Small Farms - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2010
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MBAs on a Mission

included exploring the potential for ecotourism, organizing a women’s farming collective, and coordinating efforts to save crops from raids by elephants. He enjoyed the experience so much that he extended his term by a year to help a... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

farms to its processing plants to its vast sales and distribution operation that reached over 100,000 outlets. Notwithstanding its diverse portfolio, the core of Almarai’s business was (1) sales of branded fresh/chilled dairy products,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

competitive strategy? Renowned for the cutting-edge websites that it developed to market major Hollywood movies and leading consumer brands, the firm had won numerous awards and garnered considerable attention within the advertising industry. In mid-2008, Big Spaceship... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

cost-look ahead, investigate, and announce a small set of choices to the rest of the organization. Starting from that definition, the paper studies what makes a decision "strategic" and what makes strategy important, considering... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

the airport’s few runways. On the ground, there’s traffic congestion of an entirely different sort. Cars, trucks, three-wheelers, bicycles, rickshaws, and even a couple of horsemen jockey for position on a road far too small to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

02 Sep 2018
News

Havana Rising

benefactor and main trading partner, entering what is referred to as “the Special Period,” which would last until the mid-1990s. Gas shortages led to farming and distribution disruptions, which led to food shortages. The average Cuban... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

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Past Issues - Alumni

startup, taking one big bet on a very small screen Complete Table of Contents June 2019 A More Perfect Union America’s faith in democracy is fading. Daniella Ballou-Aares is leading a group of alumni in an ambitious effort to restore it... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

The Long Run

some changes to the area around Calhoun in the late 1990s. One by one, farms that had been in the same family for generations were going up for sale. “I thought, well, I guess these third-generation kids don’t want to be farmers,” he... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

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Print View - Course Catalog

agriculture still represents a large share of the domestic economy. Small farms and lack of resources often means that agriculture is highly inefficient. Technology can dramatically improve productive... View Details

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