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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
local artisans and the timber trade without degrading the land. Are there similarities between your work in Costa Rica and the Massachusetts Audubon project you tackled after returning to Boston? The plan in Boston was a high-profile,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette
decorators and artisans who have worked on his houses must have a great deal of discipline. From painstakingly stripping layers of paint to uncover a wall's original 19th-century hue, to removing years of grime from neglected crystal... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
shoemakers in Italy among other industries to understand why manufacturing clusters still survive. ©iStock.com/panpipe The two shoe clusters studied are physically only 50 kilometers apart, but worlds apart in their success. The sports shoe cluster in Montebelluna... View Details
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
know the experience of daily shopping, the social structure of the marketplace and the corner store, the personal interaction with artisans and shopkeepers. Consumers today are increasingly insulated from the context of production. How... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
clients, most of whom had low skill and education levels. Marketing at first was fairly simple, said artisan baker David Ekstrom, a panelist at the session who joined the bakery a year ago as full-time manager. "They got the word out... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
companies non-financial support, such as pro-bono consulting projects or opportunities for portfolio companies to be part of the Scaling Minority Business class in future semesters. First Investment: Casabe Casabe is a Latina immigrant-owned bodega and View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals By: Sippl, Kristin Abstract—While much is known about transnational climate governance, less is known about... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
significant consumer demand for highly differentiated products of a particular origin and formulation, says Godiva’s Koen. That preference has spread to other goods, including artisanal chocolate. Introducing Godiva’s G Collection, a... View Details
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
will likely launch competing programs and producer participation might be low but will likely skew South. This paper presents a case study of Southern responses to Northern certification of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM),... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Reselling Opportunity” (HBS no. 717-430). Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719408-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 719-437 The De Beers Group: Launching GemFair for Artisanal Diamonds In April 2018, the De Beers... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
more than $1 million in grants to renovate the aging West Wind dormitory, provide technical assistance to local farmers, and establish a commercial kitchen that local growers can use to make value-added agricultural products; turned the gift shop into a showroom for... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
something into mechanisms within that machine that allow the process to become routine and repeatable. Let’s use an example. Many of us have seen glassblowers who manipulate a glowing hot lump of molten glass and shape it into a bottle or some other shape. That View Details
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
stake in a number of portfolio companies at Fair Market Value. As they conside whether to exercise their option to purchase Bain Capital's stake in Artisan Entertainment, the company has an extremely successful launch of "The Blair... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
this all the way from lowly London artisans to intellectual luminaries like John Locke. Abroad he became influential because he revealed the economic principles driving England's success. Cary was theoretically innovative in justifying... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
you do live and die by your taste.” With even the best actors, script, director, and production values in place, generally most movies don’t break even. According to Dominic Ianno (MBA 1995), a former studio executive at Artisan... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
contemporary apparel and home furnishings that STFC then helps to market and sell around the world. Organized as a producers' cooperative, STFC is owned by its artisan members. STFC is thinking of changing to for-profit status because it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
products sourced from artisan producers. Management believes the line will appeal to consumers seeking healthier foods and convenience, and will help extend Barilla's brand identification beyond pasta. However, the new line is a bold... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace