natural products company - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Sep 2015
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How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Companies

04 Mar 2020
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Healthcare Companies We’re Watching, and Productivity Hacks

01 Mar 2011
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Two Kinds of Green

social and environmental concerns into daily operations. In the multimedia case “Burt’s Bees: Balancing Growth and Sustainability,” HBS associate professor Christopher Marquis uses text exhibits and video interviews to show how the small View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; natural products company; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Aug 2014
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Consumer Products Companies are Seeking Less Shelf Space

12 Mar 2019
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Acting Naturally

Karina Birch (OPM 49, 2017) is CEO of Rocky Mountain Soap Company, based in Alberta, Canada. In this interview, she explains how the mission, culture, and products of her company are blended together. “I was... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

17 Feb 2009
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LBO-Owned Companies Raise Productivity Faster, Report Concludes

01 Apr 2001
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The Natural Advantage

result is Heeks’s new book, The Natural Advantage, which lays out seven organic farming-derived principles that visiting executives learn during stays at Magdalen Farm. Lessons include the importance of drawing energy from “clean... View Details

Keywords: Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production; Crop Production

01 Jun 2000
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A Natural Balance

Cavan Mahony and Ayla Hussain (both MBA '96) became friends and business partners through a mutual devotion to yoga and health -- and a conviction that beauty is more than skin deep. The two have joined with a third partner, supermodel Christy Turlington, to form... View Details

16 Jan 2019
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Caregiving Demands Are Affecting Employee Productivity and Company Profitability

01 Jul 2013
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The Nature of Business

learned at Harvard and at Goldman Sachs," he recalled. "Viewing nature through the lens of basic business principles—maximize returns, invest in your assets, manage your risks, diversify, and promote innovation—can open the door for View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2017
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The Changing Nature of Research

School’s Bureau of Business Research—comprised a comparative examination of the costs of operating a retail shoe business. The resulting report helped companies devise strategies to manage inventories, increase profits, and cut waste.... View Details

13 Jul 2017
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Making Friends with Mother Nature

Donald K. Clifford Jr. wrote the book on how high-performance, midsize companies beat their competition, but growth in the world of nature has always been closest to his heart. “The View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

02 Nov 2017
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Making Friends with Mother Nature

Helping midsize companies achieve success was Donald K. “Obie” Clifford’s (MBA 1956) business specialty, but his passion was helping people understand their connection to the natural world. Clifford passed... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Impact: The Changing Nature of Work

Advanced technologies, shifting demographics, and new business models are transforming the nature and scope of work globally. As a result, the skills leaders need—today and tomorrow—also must evolve. Since its inception, HBS has aspired... View Details