Food And Environment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
News

Women at the Top

nearby Hingham, Massachusetts, that she helped create and successfully led over the past eight years. Bourneuf came to HBS eager to gain exposure to developments in the broader business environment View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

Contract: Downrounds Part II Day 24: The Start-up vs. The Incumbent Module 4: Succession & Liquidity Day 25: Exit Strategies or Not Day 26: PE Exits Day 27: IPOs – Old and New Day 28: Fulfilling the Promise – Dealing with Lawyers View Details

14 Dec 2015
News

Mobilizing Action on Climate Change and Water Quality

restore the Blasket Islands in West Kerry, and that project has been going for 25 years. It’s a nonprofit conservation project; we’ve done great work on that and I think the confidence to do that came from... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

unique food (famed ham, mushroom varietals, cheese-making, and rare herbs), temperate climate, surrounding rivers and mountains, ethnic diversity (bordering Laos, Vietnam,... View Details

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

the food and apparel industries and the need to "secure" all elements of their production chain, most other industries have yet to recognize such a hazard. In the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

Editorial

3 Ways Investors Can Pressure Companies to Take Sustainability Seriously

By: Mindy Lubber and George Serafeim

Keywords: Sustainability; Activism; ESG; Shareholder Activism; Investor Behavior; Climate Change; Environment; Diversity; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability

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22 Jul 2007
Conference Presentation

Soft, Stiff, and in between: Social Movements, Entrepreneurial Opportunity, and the Emergence of the American Soft Drink Industry

By: Shon R. Hiatt

Keywords: Society; Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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14 May 2018
News

Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

07 Oct 2013
News

Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

2003
Book

When You Say Yes But Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies

By: Leslie Perlow

“Saying yes when you really mean no” is a problem that haunts organizations from start-ups to multi-nationals. It exists across industries, levels, and functions. And it’s exacerbated by a down economy, when the fear of losing one’s job is on everybody’s mind and the... View Details

Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Relationships; Business Ventures

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01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

those business aspects where agility is most crucial—where the business environment is changing fast—and which elements have the greatest impact on customers’ decisions. She then shows how to master three aspects of agility: market... View Details

October 1988
Case

Edward Litton and Philippine Fresh Mango Exports to Japan

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Trade; Food; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; Philippines

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01 Mar 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

Dreyfoos’s collection, encompass the years from 1950 to 2013 and reflect 60 countries. Those in the early decades have a historical aura, and many others may soon join that group as cultures evolve View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Dec 2018
News

An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

On the 50th floor of a global law firm, overlooking a cold and rainy Manhattan skyline in November, more than 70 Harvard Business School alumni gathered to learn from each other and confront the business... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

14 Feb 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio

October 2009
Article

Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market

By: Julie Wulf

I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate headquarters receives two types of signals about investment opportunities: private signals that can be... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Capital Budgeting; Business Headquarters; Investment; Opportunities; Cost; Value; Motivation and Incentives; Equity

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01 Apr 2009
Working Paper Summaries

The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and Growth Strategies in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Banking Industry

Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Zhi Huang; Banking

01 Jun 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

in the Networked Age by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh (MBA 2000) (Harvard Business Review Press) The employer-employee relationship is broken. The old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works in a business... View Details

2016
Working Paper

Signaling without Certification: The Critical Role of Civil Society Scrutiny

By: Susan A. Kayser, John W. Maxwell and Michael W. Toffel

In response to stakeholders' growing concerns, companies are joining voluntary environmental programs to signal their superior environmental management capabilities. In contrast to the literature's focus on certification programs that require a third-party audit, we... View Details