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- 01 Dec 2003
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Rural Renewal
She hired some local help to cultivate the land when she first moved in, but soon decided that she needed to do the job herself. The decision to be an organic farm — one that avoided herbicides, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers —...
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- 20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer for the HBS Alumni Bulletin, and in July I flew from Boston to Omaha to spend a day with Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997), a professor of entrepreneurship at...
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- 01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.
taking an important conference call," she recalls with a smile. Piette left VC when Zach was two and a half, after trying unsuccessfully to have a second child. "Your fertility plummets after age 35, and it is a horrible problem," she...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
scenarios that show how teaming to innovate provides the spark that can fertilize creativity, clarify goals, and redefine the meaning of leadership. Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation by Linda A. Hill, Greg...
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- 01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture
Neither went bankrupt, but they do not exist today. Both underwent significant upheaval, and this helped me to become a better investor, manager, and entrepreneur. What makes the United States such fertile ground for entrepreneurs? Can...
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- 14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
microorganisms that improve crop health and productivity, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers and pesticides. “We could absorb all the carbon humans have put into the atmosphere since the beginning of the industrial revolution if...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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A Piece of the Action
Wendell (MBA '76) Stacey Lawson (MBA '96) Les Vadasz (107th AMP) Gregory Slayton (MBA '90) This fertile ground that just a few decades ago was covered with orchards now bears fruit of a different variety—one that is ripe for study. The...
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Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2012
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Putting Ghosts to Rest
two programs in particular: The “one cow per poor family” program intended to get every poor family in Rwanda a cow—thereby increasing the amount of milk, protein, and fertilizer available to the average family, which sounded good on...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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The Future of Stem Cells
infertile women to conceive. Excess fertilized eggs are routinely discarded by clinics at the conclusion of the in vitro process. Opponents say such practices are immoral because they destroy human life; advocates assert it is immoral to...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
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Building a Better MBA
describes the “knowing-doing” gap common in MBA programs. Leadership development, the third fertile area for HBS curriculum innovation, goes to the very heart of the School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world....
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- 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation
Dutch flower industry has responded to increasingly stringent laws restricting the release of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers into the soil and groundwater. The Dutch, he reports, have created a closed-loop greenhouse system in...
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- 01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
Moore described the rise of the semiconductor industry and the uniquely fertile environment for startup companies in Silicon Valley, Arati Prabhakar of the National Institute of Standards and Technology discussed the future of the Silicon...
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Daniel Penrice
- 01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era
management practice has evolved since the "benevolent, high-growth environment" following World War II. That era provided fertile ground for the growth of Alfred Sloan's "strategy, structure, systems" model of the divisional corporation...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions
feelings and attitudes. "It encouraged me to be more independent," Belkin continues. "In a way, I think it fertilized my entrepreneurial leanings. I also believe it made me more community oriented. As a result, I wanted to take what was...
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Deborah E. Blagg