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  • December 2013 (Revised April 2014)
  • Case

Seeding Growth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By: Ray Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Djordjija Petkoski
By 2013, the agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had long suffered from war, political instability, and dilapidated infrastructure. A country with 75 million inhabitants and the second lowest GDP per capita in the world in 2011, the DRC's... View Details
Keywords: National Agricultural Investment Plan (PNIA); Developing Agriculture; World Bank; Poverty Reduction; Special Economic Zones (SEZs); Small-scale Farmers; Agricultural Business Parks; Agriculture Reform; Agribusiness; Economic Growth; Infrastructure; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

The Best-Laid Plans

you. Paul Conforti (MBA 1997) was a 1997 quarterfinalist with classmates Kim Moore and Kristen Krzyzewski for Finale, an upscale restaurant with a focus on desserts. “I envisioned the path to be a little different,” Conforti confesses. “The View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 18 Aug 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

different," Conforti confesses. "The plan all along was to turn Finale into a national dessert chain. We ran into the buzz saw of the recession just as we opened a fourth restaurant in a high-end mall.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 06 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 6, 2016

Abstract—Many experiments have found that participants take more investment risk if they see returns less frequently, see portfolio-level returns (rather than each individual asset’s returns), or see long-horizon (rather than one-year)... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

also examine the strategic and organizational barriers that corporations face in making more efficient use of natural resources or deciding to invest in sustainable technologies. There are four major barriers: The first is that companies... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

crisis strikes, what will become of it in the longer term? By the same token, allocating resources to long-term exploration might incur the risk of precipitating the fall. Egalitarianism and International Investment Authors:Jordan I.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

More than one decade after the fall of apartheid, and despite ambitious economic reforms by the ANC government, foreign direct investment flows into South Africa averaged around two-thirds less than View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

entrepreneurial California agricultural biotech company seeking to earn carbon credits by modifying commodity crops for use in China and India. Eric Rey, Arcadia's CEO, faced a strategic inflection point in early September 2008. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

University endowment’s investment choices and of venture-capital-backed IPO run-ups on venture-capital foundings between 1984 and 2011. The results pinpoint the aspects of the social environment that most heavily influence entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

simplifies the retirement savings plan participation decision. Individuals received an opportunity to enroll in a retirement savings plan at a pre-selected contribution rate and asset allocation, allowing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

imagery, AI, and systems design to enable more targeted insurance underwriting and disaster preparedness. She also explains how Bellwether is creating geospatial AI infrastructure and tools to support natural disaster response by the View Details
  • Web

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

through Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Continued isolationism Influence: High 40 1940 19 War Production Board readies nation for WWII U.S. becomes a global power Creation of IMF and World Bank Marshall Plan Cold... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

joining HBS. Audrey Atencio (MBA 2024, Section G), Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Piva Capital Piva is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm ($500mm AUM) investing in visionary entrepreneurs who are solving the world's critical... View Details
  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

the people-related issues become increasingly important. The technical tools that seem so important when you are a student will help only up to a point." CURRENT READING Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje Jaime Zobel didn't plan to start his... View Details
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

reason appears to be adaptation. However even for the rich half of European nations such habituation may take over five years so the happiness gains that they experience, while not permanent, can still be relatively long-lasting. Finally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 20

fast-growing food service sector. Internationally, the plan sets out a vision of Brasil Foods evolving from an exporter to a true multinational. The team believes their operational expertise and scale combined with Brazil's booming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.? Authors:Diego A. Comin, William Easterly, and Erick Gong Abstract We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 B.C., 0 A.D., and 1500 A.D. for the predecessors to today's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

shores which nature has decreed to be most vital to our national safety, not to mention our prosperity." Q: You describe the US involvement in the construction and administration of the Panama Canal as a "successful American... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
  • 02 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 2, 2016

interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence of fund closures resulting from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne