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- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
Health Organization recommendations when the crisis was still far away. The protocols were ready within two weeks. By mid-March, the implementation was monitored on a daily basis by a crisis committee. Key learnings We can derive three... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate policy on the industrial View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jun 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
How Natural Winemaker Frank Cornelissen Innovated While Staying True to His Brand
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Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit ALUMNI INTRODUCTION BACK TO THE EXHIBIT H. Naylor Fitzhugh MBA 1933 H. Naylor Fitzhugh joined the Howard University faculty in 1934 and stayed for 31 years, developing the university's marketing... View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
issues on the subject at the Cyberposium panel "Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?" Although the forms of their organizations vary in large and small ways, one thing all the participants agreed on was that incubators are... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
charity. [related readings] “It’s a way to clearly communicate that ‘We are unique in the space,’” Choi says. “Here’s what we are and here’s what we aren’t.” More traditional organizations have also been opening up. The US Department of... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
array of activities on campus. She has events or activities to go to almost daily- Crimson Parents story times, craft time, festivals, school wide winter hot chocolate, dance shows, section food events, retreats... or simply hanging out... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
American Booksellers Association, a trade organization for independents, began to host “survival strategy” sessions throughout the country. By the late 1980s, however, it would be Waldenbooks and B. Dalton struggling to survive, while... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
executive might as well pack his attaché case and go fishing. If an organization does not know or care where it is going, it does not need to advertise that fact with a ceremonial figurehead. Everybody will notice it soon enough." In... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
increasing the country’s food supply. Sustainable America takes a two-pronged approach to these issues: education and investment. Sustainable America’s education initiatives are typical of the approach taken by many nonprofits, with a... View Details
- 19 Jul 2013
- News
All in Good Time
Andrea Silbert Financial analyst. Grassroots organizer. Social entrepreneur. Candidate for political office. These are just a few of the titles held by Andrea Silbert (MBA 1991 / MPA 1992) over the years. Now president of the Boston-based Eos Foundation, a... View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
Nicholas Tiller (MBA 1998) grew up in a farming community, but it was his experience in hedge-fund management in the food and energy sectors that led him to establish Sustainable America, a nonprofit with the aim of reducing US oil... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
crops that otherwise would have gone to waste. The organization distributed a total of 76 million pounds of food in 2012 (26 million of which was perishable), both directly and through a network of nearly... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
Image by John Ritter In 2019, US restaurants topped $860 billion in revenues; prior to COVID-19, Americans spent more for food away from home than food purchased for at-home consumption, whether it be a... View Details
- January 2016
- Case
Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Corporate Social Responsibility; Emerging Country; Teaming; Public-private Partnership; Inter-organizational Relationships; Collaboration; Strategy Implementation; Agricultural Commodity; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Public Sector; Supply Chain Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Learning; Partners and Partnerships; Private Sector; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Enterprise; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Haiti
Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey. "Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain." Harvard Business School Case 616-040, January 2016.
- January 2012
- Case
The James Beard Foundation: Adopting a Fresh Approach
By: Mukti Khaire and Eleanor Kenyon
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
support and market their film,” says Simon, senior director of marketing at Hain Celestial, a leading natural and organic food company based in New York and maker of Terra Chips, a brand of unique vegetable... View Details
D. Wayne Calloway
Calloway is credited with streamlining PepsiCo’s organization, empowering its employees at all levels, and generating substantial growth. Under his leadership, Calloway organized PepsiCo into three major business units: soft drinks, snack... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 27 Apr 2022
- News
Following the Flow of Aid
Courtesy Mercy Corps Courtesy Mercy Corps In April, Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) paid a visit to Poland to see firsthand the plight of Ukrainian people fleeing their country. The humanitarian aid organization that... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
Idea Village, an anchor organization for the emerging entrepreneurial movement in New Orleans, Markowitz (MBA 2003) struggled to find a decent job there. With an HBS degree and a background in corporate finance, she seemed overqualified... View Details