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- January 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Chiacchierone's Owners Chat About Tipping
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Michael S. Kaufman
The founders of a successful upscale restaurant operating with a "no-tipping" policy are faced with employee defections to tipped establishments as well as difficulty in recruiting. They must decide whether to retain or jettison their policy and determine how to deal...
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Goldberg, Lena G., and Michael S. Kaufman. "Chiacchierone's Owners Chat About Tipping." Harvard Business School Case 319-078, January 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- July 2018
- Case
Hironobu Tsujiguchi and His Sweet Revolution
By: Boris Groysberg and Naoko Jinjo
Hironobu Tsujiguchi, a Japanese chocolatier, had chosen an unusual path to success as a pastry chef. Instead of spending most of his time in his kitchen and focusing on one or two confectionery categories like most pastry chefs, he chose to work on diverse projects and...
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Keywords:
Relevance;
Entrepreneurship;
Diversification;
Personal Development and Career;
Decision Making;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Japan
Groysberg, Boris, and Naoko Jinjo. "Hironobu Tsujiguchi and His Sweet Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 419-011, July 2018.
- November 1997 (Revised April 2017)
- Teaching Note
Compagnie du Froid, S.A.
By: Robert Simons, Antonio Dávila, Kathryn Rosenberg and Jennifer Packard
Teaching Note for (9-197-085).
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- March 2018 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Gene Lee Navigates the Darden Takeover
By: Joshua D. Margolis, H. Lawrence Culp, James Barnett and Aldo Sesia
Following a full takeover of Darden Restaurant’s Board of Directors, Darden COO Gene Lee is weighing an offer to become interim CEO.
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Keywords:
Shareholder Activism;
Investment Activism;
Crisis Management;
Personal Development and Career;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Margolis, Joshua D., H. Lawrence Culp, James Barnett, and Aldo Sesia. "Gene Lee Navigates the Darden Takeover." Harvard Business School Case 418-015, March 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
- December 2017
- Case
Clover Food Lab in 2016
By: Lena G. Goldberg, Sonia Smith and Sandra Bahous
Ayr Muir, founder and CEO of Clover Food Lab, has grown his restaurant chain from a single food truck to 11 thriving stores but he has no interest in running a regional chain. His ambition is to change the way America eats and his goal is national expansion. As he...
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Keywords:
Restaurant Industry;
Food;
Growth Management;
Strategic Planning;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Customer Satisfaction;
Small Business;
Expansion;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Lena G., Sonia Smith, and Sandra Bahous. "Clover Food Lab in 2016." Harvard Business School Case 318-094, December 2017.
- December 2017 (Revised April 2018)
- Technical Note
A Note on the Snack Food Industry
By: David Bell, Kerry Herman and Amram Migdal
This note provides an overview of the snacking industry in 2017.
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Food;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States;
Europe;
Asia;
China;
Latin America;
Middle East
Bell, David, Kerry Herman, and Amram Migdal. "A Note on the Snack Food Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 518-064, December 2017. (Revised April 2018.)
- February 2017
- Case
Yemeksepeti: Growing and Expanding the Business Model through Data
By: William R. Kerr, Gamze Yucaoglu and Eren Kuzucu
In October 2016, Nevzat Aydin, co-founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti, the Turkish online food-ordering company, was looking over the company's quarterly results and projections for the upcoming year with his management team. It had been almost a year and a half since Aydin...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurial Ventures;
Turkey;
Big Data;
Customer Focused Organization;
Service Management;
Continuous Improvement;
Data Analysis;
Internet;
Growth Strategy;
Technological Change;
Information Systems;
Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Strategy;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Emerging Markets;
Service Operations;
Competitive Advantage;
Performance Improvement;
Internet and the Web;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Information Technology;
Value Creation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Turkey
Kerr, William R., Gamze Yucaoglu, and Eren Kuzucu. "Yemeksepeti: Growing and Expanding the Business Model through Data." Harvard Business School Case 817-095, February 2017.
- June 2015 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
High Liner Foods, 2015
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2015, Canadian-based High Liner Foods Ltd was one of North America's largest frozen fish processors with extensive shares of both the food service and retail channels in Canada, the USA and Mexico. With over C$1 billion in revenues, the company had grown four fold...
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- April 2015 (Revised July 2015)
- Case
Proxy Access at Whole Foods
By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
Proxy access grants shareholders meeting certain ownership requirements the right to nominate directors for election to the board without going through a typical proxy contest. In August 2010 the SEC approved a rule granting proxy access for shareholders meeting...
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Keywords:
Board Of Directors;
Proxy Advisor;
Shareholder Activism;
Shareholder Voting;
Shareholder Votes;
Proxy Battle;
Institutional Change;
Institutional Investing;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Food and Beverage Industry;
North America
Lorsch, Jay, and Emily McTague. "Proxy Access at Whole Foods." Harvard Business School Case 415-073, April 2015. (Revised July 2015.)
- April 2015 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Instacart and the New Wave of Grocery Startups
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Instacart is testing an Uber-style solution to the challenge of building a home-delivered grocery business. It is backed by $220 million of venture funding. Will this model succeed where businessses like Webvan failed? What are the questions that this exploratory...
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Keywords:
Food Retailing;
Outsourced Grocery Delivery;
Online Ordering;
Dynamic Pricing;
Data Analytics;
Marketing Strategy;
Food;
Distribution Channels;
Business Startups;
Food and Beverage Industry;
California
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "Instacart and the New Wave of Grocery Startups." Harvard Business School Case 515-089, April 2015. (Revised March 2017.)
- October 1994
- Supplement
Frito-Lay, Decision Support System Software: Windows Version
Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Decision Support System Software: Windows Version." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 195-724, October 1994.
- December 1994
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc: The Stages Assessment
By: Richard L. Nolan
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
Nolan, Richard L. "Frito-Lay, Inc: The Stages Assessment." Harvard Business School Case 195-194, December 1994.
- March 2014 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Noma: A Lot on the Plate
By: Mukti Khaire and Elena Corsi
In 2014, the restaurant Noma, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, was considered to be amongst the best restaurants in the world, and its co-founder, co-owner and chef, René Redzepi, among the most influential chefs. The restaurant was also leading the new Nordic food...
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Khaire, Mukti, and Elena Corsi. "Noma: A Lot on the Plate." Harvard Business School Case 814-097, March 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
- November 2013
- Case
Coca-Cola: Liquid and Linked
By: John Gourville and Noah Fisher
Coca-Cola is considering which of several global marketing/promotional efforts to bring to the United States. Each has proven successful in other parts of the world, but for varying reasons. All represent efforts outside of the industry's normal advertising-based...
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Promotions;
Advertising;
Marketing Strategy;
Advertising Campaigns;
Global Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Gourville, John, and Noah Fisher. "Coca-Cola: Liquid and Linked." Harvard Business School Case 514-024, November 2013.
- July 1994 (Revised October 1995)
- Teaching Note
Mrs. Fields, Inc. Series TN
Teaching Note for (9-194-064), (9-194-065), and (9-194-066).
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Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
- July 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Teaching Note
Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1990-1992) TN
Teaching Note for (9-194-109).
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- April 1994 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)
Describes the actions taken by the new CEO to return the company to profitability, to clarify the vision, and then to build the infrastructure (human, capital, and information) needed to support the long-term change in strategy and organization. Ends with senior...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Management Teams;
Business Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: A Strategic Transition (1987-1989)." Harvard Business School Case 194-108, April 1994. (Revised October 2002.)
- June 1994 (Revised October 2001)
- Supplement
Mrs. Fields, Inc. 1993
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Keri O. Pearlson
A compilation of press remarks that detail the changes in control and management initiated by the company.
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Keri O. Pearlson. "Mrs. Fields, Inc. 1993." Harvard Business School Supplement 194-066, June 1994. (Revised October 2001.)
- December 2012
- Case
Coca-Cola: Residual Income Valuation
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Beiting Cheng and Edward J. Riedl
The case illustrates the use of the residual income (also known as the abnormal earnings) valuation approach. Students are asked to provide a valuation of Coca-Cola Company using the residual income valuation methodology and understand how it maps into the discounted...
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Srinivasan, Suraj, Beiting Cheng, and Edward J. Riedl. "Coca-Cola: Residual Income Valuation." Harvard Business School Case 113-056, December 2012.
- 2012
- Working Paper
Got Local Food? Understanding the Fresh Produce Supply Chain
By: Baris Ata, Deishin Lee and Mustafa H. Tongarlak