Restaurants - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

venue. The restaurant is supported by DeWolff’s organization, InKind, which provides startup funding for minority-owned restaurants in the Austin area. Bishop says the feedback from the gathering has been... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Liz Plooster

of faith! New friends to grow with, so much to learn, plenty of restaurants to try, and a whole new side of the country to explore. Being part of the HBS community is like A camping trip with new friends. Although we may leave exhausted,... View Details

08 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Applying to Business School as a Couple

end, we are working on a fast-causal restaurant concept together as part of the Rock Accelerator program and we hope to open our first location shortly after moving to LA. View Details

08 May 2023
Research & Ideas

How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

Index from 2009 to 2021 to efforts by minority entrepreneurs to raise money on Kickstarter, which has raised $7.3 billion for popular projects such as opening restaurants and publishing comic books. “You can compare quarters within the... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

22 May 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

laundromat called “Linens and Lattes” that would let customers drink coffee, socialize, and surf the web while waiting for their clothes to dry). Well into the night, the judges discussed the presentations over dinner at Harvest View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Beauty & Cosmetics; Apparel & Accessories; Auto; Tourism

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

0.5 percent of the US workforce was furloughed during this downturn. Many firms announced furloughs at the start of the pandemic, including Uber, Marriott, Lyft, Disney, JC Penney, Tesla, Sotheby’s, and Macy’s. And companies have taken a broad approach to using them.... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

18 Jan 2018
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The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

experience all the things that are coming from McDonald's as an experience of the future. So it wasn't just something we talked about, it wasn't just something we demonstrated in a PowerPoint presentation. But they came into a big warehouse where we had set up our... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

retailers such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and Kroger, and on the menu in upscale restaurants as a sweetener in everything from cocktails to main courses. After focusing on details for several years, Turner hints he is once again... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Business Solutions for the Global Poor (also listed under Marketing) Kash Rangan Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) Debora L. Spar Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Challenges and Opportunities in... View Details

14 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022

2016. We met via an infamous app my final year in undergrad at Harvard and his first year as a PhD student in the American Studies program. The first time we hung out, we went to quite possibly the worst restaurant in Harvard Square and... View Details

Arthur Schleifer

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27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

says. "If they know people are going to a certain restaurant every week or using a certain product at home regularly, they could find ways to promote repeated purchases by sending coupons, subscription plans, or even gift cards to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

entrepreneurs, successful CEOs of other food service companies. If you look around the restaurant industry, you will find it populated with Dunkin’ executives who left us better than they found us, and went on to bigger and better careers... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

don’t have the same transaction fees, which could allow someone buying a cup of coffee to leave a tip for the coffee farmers at the same time they leave one for the barista. Approximately 80 percent of American diners tip restaurant... View Details

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

appeared to be walking through one of the common areas (see Figure 3). Throughout EcoWorld, restaurants and retail spaces fostered additional ways for members of the public to connect outside of work. Sustainability at EcoWorldDue to its... View Details

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Annual Report 2020 - Annual Report 2020

Sacerdote Runner-Up Award: DreamworldVR Combats loneliness for isolated pediatric patients using virtual reality technology. ALUMNI TRACK WINNERS Grand Prize: Foodology Inc. The largest virtual restaurant group in Latin America. Runner-Up... View Details

Raymond A. Kroc

Kroc capitalized on America’s “eat on the run” society. Believing in the real profits of fast food, he bought out the McDonald brothers and developed a restaurant empire. By the 1960s, he had 228 restaurants... View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

as Miller Lite’s virtual tip jar for bartenders or Yum Brands $1,000 bonuses to its Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC general managers during mandated restaurant closures and emergency medical relief fund for employees diagnosed with... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

Howard D. Johnson

Johnson accelerated the growth of his business by establishing a franchise network, the first family restaurant franchise based on ice cream distribution. By the time of his death, the firm had grown to over 1,000 View Details