food - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jul 2016
News

The Woman Behind One of Africa’s Leading Food Brands

2016
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Doug Rauch and the Daily Table

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Peter Zimmerman and Penelope Rossano

Former Trader Joe's President Doug Rauch developed an innovative idea to address the challenge of food insecurity, food waste, and nutrition. His concept was a new retail grocery model, offering nutritious affordable food to a food insecure population in the inner city... View Details

Keywords: Food Insecurity; Grocery; Social Entrepreneurship; Food; Health; Nonprofit Organizations; Boston

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02 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

May 1985 (Revised February 1990)
Case

American Food and Grains: Commodity and Ingredient Procurement

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Operations; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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07 Dec 2015
News

Nurturing a Healthy Food System for Producers and Consumers

Andrew Kendall (MBA 1988) is on a mission to change the way New England eats. As executive director of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, his family’s philanthropic organization, he is dedicated to creating a “resilient and healthy food... View Details

February 1992 (Revised January 1996)
Supplement

Birds Eye and the U.K. Frozen Food Industry (B)

By: David J. Collis

Describes the change in strategy Birds Eye adopted in the 1980s in the face of declining profitability and eroding market share. Updates the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Stock Shares; Adoption; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom

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August 1990
Case

General Foods Corp.: Adapting to the New Electronic Media

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Advertising; Media; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry

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November 2002 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Global Conservation Trust, The: A Foundation for Food Security

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Biodiversity is being lost due to the delegation of the ability to store and maintain various types of plants to governments and foundations with no or little financial base. How does one develop the resources to maintain plant diversity for the future benefit of... View Details

Keywords: Food; Safety; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; Finance; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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08 May 2018
News

How HBS Helped Wolfgang Puck Build a Food Empire

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

March 2015 (Revised March 2018)
Case

Zipongo: Improving Health by Redesigning the Food Chain

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Juan Enriquez and Kevin Liang

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Free Food Delivery for the Elderly Would Be Smart

By: Scott Duke Kominers

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Summer 2013
Article

Negotiating Taste: Food Market Research in the Hagley Library

By: Ai Hisano

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January 2006 (Revised August 2008)
Case

Vivaldi Food Concepts--The Start-up of an Asian Venture (A)

Joel Silverstein needs to raise an additional $1.5 million from private investors to round out the equity financing for his new Quick Service Restaurant venture in China, Korea, and Japan. How should he pitch the opportunity? What should be the terms? View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Business Startups; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; China; South Korea

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09 Apr 2021
News

Building a Resilient, Sustainable, and Nourishing Global Food System

Keywords: Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing

December 2021 (Revised April 2022)
Case

Nestlé: The World's Largest Food Company Confronts Climate Change

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Charlotte Tasker

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July 1995 (Revised July 1995)
Teaching Note

Nestle Refrigerated Foods (A): Contadina Pasta & Pizza TN

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell

Teaching Note for (9-595-035). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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09 Jun 2020
News

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

manage a food distribution company and an agricultural investment fund. “Many global experts have underscored that this pandemic is a 12-18 month battle and that we can expect future pandemics and shocks related to climate change and... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture