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- 21 Feb 2018
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
There may be a simple solution to the complex problem of climate change. Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) is cofounder and partner of Sustainable Farm Partners (SFP), a combination farming operation and private equity group that is buys high-production conventional farms in... View Details
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Alumni and Students Take On the Climate Crisis
high-production conventional farms in Iowa and converts them to organic, thus reducing reliance on petroleum-based fertilizers and sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide in the ground. LAUNCHING A CAREER IN CLEAN ENERGYHeather March... View Details
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
The Master's Tools: Exposing Rejecting, and Appropriating The Master's Tools: Exposing Rejecting, and Appropriating MAY 5-6, 2022 Home Speakers Videos Agenda May 05 Thursday, May 05, 2022 Panel: Capitalism Victor Ray , University of Iowa... View Details
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Alex Furleigh
rock stars in their own right—my grandma and grandpa Brockman have had a huge influence on me. Both retired college professors in math and engineering at Iowa State, they instilled loves of education and family in me from a young age.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Research Brief: Political Capital
And if John Kerry had made a push for independents and upped his spending on ads by roughly 50 percent in Iowa and 80 percent in Ohio, he would have secured the two states, their 27 electoral votes, and the presidency. Ultimately, Chung... View Details
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Sparsh Bhargava
manager that took him from cosmetic plants in Maryland to operations in Iowa City and Puerto Rico. Step back, think, and grow "At P&G," says Sparsh, "most of my work was about execution; I wanted to learn more about... View Details
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
New School
overseeing a historic gift of about $200 million in stock to the Iowa State University Foundation and the Boston Foundation. At the same time, Curriculum Associates has transitioned from a solely print-based company to a largely online... View Details
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
for Rage and Love 10:00 - 10:15 AM Break 10:15 - 11:45 AM Fostering Deep Connections Across Racial Differences Beth Livingston & Tina Opie , Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa and Babson College Shared Sisterhood: How to Take... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
interest in me were the reasons I considered an academic career and developed a passion for research," said Porter, who holds an endowed professorship named after his mentor. Born on August 17, 1919, Christensen grew up in Iowa City and... View Details
- January 2014
- Case
Maricopa, Inc.: Finding the Right Treatment for Growth
The founders of Maricopa, Inc., a startup that sold proprietary hair-care products directly to salons, were preparing a board presentation to address the young company's inability to meet financial projections. While the products had caught on with customers, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Financial Condition; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Planning; Fashion Industry; Iowa
Sahlman, William A., Thomas R. Eisenmann, Joseph B. Fuller, and Shikhar Ghosh. "Maricopa, Inc.: Finding the Right Treatment for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 314-065, January 2014.
- December 1998
- Case
Pioneer Hi-Bred: Turning Seeds Into Factories
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
The agricultural sector is among the preeminent information technology users in our economy," exclaimed an August 1998 Forbes ASAP survey of the U.S. economy's best and worst users of information technology (IT). The survey designated Pioneer Hi-Bred International,... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Multinational Firms and Management; Information Management; Infrastructure; Business Strategy; Information Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Iowa
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Pioneer Hi-Bred: Turning Seeds Into Factories." Harvard Business School Case 399-095, December 1998.
- April 1995 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Anasazi Exclusive Salon Products, Inc.
By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green
Anasazi, a hair-care products start-up based in the Midwest, is having growing pains as it tries to develop a new distribution model for the professional hair salon industry. The company has completed several rounds of venture financing but, to continue, needs to raise... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Financial Condition; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Planning; Fashion Industry; Iowa
Sahlman, William A., and Jason Green. "Anasazi Exclusive Salon Products, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-111, April 1995. (Revised January 2003.)
- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
out the application in pencil to please an Army buddy when we were stationed in Europe, and my grade record at a little college in Iowa didn’t warrant admission anyway. Then I got his seat in the Stanford class. I’ve learned that this is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
stars. Announced actions against an Iowa dairy after illegal drug residues were found in the dairy's cows; a Tennessee company for selling a substance billed as both a preventative against skin cancer and a tanning agent; and a medical... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
participate. If the funding gets big enough, SFP plans to expand from its current focus of farms in Iowa to others across the Midwest. “There are people who want us to be an online platform,” he says, noting the popularity of crowdfunding... View Details
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Times. Victor Ray University of Iowa Victor Ray is the F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Criminology and African American Studies at the University of Iowa and a... View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
fairly following the rules of the process. In both cases, the researchers found that the department looked to outside stakeholders in order to establish that legitimacy. In the case of consequential legitimacy, Hiatt and Park found a strong influence of farmers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
was an engineer with John Deere and her mother a busy volunteer and housewife. In high school, in addition to music, dance, and swimming, she explored international issues in debate club and participated in Model UN, an interest she carried with her to college at the... View Details
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Iowa Dr. Beth A. Livingston is the Ralph L. Sheets Associate Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, an internal advisor with the Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest, a NIOSH Center... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
like in the classroom. I wrote this for them. Here’s the scene: It’s the first class of my first day at Harvard Business School in 1969. Five years after graduating from Princeton as an English major, I’ve been discharged from the US Navy, where I had been teaching... View Details