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- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Cheese Whiz
At Specialty Cheese Co. in Reeseville, Wisconsin, founder Paul Scharfman (MBA 1979) heads up a company that makes one of the state’s best-known exports: cheese. But as its name suggests, Specialty’s 250 employees manufacture products more... View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Italian bank takes cheese as collateral for loans
- 01 Jul 2015
- News
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
Marty to tell me that,” he adds, “but it’s great advice, all the same.” Editor's note: Jim Knott Sr. passed away in August 2018.) SAY CHEESE: The success of Paul Scharfman's Wisconsin-based Specialty Cheese Company gives him plenty to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A taste of home leads to jobs creation and community improvements
In a small, undercapitalized cheese manufacturing operation in rural Wisconsin, Paul Scharfman (AB 1976, MBA 1979) saw the opportunity to develop a variety of specialty cheeses that would appeal to the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
Illustration by Chris Gash Last spring, as the number of air travelers plummeted, airlines and their meal suppliers were left holding the bag—an enormous snack bag filled with individually wrapped cookies, salted pretzels, and cheese... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
Our Favorite Stories of 2020
daughter of diplomats. Good Odds We loved this story because it reveals something hidden in plain sight: How less-than-perfect foods—from an airline’s unsold cheese trays to a weirdly-shaped carrot—can fill a need and drive a viable... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
No Small Beer
cheese pairing of their wares. —Dan Morrell Taste Tester In his program, Daniels teaches everything from beer economics to taste and flavor. Ray Daniels's Cicerone Certification Program is aiming to build a new generation of beer experts.... View Details
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
cheese made with Vermont cheddar, Gruyère, and bacon. Specialty pastas, soups, and baked goods—including bread, of course—round out the offerings, all served in an atmosphere that encourages customers to linger rather than dine and dash.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
and split their time between two countries, slowly mastering a new language and making friends with the locals over long meals. Van Sickle makes wry observations on France, like the power of cheese to sway elections, the right and wrong... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
match, “The Big Durian” after the sweet Southeast Asian fruit that emits such an overwhelming stench of blue cheese and sweaty gym clothes that it is banned by most airlines and hotels. The key to making life in Jakarta a little easier is... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
people don't know China has ham at all. And I came from the other end. Before HBS, I didn't know the world had ham, but Yunnan. So I always thought Yunnan was the ham country. Yet, after I got to HBS, they gave me this ham and cheese... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
they have some earthiness. We have a Dijon aioli and then we have a smoked cheddar cheese, it’s from Grafton, which is a really wonderful cheese provider in Southern Vermont. And then we have the Brussels sprouts, which we slice them in... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
provocative counterpoint to the mega-hit book Who Moved My Cheese?, in which mice are forced to deal with change in their environment (a maze) because their cheese keeps disappearing. The moral seems to be, if you want to survive, adapt.... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
another that failed, followed by another that managed to limp along without much success. At age 60 I started my seventh venture, Uplands Cheese Inc., a manufacturing business that has been very successful, meeting all my goals for it and... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios