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Forest L. Reinhardt | About
author of Down to Earth: Applying Business Principles to Environmental Management , published by Harvard Business School Press. Like that book, many of his articles and papers analyze problems of environmental and natural resource management. Focusing especially on the... View Details
- 07 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - COP27 and the Climate Crisis
course helps adapt to climate change and improves resilience and food security.” Take a look at this video clip explaining SEKEM’s biodynamic approach to agriculture and visit Helmy Abouleish’s interview page to download the full... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
building an agricultural and market infrastructure in places—like parts of Nepal, Romania, Haiti, and Guatemala—where little or none has previously existed. “The way we do this is through value-based development, where we engage farmers... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
information. We owe it to those who passed away in the disaster to upgrade our systems to help save lives in any future calamity." —GE AGRICULTURE John Whiteside Grass Farmer, Wolf Creek Farm For years, the résumé of John Whiteside (MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
photo courtesy of Charlie Andersen Charlie Andersen (MBA 2014) grew up on a 200-acre organic family farm west of Philadelphia that produced everything from apples and blueberries to sweet corn. Andersen absolutely loved it—for the most part: “What I disliked were all... View Details
- 10 Aug 2016
- News
A Start-Up Turns to Saffron to Help Afghanistan Regrow
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping smallholder farmers feed the world
Pierre Ferrari (MBA 1976) doesn’t want to just alleviate global hunger and poverty. He wants to eradicate these problems. That has been his focus since 2010, when he became president and CEO of Heifer International, the Little Rock, Arkansas-based nonprofit that... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
wildflowers,’” Crespin explains. So CollaborateUp helped create the Honey Bee Health Coalition, which brings together beekeepers and beekeeper associations, conservation and environmental groups as well as big agriculture and government... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
capable people to do things they never knew existed and to achieve mastery of it.” In describing that sense of accomplishment, Ruhr could well be speaking about the early years of her own career, which was born in Professor Ray A. Goldberg’s View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 11 Apr 2017
- News
Skoll Foundation Gives $1M Social Entrepreneurship Prize to a For-profit Organization
Keywords: Agriculture
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Tafadzwa Samushonga
from agriculture to financial services, my perspective shifted.” As she progressed along this path, she also began to complement her experience as a strategy advisor with new skills in operational management. “I felt that if I truly... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Many Rivers to Cross
legacy by promoting economic development. Past experience in the construction and coffee industries and former postings as Colombia’s ambassador to West Germany, and CEO of the Agricultural Bank of Colombia, convinced Ospina that South... View Details
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United Fruit Company Photograph Collection | Baker Library
describe their content. The photographs depict agricultural operations, construction, and research activities undertaken by the company’s many operating units. These units produced bananas, sugar, abaca (for use as hemp), cacao, palm oil,... View Details
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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library
knowledge in Baker Collections. Gobierno revolucionario del Perú: bases sociales que lo apoyan Martín J. Scurrah & Abner Montalvo View Record Agriculture and Trade of El Salvador Mary S. Coyner View Record Wage Differences Between United... View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978
faculty chair of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative, Grace Chao (Section A) organized the panel. Our three alumni discussed their pioneering activities: Steve Kahn (Section A) is the co-founder and executive chairman of NewLeaf Symbiotics, an View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Business of Animal Protection Club
footprint that animal agriculture and related industries have. But it doesn't have to be this way. Business can be a tremendous force for good for animals and the environment, as students learned in the "Opportunities in the Plant-Based... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
Patterson, and book clubs. In nineteenth-century agricultural marketing, farmers transported their crops to market and waited for people to buy them, much as the publishing industry today ships books to stores and waits for customers to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
change, stick to your guns and seek out companies and opportunities where you can play a role in protecting the planet. Food and agriculture - which drives nearly a third of greenhouse gas emissions - is a great place to start. Our global... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 29 Apr 2019
- News
A Global Mission
countries by his count—looking for places where his business expertise could reshape response to complicated humanitarian crises. His first project was in Bangladesh in the 1970s, when he led a project on agricultural restoration after... View Details