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  • 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009

studies conducted in numerous countries and contexts have consistently demonstrated that setting specific, challenging goals can powerfully drive behavior and boost performance. Advocates of goal setting have had a substantial View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

customers rather than take possession of and responsibility for the products or services in question, they have inherently low cost structures and fat gross margins. They are highly defensible once... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Green as Gold

though, and you’ll find that Hamilton has been renewed by a marriage of technology and environmental sustainability. “Basically, the only thing we kept was the building’s exterior shell,” says Jason Carlson,... View Details
Keywords: Paul Massari; Specialty Trade Contractors; Construction
  • 01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718039 Harvard Business School Case 517-064 Note on the Impact of Millennials on the Food System In 2016, the millennial generation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Oct 2017
  • News

Can Farming Save the Planet?

total organic product sales in 2015 were $43.3 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the previous year’s record level and far ahead of the overall View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture
  • 15 May 2020
  • News

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trajectory of these young food businesses, in addition to all the potential pitfalls. Big Ideas Ventures focuses on the transition points as a company moves from product to a... View Details
  • 24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

expanded into North America and also eyed new opportunities in Asia. Muñoz had to decide where to focus his efforts against a backdrop of margin squeezes in the food business; competition for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

Hyun Jin KimHarvard Business School Case 711-020 Patagonia was deeply committed to the environment. This commitment, at times, conflicted with the company's goal to create the most innovative products in its industry. Patagonia's founder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

fixed effects, controls for the quantity of sustainability disclosure, and alternative ways of measuring IR. Moreover, I show that investor activism on environmental or social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3

players. How can he best convince leaders in this mature industry to adopt a new technology and improve food safety? Additionally, he faces a number of questions related to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

federal government reacted with the passage of the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires all projects licensed by the government to file an environmental View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 20 Jan 2011
  • News

Oil Spill Solution

Technologies / Opflex Solutions is a Cape Cod, Massachusetts-based, environmentally responsible manufacturer of low-carbon impact foams for a variety View Details
  • 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

food to be resold at a significant discount. Rauch faced significant challenges in the implementation and execution of his plan, notably legal hurdles related to selling View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

flexible random coefficients aggregate discrete choice model that accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success, and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control for unobserved quality in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

lifecycle analysis, food waste is a major factor,” having tremendous harmful environmental impacts due to the unnecessary expenditure of natural... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
  • 20 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

operations? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517108-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 905-409 The Electronic Product Code: Future Impact on the Global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

United States began to use standardized color, achieved by synthetic dyes, as part of their marketing strategies. The emergence of the synthetic dye industry paralleled the growth View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

into catalyzing and scaling sustainable solutions. Moreover, the nature of environmental challenges requires problem solving that is no longer strictly in a public or private domain, which makes public... View Details
  • 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

trade-offs. The case was designed to help students understand job-shop style production and the impact of disruptions and reactive scheduling. Students use two View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

extensive theoretical literature generates ambiguous predictions concerning the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) reform on industrial development. The impact depends on whether multinational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne