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- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
Minimum wage hikes can drive poor-quality restaurants out of business. (Source: AndresCalle) A hike in the minimum wage can push restaurants out of business—but mainly the less desirable establishments already suffering from poor reputations, recent research shows. The...
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- 05 Jan 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
The American Food Paradox: Growing Obese and Going Hungry
Keywords:
Food & Beverage
- 18 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Standardized Color in the Food Industry: The Co-Creation of the Food Coloring Business in the United States, 1870–1940
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
Chipotle Mexican Grill’s ongoing struggle to win customers back months after a contaminated food crisis highlights the challenges companies face with keeping food safe. Chipotle has seen its shares tumble and recently reported its first-ever quarterly loss after the...
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- 04 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
Each week, millions of consumers visit crowd-sourced review websites in search of recommendations for everything from taco stands to car dealers. Among the influential leaders in the field is Yelp.com, which in the third quarter of 2012 averaged 84 million visitors per...
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- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
You've done everything—endured diets, purged your freezer of Ben & Jerry's, and educated yourself on fat, sugar, and calories. Yet, you can't manage to lose weight. What's wrong with you? According to standard economic theory, which gives humans (perhaps too much)...
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- Teaching Interest
Yum! Brands Case Study
Case Study Sessions, Summer 2016 and Summer 2017
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- September 1974 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
Midwest Ice Cream Co.
Midwest Ice Cream (a disguised name) serves as an example to examine a planning and control system. Useful management information, which otherwise would not be apparent, is derived by preparing a basic profit variance analysis. This illustrates how the company is doing...
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Shank, John K., and Wm J. Rauwerdink. "Midwest Ice Cream Co." Harvard Business School Case 175-070, September 1974. (Revised January 1988.)
- January 1972 (Revised February 1972)
- Case
Northeastern Food Co. (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "Northeastern Food Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 372-153, January 1972. (Revised February 1972.)
- January 1970 (Revised November 1970)
- Case
Coca-Cola Co. (B): Formal Planning at the Corporate Level
By: Francis Aguilar
Aguilar, Francis. "Coca-Cola Co. (B): Formal Planning at the Corporate Level." Harvard Business School Case 370-072, January 1970. (Revised November 1970.)
- May 1964
- Case
Midway Foods Corp. (H)
By: Kenneth R. Andrews, Norman A. Berg and Bruce R. Scott
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
Andrews, Kenneth R., Norman A. Berg, and Bruce R. Scott. "Midway Foods Corp. (H)." Harvard Business School Case 314-051, May 1964.
- March 1960
- Case
Midway Foods Corp. (E1)
By: Edmund P. Learned and Bruce R. Scott
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
Learned, Edmund P., and Bruce R. Scott. "Midway Foods Corp. (E1)." Harvard Business School Case 306-140, March 1960.
- March 1960
- Case
Midway Foods Corp. (C)
By: Edmund P. Learned and Bruce R. Scott
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
Learned, Edmund P., and Bruce R. Scott. "Midway Foods Corp. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 306-136, March 1960.
- March 1960 (Revised November 1968)
- Supplement
Midway Foods Corp. (B3)
By: Edmund P. Learned and Bruce R. Scott
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
Learned, Edmund P., and Bruce R. Scott. "Midway Foods Corp. (B3)." Harvard Business School Supplement 306-134, March 1960. (Revised November 1968.)
- July 1994 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Coca-Cola Harmless Warrants
By: Scott P. Mason and Mihir A. Desai
Underscores the arbitrage implicit in the pricing of a complex unit of debt and warrants issued by the Coca-Cola Co.
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Mason, Scott P., and Mihir A. Desai. "Coca-Cola Harmless Warrants." Harvard Business School Case 295-007, July 1994. (Revised October 1995.)
- March 1994
- Case
Intercontinental Breweries
By: Thomas R. Piper
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Intercontinental Breweries." Harvard Business School Case 294-028, March 1994.
- May 1990 (Revised February 1993)
- Teaching Note
Distillers Company plc (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), Teaching Note
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords:
Food and Beverage Industry
- June 2024
- Case
Growing Foodology into Latin America's Largest Platform for Virtual Restaurants
By: Jorge Tamayo, Rembrand Koning and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
This case delves into the expansion strategy of Foodology, a cloud kitchen startup based in Bogotá that operated across four Latin American countries (Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru). Co-founders Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero (both HBS, 2019) grappled...
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- December 2023
- Case
Food & Life Companies
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Akiko Saito
Founded in 1984 in Japan, Food & Life Companies Ltd. (F&LC) operated Sushiro, the largest conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain in Japan, and other types of restaurants that offered sushi and fish cuisine. F&LC was committed to offering high-quality sushi at an...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Expansion;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Japan;
Asia;
United States
Reinhardt, Forest L., and Akiko Saito. "Food & Life Companies." Harvard Business School Case 724-015, December 2023.