Food And Environment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2019
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INK: Big News for Small Business

spur a powerful transformation in access and opportunity. If we can foster an environment where innovation comes together with capital markets and lending View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2016
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Up by the Roots

division and in time, had a revelation: “Seeing some of the trends in organic foods, I could see a lot of interest in the return to slow food and family farming,” he recalls.... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Apr 1997
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Managers trying to make sense out of a continuously changing business environment should check out the latest from Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP). Management Update, a monthly newsletter launched in June 1996 View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Apr 1999
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Alumni Career Services Update

says he has interacted with more than 750 alumni since coming to HBS, "not including attendees at HBS presentations I've given on campus and on the road." Many of ACS's most avid customers are newer graduates, who began their careers in... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Dec 2000
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Books

Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty, by Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan, offers a practical blueprint for thinking and acting in environments that are fast-paced,... View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2010
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M.I.A. Boards

conflicts between monitoring and advisory responsibilities, and the frustration of serving in a role under intense scrutiny in a brutal economic environment have made the job... View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

01 Dec 2004
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One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

called upon Wall Street and corporate executives “to create a new environment of integrity and accountability.” He seemed uniquely suited to lead that effort. Donaldson was... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Dec 2011
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Faculty Books

Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors edited by Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell (University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research) Studies have suggested that significantly... View Details

Keywords: Utilities

25 Feb 2020
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Ink: Your Best Self

a colleague. And technology disruption has really changed industries and driven new competition. The folks I’ve worked with describe that external environment as always tugging... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 1999
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WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals

centerpiece event of the WSA, a fifteen-year-old organization whose mission is to foster a supportive environment for women at the Business School and to provide services that help them to succeed as... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

decreased supply of traditional food exports of wheat and corn from Russia and Ukraine will also result in rising prices, Shih said. "You'll pay more for everything that uses... View Details

12 Sep 2019
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Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse

building all these mass stores on,” where I'm like “Is there a way to protect that beauty or even create some harmony between the buildings we build with the environment that we live in.” And so I think... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

development at John Keells Holdings, Sri Lanka’s largest conglomerate with 70 companies across the real estate, food and beverage, financial services, transportation, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

19 May 2020
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Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online

address topics like emotional coping skills, the food supply, and even one on Gospel music. “We want to lift each other up.” Virtual Alumni Forums Offer Deeper Connection in Unsettling Times For the more... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

their own food and didn't have electricity until she was eight. Education was important-Lambert's mother was a teacher-but there was no money for college, so after high school she worked as a maid in... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Making a Difference

motive, pure and simple,” she notes. “At the museum, it's more complicated. There's a legacy to think about, multiple constituencies, and competing priorities. Everything has an impact on everything else.... View Details

12 Apr 2012
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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, View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest

01 Sep 2016
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New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview

objective. “It was so different from any other classroom environment I’d encountered,” says Losee, who became the School’s new managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid in June. “Everyone in the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jun 1997
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Short Takes

with the ungainly conglomerates assembled in the 1960s and 1970s that provided a variety of seemingly mismatched products and services. And while many consultants View Details