Filter Results
:
(347)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(798)
- News (278)
- Research (347)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (19)
- Faculty Publications (203)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(798)
- News (278)
- Research (347)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (19)
- Faculty Publications (203)
Sort by
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
and time costs. Organic wine finally attained niche popularity in the 2010s, mainly in northwest Europe and in cosmopolitan global cities elsewhere, as fine-dining restaurants like Noma sought wines with clear terroir. Organic wine...
View Details
Keywords:
Carmen Nobel
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
Cracker Barrel In the fall of 2011, activist investor, Sardar Biglari, has acquired nearly 10% ownership in the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain. He believes that the board and senior management have failed and the company has...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
tried installing video terminals in one of its restaurants to allow patrons to place their own orders. Younger customers loved them, but older people preferred to talk with human attendants. I recently tested an on-line banking system and...
View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
the like. Right now, a developer must accept a dramatically reduced price for that kind of land. But PRT could connect outlying buildings directly to a subway platform and a restaurant district. A PRT-connected outlying building could be...
View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
ahead of him—in a recent election, he almost beat a heavily entrenched incumbent. Tony is a veteran, with a Silver Star for bravery in Korea, and an entrepreneur. With his good friend Max, another attorney, he has started a law firm and made large investments in a...
View Details
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
well-functioning business model"), through capability (what it takes to execute a plan and gain access to needed resources, owned or not, over time), to scalability ("These students are not small-time operators, aiming to run the best View Details
Keywords:
by John S. Rosenberg
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
including 40 kinds of cheesecake. The average per-person check and return visits per restaurant are an estimated 50 percent higher than the industry average. In the kitchen, a modular menu process (revised every six months) keeps costs...
View Details
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
been almost a year and a half since Aydin had agreed to sell the company's shares to Delivery Hero, the Berlin-based global leader in online and mobile food ordering, for $589 million. In 2016, the company had grown to include more than 13,000 member View Details
Keywords:
Re: Multiple Faculty
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
few decades, what were some of the key factors in China’s economic rise? A: In the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping’s establishment of the free trade zones began the transformation of China’s state-run economy. In the 1990s, you saw a significant easing of restrictions on...
View Details
Keywords:
by Deborah Blagg
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
Organizational Model to Drive Growth Pal's Sudden Service has developed a unique operating model and organizational culture in the quick-service restaurant business. With a deep emphasis on process control and improvement, zero defects,...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
that UGC on platforms ranging from Yelp to Facebook has a large causal impact on economic and social outcomes ranging from restaurant decisions to voting behavior. These findings often leverage unique data sets and methods ranging from...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
disproportionately to Quick Serve Restaurants [QSRs]) and filling in their non-perishable needs (household items, canned goods, health and beauty care) on separate store-based trips. These non-perishable trips are a place where eCommerce...
View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
listings for 455,000 hotels, 92,000 attractions, and 564,000 restaurants in over 71,000 destinations worldwide. It had over 40 million reviews from 35 million unique monthly visitors who were contributing 21 new reviews every minute....
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
others. Material purchases are less satisfying than buying experiences like taking a trip or attending a show, Norton’s research shows. Even though vacations and restaurant outings may not be in the cards right now, we can still spend...
View Details
Keywords:
by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209042 elBulli: The Taste of Innovation Harvard Business School Case 509-015 Ferran Adriá, chef at elBulli, the highest-ranked restaurant in the world...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
Psychological Science Psychologically Informed Implementations of Sugary Drink Portion Limits By: John, Leslie, Grant Donnelly, and Christina Roberto Abstract—In 2012, the New York City Board of Health prohibited restaurants from selling...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
the final stages of a 10-year plan of rejuvenation under CEO Kim Lopdrup. When he took over as CEO in 2004 the chain was closing restaurants and suffering declining same-store sales and declining customer satisfaction. But in 2010, even...
View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
evening distributing excess food they had collected from local restaurants to the less fortunate people living under the Hauz Khas flyover in South Delhi. Four years later, this initiative had developed into The Robin Hood Army, an...
View Details
Keywords:
Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
when cities can tolerate risk and when there is enough labor with low opportunity costs. We also report on an inexpensive Boston-based restaurant tournament, which yielded algorithms that proved reasonably accurate when tested...
View Details
Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne