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- 20 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s
- 01 Dec 2022
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My First Job
at Kwinters, the hot-dog stand in my local mall, where I learned how to cook five varieties of hot dogs, managed cash, cleaned the oily fryers and greasy hot-dog containers, and earned minimum wage. It was a great initial lesson in how,... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
assemble high quality local camera crews and co-ordinate with interviewees, we need a local support base. We have made particular use of Harvard Business School’s network of global research centers . We have... View Details
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Global Business Course | HBS Online
Your Free E-book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation or a small local business, we have a solution for your learning and development needs. Learn More Our Difference... View Details
- 29 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
- November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security
By: Elie Ofek
In the summer of 2023, the co-founders of Infarm, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, were contemplating a major pivot going forward. While Infarm had successfully shown it could grow over 75 products—mainly herbs, leafy greens and mushrooms—in modular... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Transition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; North America; Toronto; Northeastern United States
Ofek, Elie. "Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security." Harvard Business School Case 524-043, November 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 22 Nov 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Carbon Tariffs: Impacts on Technology Choice, Regional Competitiveness, and Global Emissions
- 01 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS FIELD Program?
is structured around “Design Thinking” and teachings based off IDEO - deep customer observations, brainstorming, prototyping and testing. You are given multiple opportunities to put the consumer first through in-depth interviews and data gathering in country with... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
take control again over those assets." At the same time, Guide Dogs did not maintain any direct control or share in any of the value that might be created through these entities. Guide Dogs also partnered with local governments, who... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
the confines of the original question, involving us in a debate about central banking systems. Supporters of the notion of digital currencies included Hamad Sheikh, who pointed out that “Digital currency is here to stay, simply because it does not require middle men or... View Details
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
local business, we have a solution for your learning and development needs. Learn More Our Difference Sustainable Investing will equip you with the insights, frameworks, and skills to evaluate environmental, social, and governance (ESG)... View Details
- 04 Aug 2011
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How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
Article Some of the more interesting writing that is relevant to management these days is found in out-of-the-way places in my local bookstore. In addition to the management and economics sections, you should check out neuroscience,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
second chance. We are responsible for and witnesses to permanent and irreversible damage to our climate, and it is our collective responsibility to respond. As business leaders, we must collaborate with governments at the global, national, state, and View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
tightly: performance evaluation and risk management. Everything else is managed loosely, and local leaders get an enormous amount of discretion in figuring out how to get things done. Change leaders need to be prepared to give the same... View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
[Subject Area] Field of Study: Leave blank Grade: "Complete" Activities and Societies: Leave blank Costs, Grants & Financial Aid What is included in the Program Fee? Your Program Fee represents the tuition for your Harvard Business School Online course. If View Details
- 09 Mar 2015
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Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
drivers and alleged evasion of local taxes. The Uber case brings up thorny questions around when pushing legal or policy boundaries becomes a public hazard rather than public benefit. Permission Or Forgiveness "We address this in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
reckless gambling of assets. Its hubris was to attempt to commoditize electric power, water, and broadband, despite what Salter called critical points of difference from natural gas. (Electric power and water are politically sensitive at the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2013
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Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
Group, Google, REI, and UPS. All of this sounds like an answer to a "trickle down" philosophy of economics fueled by government favoritism for the most affluent. My introduction to the concept occurred long before I read the book. On a visit to a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
regional board summits, and other networking events. Contact your local club to learn more. 1 Life & Leadership After HBS longitudinal alumni study. Most recent data collection 2021-2022. Interested in learning more about On Board? Sign... View Details
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Frist Faculty Commons | About
Corporation, and today it is the leading provider of health-care services in the United States. HCA was the subject of a 2012 HBS case study. Thomas F. Frist Jr. is director of the Patricia C. and Thomas F. Frist Jr. Foundation, which supports numerous national and... View Details