Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

and yet pose a drag on the organization because they require constant reinforcement. So who is there to care about the B players? According to HBS professor Thomas J. DeLong, both in a reunion session for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Africa - Global Activities 2020

HBS, they have been traveling parallel paths for much of their lives. Pictured: Peak Investment Capital in Ghana works with companies such as Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt to help further their success in Africa. Both grew up in Ghana, earned... View Details

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Israel - Global Activities 2021

more of any crop, in any climate, with less water. “ Everyone knows that farmers’ appetite for water exceeds supply in many regions. Netafim—astute, technologically sophisticated, and committed to improving... View Details

2021
Working Paper

CEO Activism, Consumer Polarization, and Firm Performance

By: Young Hou and Christopher W. Poliquin

CEOs are increasingly engaging in activism on controversial social and political issues that do not directly affect their businesses. Simultaneously, the general public is increasingly polarized. We examine how CEO support for gun control after two mass shootings... View Details

Keywords: CEO Activism; Guns; Polarization; Non-market Strategy; Social Issues; Leadership; Consumer Behavior; Performance

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Israel - Global Activities 2020

Israel Israel Leading Bank Leumi into the Future Pictured: Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, former CEO of Bank Leumi How does a leader innovate in a setting where traditional business is working well? For Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, former CEO of... View Details

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Europe - Global Activities 2021

Europe Europe Job-Matching Platforms Address the Refugee Crisis Pictured: The European refugee crisis continues to escalate—between 2011 and 2019 alone, more than 6 million people applied for asylum in the... View Details

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Career Support - Business & Environment

careers with nonprofits focused on corporate engagement, or in the public sector. HBS MBAs have many options for making a difference at the critical intersection of environmental and business issues. BEI... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

Wyss Gift Supports HBS Doctoral Programs

HBS doctoral programs. Among the activities that may be funded by the endowment are fellowships and stipends for doctoral students; increased View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2003
News

Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies

development in entrepreneurial studies at HBS. Rock’s gift, which will establish The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, is the largest ever directed toward supporting an academic program at HBS. “This... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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Services & Support | Baker Library

classroom, in the library, online, and with our partners across HBS. Help Center Frequently asked research questions and tips. Ask a Librarian Submit your question or set up a research consultation with a... View Details

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

frictions throughout the value chain. With these structural impediments in mind, we visited WayCool Foods and Pixxel, two innovative companies that are attempting to improve economic conditions for farmers,... View Details

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Latin America - Global Activities 2021

Latin America Latin America Appreciating One’s Humanity as a Leader Pictured: Karen Bruck, a vice president at MercadoLibre, is the protagonist of a case highlighting the challenges of helping employees to succeed. Danyel O’Connor (PLD 32, 2021), the executive vice... View Details

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South Asia - Global Activities 2021

during the four modules focusing on key topics relevant for today’s leaders: Strategic thinking in a global context Creating and delivering customer value Performance excellence View Details

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Latin America - Global Activities 2020

products that support small business owners—predominantly women—who aren’t eligible for traditional loans. Pictured: Working with Fondo Esperanza, groups of microentrepreneurs meet regularly View Details

February 2009
Journal Article

Domestic Effects of the Foreign Activities of U.S. Multinationals

By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.

Do firms investing abroad simultaneously reduce their domestic activity? This paper analyzes the relationship between the domestic and foreign operations of American manufacturing firms between 1982 and 2004 by instrumenting for changes in foreign operations with GDP... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Range; Local Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Compensation and Benefits; Operations; Manufacturing Industry; United States

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10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

objective measures—such as innovation cycle times, flow efficiency (work time versus wait time), and market share changes—are useful for determining the existing state of the operating system components. The... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

2007
Working Paper

The Impact of Shareholder Activism on Financial Reporting and Compensation: The Case of Employee Stock Options Expensing

By: Fabrizio Ferri and Tatiana Sandino

In this paper we examine the economic consequences of over 150 shareholder proposals to expense employee stock options (ESO) submitted during the proxy seasons of 2003 and 2004–the first case where the SEC has allowed an accounting matter to be subject to an advisory... View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Financial Reporting; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Business and Shareholder Relations

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HBS Engagement Across the Region - Global Activities 2020

since, the School has added the Harvard Center Shanghai and a research office in Singapore to more broadly support activities in the Asia-Pacific region. These include case... View Details

June 2022
Article

A New Initiative to Track HIV Resource Allocation and Costs

By: Ryan McBain, AK Nandakumar, Michael Ruffner, Carlyn Mann, Mai Hijazi, Susanna Baker, Linden Morrison, Kalipso Chalkidou, Shufang Zhang, Iris Semini, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Steven Forsythe, Sarah Byakika, Joshua Musinguzi and Robert S. Kaplan

In early 2020, several global health institutions – including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); United States Agency for International Development; and Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator at... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing; HIV; Cost; Health Care; Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; Activity Based Costing and Management; Resource Allocation; Health Industry; Africa

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November 2023
Case

Gabon Special Economic Zone

By: John Macomber and Wale Lawal

Tropical rain forest covers about 80% of the West African nation of Gabon, part of the Congo Basin and the "lungs of the world." Gabon is one of the first nations to earn revenue from carbon sequestration...as long as the rain forest remains intact. There are... View Details