Publications

24 Apr 2014
News

Growing a new model for the forestry industry in Chile

Michele Golodetz (MBA 1977) discusses her innovations in the forestry industry in Chile and how this helps small farmers become self-supporting. (Published April 2014) View Details

July 1989
Case

F & W Forestry Services, Inc.

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Forestry Industry

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November 2023
Case

Gabon Special Economic Zone

By: John Macomber and Wale Lawal

Tropical rain forest covers about 80% of the West African nation of Gabon, part of the Congo Basin and the "lungs of the world." Gabon is one of the first nations to earn revenue from carbon sequestration...as long as the rain forest remains intact. There are... View Details

Keywords: Economic Development; Forestry; Wood; Carbon Credits; Supply Chain; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Strategy; Forest Products Industry; Africa; Gabon

25 Apr 2014
Video

Michele Golodetz - Making A Difference

December 2000
Case

CellFor, Inc.

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Frantz Edward Alphonse and Laure Mougeot Stroock

A new private company has developed a process to clone and multiply seeds for the forestry industry. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Transition; Technological Innovation; Private Ownership; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Technology Adoption; Forestry Industry

13 May 2021
News

Investment Management for the Carbon Potential Of Forests: David Brand, New Forests

1998
Book

Global Climate Change: A Senior Level Dialogue at the Intersection of Economics, Strategy, Technology, Science, Politics and International Negotiation

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Based on the 1997 conference organized by the Kellog Environmental Research Center and sponsored by the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Global Climate Change presents the views of key players in the debate over global climate change... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Policy; Goals and Objectives; International Relations

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December 2006 (Revised September 2007)
Case

Ponsse: From Finland to Global

By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman

Finland-based Ponsse Oyj, with 2005 turnover of $250 million, is the only dedicated forest equipment company of size that remained in a consolidating industry. Competitors included global giants such as John Deere and Komatsu. Since his arrival at Ponsse in 2004, CEO... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Capacity; Expansion; Forest Products Industry; Forest Products Industry; Russia; Finland; United States; Brazil

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Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

By unlocking the value of the carbon sequestered in forests, in conserved land, and other real natural assets, Brand aims to reverse this: Forestry, agriculture, and land use are currently responsible for producing one quarter of global emissions, but Brand wants to... View Details

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

couple soon acquired an additional 400 acres of nearby hardwood forest to protect it from development—and thus began a journey that led to the launch of Crown Maple, now a leading US maple syrup producer with a following that spans the worlds of Cornell University... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

Web

Events - Private Capital Project

Lee (Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, UBS Global Wealth Management), and Ben Roth (Assistant Professor, HBS), moderated by Brian Trelstad (Senior Lecturer, HBS and Partner, Bridges Fund Management) The State of the Indian Private Capital View Details

24 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

forestry industry and environmental organizations. This initiative, based at Yale, helped reduce tensions between these groups and fostered greater cooperation. In retirement, I’ve continued to stay active,... View Details

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

16 Sep 2019
News

Smarter Farming

Zealand forestry and turn it into farming for animals. That involved cutting down a lot of trees, putting up a lot of fences, and putting lots of animals across some of New Zealand's most pristine country. Today, our mission is very... View Details

Keywords: meat; dairy; cattle; Agriculture

September 2001 (Revised October 2001)
Teaching Note

Tree Values TN

By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs

Teaching Note for (9-201-031). View Details

Keywords: Forestry Industry

Cullen pioneered both the development of Kraft paper, as well as the paper industry as a whole in the South. Cullen was a leader in exploiting the resources of the southern woodlands as the raw material for making Kraft paper. Cullen was... View Details

Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

July 1992
Case

Riverside and DEC: Riverside Lumber Confidential Instructions

By: Howard Raiffa and Thomas T. Weeks

A two-party, integrative, negotiation exercise involving several pre-specified issues to be resolved. Each party is given a pre-specified scoring system in monetary units. Side payments, within limits are possible. Face-to-face negotiations take place with no... View Details

Keywords: Natural Environment; Government and Politics; Pollutants; Negotiation Types; Negotiation Process; Forestry Industry

October 2000
Case

Tree Values

By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs

Describes two alternative tree cutting strategies. The first is to cut all trees that are at least 12 inches in diameter at breast height. The second is to thin the forest by cutting less desirable trees immediately and harvesting the crop trees later. The case... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Decision Making; Cash Flow; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Value Creation; Forestry Industry