By John Hart
Southeast Farm Press
They might not even think about it, but MBA students at Harvard and other prestigious schools who rely on case studies to learn about successful businesses would do well to spend time studying successful farms to learn about winning business strategies.
The case study method was popularized by Harvard Business School and is now used in most graduate business programs. MBA students analyze and examine successful companies to learn how these businesses saw a need, overcame the challenges, and met the need resulting in strong profits.