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- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
competitors in geographically fragmented industries; to extend into new products or markets; as a substitute for R&D; and to exploit eroding industry boundaries by inventing an industry. Despite the massive number of books and... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 11 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams
human consumption, such as food production, or used for energy production instead. BTG Bioliquids uses wood instead of livestock derivative products, and avoids deforestation concerns by relying on second generation biomass residues such... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Working to Change the Food System
Using microbes to produce foods is nothing new. However, using microbes to replace commodity crops and serve as a pillar in our food production system is fairly uncharted waters. My partner Max is a... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
have lots of data about farmers’ soil type, crop preferences, willingness to take risk, and access to finance. Then we give them advice that’s directly related to their particular circumstances,” Cole says. Besides India, the Boston-based... View Details
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
to move into palm oil—a much more capital intensive crop to process, with higher barriers to entry for small farmers. Geopolitical forces also played a part in the palm oil industry’s development, Giacomin says. After World War II,... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
company that does business in more than 200 countries and uses more than 25 crops sourced from over 7 million acres in 60 different countries, PepsiCo has an opportunity and a responsibility to use our size and scale to help build a food... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
A FEEL-GOOD HIGH: Founder Sarah Endline with sweetriot’s tiny treats. As a girl in Auburn, Michigan, a small town two hours north of Detroit, Sarah Endline (MBA 2001) grew up with a clear understanding of the link between crops in the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
of 10‐year sustainability‐related goals. In an effort to meet such goals, the company invested a total of $1 billion in environmentally beneficial products such as new seeds and traits in Dow's AgroSciences business, solar shingles, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
a beginning, a middle, and a finish. Their ready-to-drink cocktails are naturally low in sugar and calories (less than 2 grams and 35 calories). They are bottled and labeled with a sense of sophistication that would feel right at home on any elegant bar cart. With its... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
products account for 1 to 2 percent of total food sales in the United States. Reade’s business is mostly wholesale, selling to one organic distributor, two local health-food stores, and two restaurants. “The community of organic farmers... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
Transforming India Through Agricultural Innovation
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A Day’s Pay
FLOREZ: Back to his roots. Before term limits force him out of office, California State Senate majority leader Dean Florez (MBA ’93) has one final bill he wants to get through the legislature: extending overtime benefits to hundreds of thousands of California... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
Governor of Kaduna State Malam Nasir AHMAD El-Rufai (left) and Mira Mehta (right) meet with Nigerian government officials (photo courtesy of Tomato Jos) Mira Mehta (MBA 2014) didn’t set out to become a farmer in northern Nigeria, but today, the company she cofounded,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Photography by Jason Andrew Ibrahim Mustapha grows maize in Katsina Fulani, a village of mud-brick houses topped by rusted corrugated roofs in northern Nigeria. Like millions of farmers in his country, Mustapha is a "smallholder"; he and his family grow their View Details
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IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment
rice strains that require less water and produce lower methane emissions offers a long-term solution to climate risks. Exploring Alternatives to Rice Transitioning from water-intensive paddy farming to alternative crops presents an... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Seeding a Better Future for Colombia
destination, the pavilion was also the setting for the announcement, in June, of a British Embassy–sponsored satellite project that will enhance data images of crop conditions in remote areas of Colombia, potentially improving both View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Sunny's MBA
In 1986, as a 26-year-old with a degree in agricultural management and little business experience, Sunny Verghese (AMP 115, 1994) was newly employed by a venerable Indian conglomerate to oversee a textile mill in Nigeria. A foreign exchange crisis was making it very... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
of tech upgrade the world food system needs given our increasingly insecure ecosystem, says Sonia Lo (MBA 1994), CEO of Crop One Holdings, which owns and operates the FreshBox brand. Sitting in FreshBox’s makeshift conference room—a long... View Details
- 10 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis
and methods have allowed local farmers to use water more efficiently, while also boosting their production and crop yields. Rosario Bazán is the Co-Founder and General Manager of Danper, a leading... View Details
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
way of getting the job done.” Because of that, companies must always overcome customers’ “status quo” bias. That’s especially true, says Cespedes, when a company is introducing not just a new product but an entirely new View Details