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- 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 food market’s growth rate of 3 percent. “We’re a little bit like the Uber of farming, in that farmers have the View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
and knowledge management, presented the results of his research on leading-edge companies that are expanding their businesses through use of the "marketspace" - the realm of electronic commerce. Demonstrat-ing with an overhead projection... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
in a remote area of Tunisia, near the border with ISIS-occupied territory in Libya. “We’re coaching civil servants there on developing agriculture—the production of cork and essential oils—for international markets. “Identifying assets that have been given by nature,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
innovation and entrepreneurship. She is also cofounder and executive director of KDDC, a 30-megawatt hydropower dam—one of the first to be privatized in the country. She says her knowledge of Nigeria, which has 250 ethnic groups spread... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
combine his undergraduate training as an industrial engineer with his business knowledge to become a securities analyst specializing in the chemical, drug, and paper industries. He then managed Rothschild's research department, viewing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
and sold her company. Sarah, a few posters down, used the knowledge gained from CWE workshops to build a $6 million computer-networking company. “We realized early on that we had tapped a real need,” notes Silbert as she takes in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
to me in our first meeting. “There are skills, attitudes, and a fundamental base of knowledge that education and experience can provide,” he said. “You won’t turn me into a world-class athlete by sending me out to practice with a coach,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
beard, his vast knowledge of finance, and particularly his caution about business getting too big for effective management. If he were alive today, he would find many supersized mergers to be concerned about. S. Francis Nicholson (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
designate a knowledgeable person, independent of both issuers and rating agencies, to select a rating agency for the bond issuer and negotiate a rating fee. This would eliminate the two worst abuses: the issuer shopping for a higher... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
in Kuwait against nearly 2,000 other applicants. It was there that Parija came to the attention of two high-level executives who were HBS alumni—Aubyn Hill (MBA 1978) and Amal Wahab (MBA 1987). "I was extremely impressed with these two men, their View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
turn this business into a real cash cow.” “By going to HBS, I developed the skills, confidence, and knowledge to be a good steward of this family business. I don’t know if my sons will want to work here, but I do want to provide them with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
might be important to think about when we’re interpreting SAT scores. Since then, I’ve been able to go back to the field, with that knowledge from the lab, and look at how policies that reduced skipping among test-takers—removing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
products in the B2B marketplace, this book provides specific knowledge of use to people in the cleantech, energy efficiency, and resource efficiency space. It is packed with wisdom and resources for launching a successful cleantech... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
Sarita expanded to a second school in Shanghai; Western businesspeople and diplomats account for 10 percent of the growing business. “When you have the knowledge and you know the protocol, then you have the confidence to focus on things... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
first-year TOM class at HBS, Kim has added a world of hands-on knowledge about operations management — not the least of which is his newfound expertise in milk procurement and distribution. — SA Naidoo: Creating public-private... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
this five-day course has brought to Soldiers Field family teams of two to eight members from a wide range of businesses around the world to explore state-of-the-art knowledge about family-run companies. "The program provided many key... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
a competitive band the following month. I think it's very similar than in Silicon Valley, that people are able to change jobs quickly. That helps spread education and knowledge throughout the entire ecosystem. Dan: The book sort of... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
You're right. The thesis of The Happiness Equation is actually, it is in you, and all of secrets in the book deal with yourself. I did that on purpose because I didn't feel confident enough in my knowledge of relationships or my research... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
probiotic beverage products throughout different regions of the world. The book includes in-depth knowledge of local authors on indigenous and commercially produced probiotic beverages and related products. Examining current advancements... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
successful firms, outline ten ways in which the managerial and innovative capabilities of Chinese firms differ from those of Western firms, and describe how multinationals doing business in China can become part of the Chinese ecosystem of new View Details