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- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
conflicts.” Her solution could provide answers for the policymakers about to gather in Stockholm. “Our experience in Northern Kenya has taught us that the best means of conflict prevention is building resilience through inclusive and sustainable View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
Europe, a private equity investment company, had worked in the family business for a few years but had developed a career mainly outside of the family business. The transfer of the shares’ ownership had tightened the three brothers’ bonds... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs between rich countries. The share of vertical FDI (subsidiaries which provide inputs to their parent firms) is larger than commonly thought, even within View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
themselves, letting them fail so they can learn how to succeed. Territorial Tools for Agro-Industry Development: A Sourcebook edited by Martin Webber (MBA 1980) and Eva Galvez Nogales (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN) This... View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
maintaining and adapting this system in future. An important component of technical debt relates to decisions about system architecture. As systems grow and evolve, their architectures can degrade, increasing maintenance costs and reducing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
markets, highlighting concerns as China strives to modernize its financial system to meet global competition and support its fast growing economy. Purchase the note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208147 The Concept of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
time. Read the paper: http://www.europeanceo.com/business-and-management/2012/07/iso-standards-stamp-approval/ Children Develop a Veil of Fairness Authors:Alex Shaw, Natalia Montinari, Marco Piovesan, Kristina Olson, Francesca Gino, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
competition better than most. When asked how his $20 million, 100-employee operation has maintained its foothold when other small US manufacturers have faltered, Knott responds pointedly, “We keep our costs low.” ON A ROLL: Riverdale Mills View Details
Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
sociologists present a clear analysis of Cuba's economic and social circumstances and suggest steps for Cuba to reactivate economic growth and improve the welfare of its citizens. These authors focus first on trade, capital inflows, exchange rates, monetary and fiscal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
and encourages the continued creation of deep knowledge within the field, as well as collaborative research across disciplines that develops and incorporates insights from service operations. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
analysis, then presents a real-life case example from the natural gas industry that students can use to gain experience developing and interpreting the results of time equations. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development of specialized expertise, while the benefits of greater... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
the job, having access to independent, high-quality research from outside sources can make a real difference both in developing good policies and in getting broad-based support for their implementation.” Researchers and Regulators The... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
to develop agricultural diagnostics for rural farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to detect milk spoilage, corn mold, and a cow's breeding status. "The entrepreneurial bug has definitely bitten me," says Puz.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
side effects of the powerful drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS and TB. In February, DFA’s reach broadened when the Gates Foundation continued its support by awarding the group a $2.99 million grant to develop View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent. A number of economists howled against this so-called... View Details
- January 2021 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Ocado Group: Ready for the Future
By: José B. Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin and Natalie Kindred
Keywords: Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Innovation Leadership; Strategy; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Internet and the Web; Consumer Behavior; Crisis Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United Kingdom; United States; Europe
Alvarez, José B., Damien McLoughlin, and Natalie Kindred. "Ocado Group: Ready for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 521-061, January 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
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Lambert wanted to leave behind her agricultural roots. Now, serving as the nexus for a community of farmers, entrepreneurs, investors, and researchers, she feels entirely at home. Work of Art Trading private equity for the arts, Jason... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
agricultural and extractive (mining) companies that emerged relatively early in the 19th century. The free standing enterprises that dominated British foreign direct investment at the end of the 19th century attempted to arbitrage across... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
decades in the U.S. advertising agency industry: How can the shift from the bundling to the unbundling of services be explained and what accounts for the slow pace of change? Using a cost-based theoretical framework of bundling due to Evans and Salinger (2005, 2008),... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace