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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
even bigger, we want to develop a suite of citizen engagement tools across different sectors,” DeBere says. “Our service doesn’t have to be just for health care. You can also think about it in the education space or the agricultural... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
like education, health care, infrastructure, and public safety. You can call it causation or correlation, says Bauerly; it doesn’t really matter to him. He calls it smart investing in the place he calls home. The “Star of the North” has long been known for its View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
America’s energy policy and is upset with the way the country is dealing with migrants, both in agriculture and in high tech. Many are worried that U.S. politicians will respond with populist policies. Problems aside, isn’t capitalism on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
Need for Speed Entrepreneur and investor Chris Yeh (MBA 2000) and Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn and a partner at Greylock Partners, have been fixtures in Silicon Valley since the early days of the commercial internet. Firsthand witnesses to massive successes such... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sorry, We’re All Out of Chilean Sea Bass
KNECHT: Save our dwindling fish stocks. PHOTO COURTESY MARION ETTLINGER May I take your order? One Patagonian toothfish, please. If that doesn’t sound appetizing, how about Chilean sea bass — what the fish was renamed to appeal to gourmands. The gambit worked but not... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
Nova Scotia native Greg Murray divides his time between a town house in Halifax’s city center and Athol Farms, a 400-acre cattle ranch on the Northumberland Strait. A longtime entrepreneur, his latest venture, the Clean Air & Water Centre, uses advanced ozone... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
that has been disrupted by the earthquakes, including agriculture and animal husbandry—to remain in place and not have to settle elsewhere. “This allows them to modernize their lifestyle but still allows them to live with their animals... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
children attending school by 25 percent, and boosted agricultural output by two to four times, depending on the area. Now we’re talking to the UN, the World Bank, USAID, and others about scaling the village program to a countrywide level.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
shipping. In addition, algae can grow in salty or brackish water under extremely harsh conditions; so unlike other biofuel feedstocks such as corn and soy, algae don’t need to compete with agricultural crops for fresh water and arable... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
Yusuf Keshavjee Some years ago, Yusuf Keshavjee (OPM 17, 1991) was driving near Lake Victoria in Kenya when he noticed vendors by the roadside selling honey. Not an unusual sight in Africa, but it got Keshavjee to thinking about issues facing local farmers: branding,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
other actors in building a just and regenerative society. Key takeaway: “We need to transform the entire economy—the built environment, our agricultural systems, and how we deal with energy. It’s a massive undertaking that is going to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 12 Jan 2021
- News
Keeping the Coast Clear
Photo courtesy Save the Bay Photo courtesy Save the Bay As executive director of the non-profit Save the Bay, Jonathan Stone (MBA 1984) leads the organization’s efforts to protect the waters and habitats of Narragansett Bay, educate the public, and advocate for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
themselves, letting them fail so they can learn how to succeed. Territorial Tools for Agro-Industry Development: A Sourcebook edited by Martin Webber (MBA 1980) and Eva Galvez Nogales (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN) This... View Details
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
community has failed,” she said. “If we want to solve climate change, we can. It's completely plausible to change. We have the technology to fix this problem. Electric and autonomous vehicles and ride sharing are coming fast. Agriculture... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
phase along with Stanford Business School professor Charles O'Reilly. The case method is the primary learning tool; overall, cases used in EDP range from an examination of General Electric CEO Jack Welch's management style, to View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
use of agricultural chemicals in this country...so that our supply of food will be reduced to [Iron Curtain] parity.” Readers and reporters jumped into the fray. Some journalists lined up with the chemical industry. A writer in the... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
reach the goals of which McCarthy spoke. Moving away from the city to more rural areas, David Perry (MBA 1997), president, CEO, and director of Indigo Agriculture, said one-third of all carbon emissions are the result of the agriculture... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
Radcliffe student, to Cambridge, where he enrolled at Harvard College. After attending HBS and earning a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of Minnesota, Goldberg joined the HBS faculty in 1955. In 1957, he and HBS... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
Issue Focus: Business and the Environment Issue Focus The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS The City Solution Water for Life Green Day Related Links HBS Business and Environment Initiative The Untold Story of 'Green' Entrepreneurs (HBSWK) Watch Stuart Evans... View Details