentieth century, however, the focus had shifted, from business to labor. As a result of industrialization, a great many workers had moved from the View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
farm that produced olives, including Kalamata table olives. Alexandra had invested in the expansion of her farm in anticipation of the evolution of her market from domestic trade in Australia to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
http://hbr.org/product/tesco-group-food/an/514022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-023 Mission Produce As the leading distributor of fresh avocados in the U.S., Mission Produce was at a crossroads in late 2013. Avocado consumption was booming and CEO Steve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
grocers. These and other such products were made by farm households in Devon, Berwyn, and other surrounding areas. Although these foodstuffs bore no name or other information, urban retailers could generally vouch for their quality. Heinz... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
manufacturer, including the farming of long staple cotton in northwest China. "When I control my materials, I control my own destiny," she says matter-of-factly. Since the state wasn't rewarding farmers for growing this crop, which is a... View Details
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
Elephant Live Happily Ever After?" focuses on acquisitions of three social icons: Tom's of Maine acquired by Colgate, Stonyfield Farm Yogurt purchased by Danone, and Ben & Jerry's bought by Unilever. (Similar deals include... View Details
- 19 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
farm to improve resource efficiency, creating and discovering new game-changing planet-friendly raw ingredients, reducing waste across the value chain, and designing compelling brands to educate consumers and shift consumption behaviors.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
innovators alike grapple with both the impacts of climate change and how to build a more sustainable system for the future. Right now there is enormous opportunity (and need!) for strategic thinkers and do-ers to bring fresh energy and passion to the industry. Look for... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
areas. Nestlé, for example, redesigned its coffee procurement processes, working intensively with small farmers in impoverished areas who were trapped in a cycle of low productivity, poor quality, and environmental degradation. Nestlé provided advice on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
Willard Marriott. He was a young guy from a farming town who created the Marriott hotel chain. Everybody talked about how wonderful his success was. Also, entrepreneurship is greater in communities that see change as positive and in which... View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney
- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
developing urban rooftop farms to help feed a growing population using fewer resources and a smaller footprint. The final panel consisted of four companies which are working tirelessly to increase global access to nourishing food through... View Details
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
value-added products like yogurt. The entry of large multi-brand retailers like Walmart and Carrefour in the Indian market threatens to squeeze Amul's margins and undermine its low-cost distribution network. India's large young rural population is shying away from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details