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Nature of Organizations
Why do non-profit, public, and private business organizations exist? This project, begun in 2005, will became a seminar in 2007, focusing on the unique missions of these organizational forms and the resulting mechanisms for effective oversight.
View Details- 01 Jun 2000
- News
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...
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- November 2019 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature
By: Marco Iansiti, Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing so, the company developed direct...
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Keywords:
Carbon Sequestration;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Social Enterprise;
Product Development;
Distribution Channels;
Business Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Environmental Sustainability;
Science-Based Business;
Climate Change;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
United States;
Massachusetts
Iansiti, Marco, Michael W. Toffel, and James Barnett. "Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature." Harvard Business School Case 620-024, November 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
- summer 1994
- Journal Article
The Nature of Man
By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Jensen, Michael C., and William H. Meckling. "The Nature of Man." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 7, no. 2 (summer 1994): 4–19. (Reprinted in Michael C. Jensen, Foundations of Organizational Strategy, (Harvard University Press, 1998).)
- April 2020
- Teaching Note
Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature
By: Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
Teaching Note for HBS No. 620-024. Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing...
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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
The Nature of Change
analyze the nature of change in a large institution such as HBS, adds Tedlow. “Change is important, but institutions tend to resist it. How do they resist it, and how does one get around that resistance? Why does an institution sometimes...
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- October 2005
- Supplement
The Nature Conservancy (DVD)
By: Allen S. Grossman and Jane Wei-Skillern
Grossman, Allen S., and Jane Wei-Skillern. "The Nature Conservancy (DVD)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 306-701, October 2005.
- April 2020
- Case
Promoting Land and Nature Jerky
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine B. Hartman
Kathy Ayers, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Land and Nature (L&N) Jerky Company, needs to make a recommendation about L&N's 2020 promotional spending. L&N's CEO, Tim Ryan, wants her to calculate different scenarios using historical data to determine...
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Keywords:
Advertising;
Spending;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Food and Beverage Industry
Quelch, John A., and Katherine B. Hartman. "Promoting Land and Nature Jerky." Harvard Business School Brief Case 920-563, April 2020.
- December 2018
- Case
The Nature Conservancy in 2018
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a U.S.-based environmental NGO with $7 billion in assets and a presence in 72 countries in 2018. TNC originated in 1951 as a land trust, acquiring land in order to conserve it. Over the last 20 years, it developed a pragmatic...
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Alvarez, Jose B., Forest Reinhardt, and Natalie Kindred. "The Nature Conservancy in 2018." Harvard Business School Case 719-054, December 2018.
- November 2, 2012
- Editorial
Natural Disasters Hurt Incumbents
By: Shawn A. Cole, Andrew Healy and Eric Werker
Cole, Shawn A., Andrew Healy, and Eric Werker. "Natural Disasters Hurt Incumbents." Politico (November 2, 2012).
- 10 Oct 2021
- News
Nancy Koehn: The Nature of Leadership
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
Mark Tercek Mark Tercek likes a challenge. As CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), he has led the global nonprofit to fearlessly take on conservation projects that no one else would. "We are trying to tackle those global challenges that...
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- February 1982 (Revised February 1985)
- Case
Alaskan Natural Gas Pipeline
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Alaskan Natural Gas Pipeline." Harvard Business School Case 382-044, February 1982. (Revised February 1985.)
- July 2004
- Teaching Note
Nature Conservancy, The (TN)
By: Allen S. Grossman and Jane Wei-Skillern
Keywords:
Green Technology Industry
- 02 Nov 2012
- News
Natural Disasters Hurt Incumbents
- 06 Dec 2013
- News
Prescription: Leverage Human Nature
- February 2020
- Supplement
Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature
By: Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing so, the company developed direct...
View Details
Keywords:
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Social Enterprise;
Product Development;
Distribution Channels;
Business Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Environmental Sustainability;
Science-Based Business;
Climate Change;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
United States;
Massachusetts
- June 2006
- Teaching Note
Natural Blends, Inc. (TN)
By: H. Kent Bowen
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
- 2002
- Working Paper
The Nature of Care
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
Bohmer, Richard M.J. "The Nature of Care." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-070, March 2002.