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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
Illustration by James Steinberg Illustration by James Steinberg Picture today’s conscious consumer pulling on a fresh organic cotton tee shirt, then driving their hybrid or electric vehicle to the grocery store to pack reusable shopping... View Details
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
users to time-shift their TV viewing. According to Yoffie, entertainment and communications are coming together to produce a mobile music revolution—the distribution of digital music over wireless networks. And your cell phone has also... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Action Plan: Yes, Chef!
Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just outside his Austrian hometown: Not... View Details
Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Information Systems Research Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View By: Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu Abstract—The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content production model to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
future.” Book Excerpt Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies Ranjay Gulati Chapter 2: The Art of the Tradeoff If you buy Gotham Greens’ fresh produce, you’ll notice that it comes packaged in single-use plastic... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
says. He is encouraged by congressional efforts to standardize food date labels and do away with what is now a patchwork of state laws. “A lot of manufacturers and retailers are listening,” he says. “Everyone has a grandmother who says, ‘Don’t waste food.’ This has a... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
provided food—delivering food, distributing grocery cards, and setting up sites where people can pick up food. We’ve helped bridge the gap between paychecks. Partnering with the ICA Watershed, we are using their facility in East Boston and work with their caterer to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
Amabile, many organizations unwittingly construct impediments by fostering an atmosphere where turf battles are commonplace, where fresh ideas are negatively criticized, and where everything new is viewed with suspicion. Since much of... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
joining HBS. Brett Atkinson (MBA 2025, Section H), Summer Internship: Business Development Intern, Lithios, Inc Lithios is a venture-backed start-up commercializing a new electrochemical platform for producing sustainable, low-cost... View Details
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
Wells & Richardson Co. advertisement, Chicago Dairy Produce 23, no.2, May 1916 Thus, winter butter is whiter than summer butter. It’s also arguably less tasty. “Because the flavor of butter was richer in the summer, there was the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
that today accounts for more than 70 percent of Riverdale’s sales. When Knott launched Riverdale in 1980, virtually all US and foreign lobster traps were made from wood. Today, nearly 90 percent are Aquamesh traps, which are far more durable. The manufacturing process... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
venture capital firm when he and his wife, Lee Bendig (whom he describes as a “foodie”), decided to open a fresh pasta retail store in 1989 with a few seats for lunchtime customers. On the first day of business, Garner recalls, “there was... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
recap by the authors follows each account, noting the important principles it illustrates. Exercises are also included to spur creative thinking. The Heart of Change is a helpful package of fresh ideas for those looking to break new... View Details
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
Yin Abstract—We study how sell-side analysts produce information in a context where the central government can influence financial intermediaries. Leveraging seven economic periods between 2005 and 2015 when the Chinese government had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
http://hbr.org/product/tesco-group-food/an/514022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-023 Mission Produce As the leading distributor of fresh avocados in the U.S., Mission View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
Facily is to get people together to place bulk orders directly with producers and manufacturers. We cover a wide category of items including grocery, clothing, and small-ticket electronics.” Westphal was inspired by the business model... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
carbon-neutral product. Sharing-OAurora Rotes, MBA 2009Sharing-O, the sharing platform for those things that are still too good to go, filling the gap between new and pre-owned. Let’s be sustainable today, not in 10 years. The most planet-friendly product is the one... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Boston derails his life. Expelled from school, with a cloud over his head, he jumps at a chance opportunity to interview for a job in Paris, hoping for a fresh start away from everyone who knows his past. Alone in a foreign land, Mason is... View Details
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
512-004 Domino's Pizza is the world's second largest pizza company with 9,436 stores globally, 95% of which are franchised. Domino's franchisees in the U.S. market were able to purchase fresh dough, cheese, pizza toppings, and other menu... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel