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- 03 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen
In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of... View Details
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
Rewards Of Channel Stewardship The concept of channel stewardship is meant to appeal to any organization in the distribution channel that wants to bring a disciplined approach to channel strategy. As mentioned, a channel steward might be the maker of the View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Fıelds of Gold
the land dedicated to the crop a decade ago. That could be a boon for food lovers globally, but for Luo, the true value of Afghan saffron is its potential to support agricultural development. The question for Earth2Globe: how can it brand... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
As a fresh crop of MBA students arrived on campus in the fall, the School’s most recent alumni settled into new lives and new responsibilities. And according to MBA Career Services Director Jana Pompadur Kierstead, they have much to... View Details
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System
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 Technology... 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
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
Growing up, Steve Barger spent his summers picking crops in Oregon until he was old enough to work in the cannery his father ran. A graduate of Williams College, he has two children and is married to his hometown sweetheart. Barger is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
A dozen budding social entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for innovative products and services during the annual Social Enterprise Conference in February, and four came away with top honors. The sold-out event marked the 13th year of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
right to have it," Mark explained. "But not much has been done to increase the supply and quality of the supply of water and to be able to economically allocate it to the right locations." Mark grew up on a farm and as a result was savvy from an early age about View Details
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
What happens when a group of Missouri corn farmers gets into the energy business? With consumers paying more than double for gasoline than they did a year ago, turning crops into fuel, not food, seems like a good way to go—but not so... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
technical solution or a cure for something that isn't scientifically possible or known," says Zeaske. "We have a resource scarcity and distribution problem, not a production problem." That last point is particularly true in agriculturally... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
fruit virus. Founded in 2000 from the merger of the agrichemical units of Novartis and AstraZeneca, Syngenta is a provider of a broad range of agricultural science and technology products focused on seeds and View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
debating in 2016 how quickly the firm should bring to market its novel microbiome-coated seeds, which increased crop yields, reducing the environmental impacts of farming. Some of their seeds were able to thrive even in water-stressed... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
children in real-life situations as they learn experientially through play in familiar environments using a mobile device. canada PIXIE is a website that connects passionate, small product companies, designers, and artisans with their... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
organization owns the problem, there can’t be one owner of the solution.” For example, the bees need diversity in their diet and can suffer from malnutrition in monoculture environments. But beekeepers have a hard time “going to a farmer and saying ‘pull out 10 percent... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
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 Technology... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
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 Technology... View Details
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
entrants, and we wanted to highlight the contestants from this year’s competition who are developing a wide range of ventures to address climate change. 2024 Business Track Winner: Crop Diagnostix - Brandon Chi (MBA 2024), Joseph Swift,... View Details