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- January 1984
- Article
A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments
By: Robert J. Dolan
Researchers of the strategic implications of the well-known demand (e.g., adoption and diffusion) and supply (e.g., experience effects) dynamics have typically sought analytical solutions. Their success in this has been achieved partly by limiting the richness of the... View Details
Dolan, Robert J. "A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Pricing Strategies for Dynamic Environments." Journal of Business 57, no. 1 (January 1984).
- 2012
- Working Paper
The Effect of Supply Chain Complementarities on Local Food
By: Baris Ata, Deishin Lee and Mustafa H. Tongarlak
We study the operational tradeoffs of a retailer and farmers in a fresh produce supply chain to determine the equilibrium supply chain structure. These operational tradeoffs arise as a result of the geographic constraints posed by the availability of arable land and... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better... View Details
Keywords: Energy Conservation; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Manufacturing Industry; United Kingdom
Bloom, Nicholas, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin, and Raffaella Sadun. "Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14394, October 2008.
- March 2025 (Revised May 2025)
- Case
ING Türkiye: Flexible Work in a Competitive Banking Environment
By: Ashley Whillans and Nico Schaefer
This case explores ING Türkiye’s journey toward workplace flexibility within the traditionally conservative Turkish banking sector. Beginning with early remote work experiments in 2015 and culminating in the FlexING model, by 2024 ING Türkiye had positioned itself as a... View Details
- 09 Jun 2020
- News
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
manage a food distribution company and an agricultural investment fund. “Many global experts have underscored that this pandemic is a 12-18 month battle and that we can expect... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- spring 1995
- Article
Optimal Incentive Schemes in Bottleneck Constrained Production Environments
By: S. Datar and M. Rajan
Datar, S., and M. Rajan. "Optimal Incentive Schemes in Bottleneck Constrained Production Environments." Journal of Accounting Research 33, no. 1 (spring 1995).
- August 1990
- Case
General Foods Corp.: Adapting to the New Electronic Media
Greyser, Stephen A. "General Foods Corp.: Adapting to the New Electronic Media." Harvard Business School Case 591-024, August 1990.
- Article
Satisfactory Mechanisms for Environments with Consumption Lower Bounds
By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Satisfactory Mechanisms for Environments with Consumption Lower Bounds." Journal of Economic Theory 19, no. 2 (December 1978): 359–375.
- 08 May 2018
- News
How HBS Helped Wolfgang Puck Build a Food Empire
- 11 Mar 2014
- News
3 Ways to Innovate in a Stagnant Environment
- 1987
- Book
Food Policy in Mexico: The Search for Self Sufficiency
By: James E. Austin and Gustavo Esteva
Austin, James E. and Gustavo Esteva, eds. Food Policy in Mexico: The Search for Self Sufficiency. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1987.
- February 2011
- Teaching Note
CHS Inc.: Cooperative Leadership in a Global Food Economy (TN)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble
Teaching Note for 911409. View Details
- Article
Agile Product Development: Managing Development Flexibility in Uncertain Environments
By: S. Thomke and D. Reinersten
Thomke, S., and D. Reinersten. "Agile Product Development: Managing Development Flexibility in Uncertain Environments." California Management Review 41, no. 1 (Fall 1998): 8–30. (Translated into German and reprinted in Harvard Business Manager (May 1999). Also reprinted in Engineering Management Review 28, no. 1 (2000), special issue on Strategy and New Product Design.)
- May 1999
- Article
A Mixed-Motive Perspective on the Economics versus Environment Debate
By: A. Hoffman, J. Gillespie, D. Moore, K. A. Wade-Benzoni, L. L. Thompson and M. H. Bazerman
Hoffman, A., J. Gillespie, D. Moore, K. A. Wade-Benzoni, L. L. Thompson, and M. H. Bazerman. "A Mixed-Motive Perspective on the Economics versus Environment Debate." American Behavioral Scientist 42, no. 8 (May 1999): 1254–1276.
- Article
National Image as a Competitive Disadvantage: The Case of the New Zealand Organic Food Industry
By: Geoffrey Jones and Simon Mowatt
This article examines why organic agriculture and food consumption developed more strongly in some countries than others between the 1970s and the 2000s. The focus is the limited growth of the New Zealand organic sector, which contrasts with countries such as Denmark,... View Details
Keywords: Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Political Economy; FDI; Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture; Agribusiness; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; New Zealand; Denmark
Jones, Geoffrey, and Simon Mowatt. "National Image as a Competitive Disadvantage: The Case of the New Zealand Organic Food Industry." Business History 58, no. 8 (2016): 1262–1288.
- September 2022
- Article
The Power and Limits of Expertise: Swiss–Swedish Linking of Vehicle Emission Standards in the 1970s and 1980s
By: Mattias Näsman and Sabine Pitteloud
Recent decades have witnessed increased public concern about vehicle emissions and growing frustration with political inaction and business preferences for the status quo. This article provides historical perspective on such regulatory dynamics by analyzing the Swiss... View Details
Keywords: Business And The Environment; Business And Society; Emission Reduction; Automobiles; Standard Setting; Norm-enforcement; Regulation; Expertise; Experts; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Regulation; Standards; Auto Industry; Switzerland; Sweden
Näsman, Mattias, and Sabine Pitteloud. "The Power and Limits of Expertise: Swiss–Swedish Linking of Vehicle Emission Standards in the 1970s and 1980s." Business and Politics 24, no. 3 (September 2022): 241–260.
- July 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
The Robin Hood Army
By: Susanna Gallani
In 2014, Neel Ghose and a handful of friends spent one evening distributing excess food they had collected from local restaurants to the less fortunate people living under the Hauz Khas flyover in South Delhi. Four years later, this initiative had developed into The... View Details
Keywords: Volunteer-based Organization; Food Redistribution; Nonprofit Organizations; Food; Human Needs; Expansion; Global Range; Growth and Development
Gallani, Susanna. "The Robin Hood Army." Harvard Business School Case 119-007, July 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
- May 2011
- Teaching Note
China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing Good (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis and Alison Comings
Teaching Note for 410142. View Details
- December 1995 (Revised February 2006)
- Teaching Note
Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment TN
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan
Teaching Note for (9-196-097). View Details