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- 2021
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Public Health Risks Arising from Food Supply Chains: Challenges and Opportunities
By: Lu Chen, Donovan Guittieres, Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson, Georgia Perakis, Nicholas Renegar and Stacy Springs
Safe, healthy, and resilient food supply chains are essential to ensuring the livelihood and well-being of humans and societies, as well as local and global economies. However, the ability to provide and sustain access to nutritious and safe food continues to be a...
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Keywords:
Food Safety;
Adulteration;
Malnutrition;
Supply Chain;
Health;
Government Administration;
Food and Beverage Industry
Chen, Lu, Donovan Guittieres, Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson, Georgia Perakis, Nicholas Renegar, and Stacy Springs. "Public Health Risks Arising from Food Supply Chains: Challenges and Opportunities." Special Issue on OR Models for Developmental Studies. Naval Research Logistics Quarterly 68, no. 8 (2021): 1098–1112.
- July 2008 (Revised January 2009)
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Londolozi: Towards a Sustainable Business Model and Ecological Integrity in Southern Africa
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Thomas Koelble
The Londolozi game viewing reserve in South Africa became a defining icon of ecotourism during the 1990s and early 2000s-that is, a tourist business promoting ecological land management and, at the same time, local economic development. The reserve was in a region in...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Tourism Industry;
South Africa
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Thomas Koelble. "Londolozi: Towards a Sustainable Business Model and Ecological Integrity in Southern Africa." Harvard Business School Case 709-001, July 2008. (Revised January 2009.)
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
assess value, and communicate business decisions to stakeholders. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge through quizzes and a capstone project. Description of silent animated...
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Online Management Course | HBS Online
key tools and techniques to become more effective managers and get things done Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge through peer feedback, decision-making simulations, and a capstone assignment. Description...
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- 2022
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Decarbonizing Academia's Flyout Culture
By: Nicholas Poggioli and Andrew J. Hoffman
Flight is technologically and culturally central to academic life. Academia's flyout culture is built on a set of shared beliefs and values about the importance of flying to being an academic. But flight also generates a large proportion of academia’s carbon emissions,...
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Keywords:
Carbon Emissions;
Air Transportation;
Values and Beliefs;
Environmental Sustainability;
Higher Education;
Education Industry
Poggioli, Nicholas, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "Decarbonizing Academia's Flyout Culture." Chap. 10 in Academic Flying and the Means of Communication, edited by Kristian Bjørkdahl and Adrian Santiago Franco Duharte, 237–268. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
- January 2011
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Let the Right One In: A Microeconomic Approach to Partner Choice in Mutualisms
By: Marco Archetti, Francisco Ubeda, Drew Fudenberg, Jerry R. Green, Naomi E. Pierce and Douglas W. Yu
One of the main problems impeding the evolution of cooperation is partner choice. When information is asymmetric (the quality of a potential partner is known only to himself), it may seem that partner choice is not possible without signaling. Many mutualisms, however,...
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Keywords:
Microeconomics;
Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
System;
Problems and Challenges;
Information;
Economics;
Theory;
Cost;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Cooperation
Archetti, Marco, Francisco Ubeda, Drew Fudenberg, Jerry R. Green, Naomi E. Pierce, and Douglas W. Yu. "Let the Right One In: A Microeconomic Approach to Partner Choice in Mutualisms." American Naturalist 177, no. 1 (January 2011).
- December 2005 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Nest Fresh Eggs (A)
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Victoria Winston
Cyd Szymanski's cage-free egg business was threatened by large caged-hen companies that saw new profit potential in the industry she had helped build. Szymanski had based her company, Nest Fresh Eggs, on a strong personal belief that people deserved healthier...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives
Amabile, Teresa M., and Victoria Winston. "Nest Fresh Eggs (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-056, December 2005. (Revised October 2006.)
- February 2014
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BGI: Data-driven Research
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
BGI has the largest installed gene-sequencing capacity in the world, and to Zhang Gengyun, general manager of the Life Sciences Division, this represented an opportunity to apply his training as a plant breeder and his early career work as a biochemist to improving...
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Keywords:
Genomics;
Gene Sequencing;
Life Sciences;
Plant Breeding;
Human Genome Program;
Beijing Genomics Institute;
BGI;
Rice Genome;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
Research;
Research and Development;
Science;
Genetics;
Science-Based Business;
Strategy;
Commercialization;
Corporate Strategy;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
China;
United States
Shih, Willy, and Sen Chai. "BGI: Data-driven Research." Harvard Business School Case 614-056, February 2014.
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Multivoxel Patterns in Face-sensitive Temporal Regions Reveal an Encoding Schema Based on Detecting Life in a Face
By: Christine E. Looser, J. Swaroop Guntupalli and Thalia Wheatley
More than a decade of research has demonstrated that faces evoke prioritized processing in a 'core face network' of three brain regions. However, whether these regions prioritize the detection of global facial form (shared by humans and mannequins) or the detection of...
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Keywords:
Brain Imaging;
Social Psychology;
Mind Perception;
Identity;
Science;
Cognition and Thinking
Looser, Christine E., J. Swaroop Guntupalli, and Thalia Wheatley. "Multivoxel Patterns in Face-sensitive Temporal Regions Reveal an Encoding Schema Based on Detecting Life in a Face." Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 8, no. 7 (October 2013): 799–805.
- October 2001 (Revised March 2002)
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Perlegen Sciences
By: Linda A. Hill and Nicole Tempest
As a biotech start-up company involved in studying human genomes, Perlegen needed to develop an organization that fostered innovation and teamwork among a group of highly trained professionals from both the science and technology fields. Perlegen's CEO, Brad Margus,...
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Keywords:
Innovation Leadership;
Groups and Teams;
Management Teams;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Startups;
Genetics;
Talent and Talent Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Biotechnology Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Nicole Tempest. "Perlegen Sciences." Harvard Business School Case 402-026, October 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
different bargaining styles and tactics. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge through peer feedback, negotiation simulations, and a capstone assignment. Description of silent View Details
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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
successfully implement strategy. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge through interactive tools and a capstone assignment. Description of silent animated video above: Learner...
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Curriculum - MBA
concepts of ophthalmology and familiarity with advanced imaging tools and animal models of retinal diseases. As the retina has long served as a standard model for studying the CNS, the class will discuss the implications of these studies...
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The Effect of Background Music in Shark Documentaries on Viewers' Perceptions of Sharks
By: Andy Nosal, Elizabeth A. Keenan, Philip A. Hastings and Ayelet Gneezy
Despite the ongoing need for shark conservation and management, prevailing negative sentiments marginalize these animals and legitimize permissive exploitation. These negative attitudes arise from an instinctive yet exaggerated fear, which is validated and reinforced...
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Nosal, Andy, Elizabeth A. Keenan, Philip A. Hastings, and Ayelet Gneezy. "The Effect of Background Music in Shark Documentaries on Viewers' Perceptions of Sharks." PLoS ONE 11, no. 8 (August 2016).
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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners...
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
in a new activity every three to five minutes and participating in team meetings and simulations. Description of silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different...
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
every three to five minutes. Description of silent animated video above: Bar graph transitions into prices associated with sweaters and songs on iTunes Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after...
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
activity every three to five minutes and applying your knowledge through group exercises and an individual final paper. Description of silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices...
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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
considerations. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes, including applying the reflective leadership framework. Description of silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by...
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
minutes. Description of silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and...
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