food and beverage - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2021 (Revised May 2021)
Case

Ocado Group: Ready for the Future

By: José B. Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin and Natalie Kindred

29 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 29

chefs. The restaurant was also leading the new Nordic food movement, a movement focused on rediscovering Nordic cuisine and ingredients, which had helped increase the popularity of Danish cuisine. Since 2013... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

December 2000 (Revised December 2001)
Case

Victor Semenov: A Journey From the Plan to the Market

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Pavel Sorokin

Keywords: Agribusiness; Privatization; Food; Policy; Russia

Citation

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16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

leadership changes, the trusts survived relatively intact and continued to achieve their express goal of preserving the capital Phipps created and providing income for Phipps family members. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

mother gave me a copy of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. I was very struck by that book. I find the writing, in retrospect, really wretched, but the kind of passion that said, "Here is an awful system," was pivotal in getting food... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

15 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

in startup mode. Currently the Kraft team is tracking three ongoing trials for pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, and multiple myeloma, and has met with the US Food View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Pharmaceutical

June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
Teaching Note

RJR Nabisco - 1990 TN

By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee

Teaching Note for (9-290-021). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

Brian Kenny: Here's a hypothetical for you. Imagine you're sitting at your favorite coffee shop when a teenager pulls up a chair and asks you to share a bunch of personal information. He wants to know your birthday, what kind of View Details

Keywords: Re: Mandi Nerenberg

01 Mar 2016
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March 1, 2016

this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/916414-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-007 The Hain Celestial Group Hain Celestial manufactured natural and organic food View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

urban population, expected to reach 3 billion over the next four decades, will require housing, places to work, and transportation systems. Second, the natural resources necessary to support this growing population, including freshwater... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

On Tuesday, the family of deceased musician and celebrated marijuana user Bob Marley announced what it claimed will be the first global cannabis brand, Marley Natural. Suddenly, marijuana is a growth industry—and increasingly, a legal... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

think about his successor. ConAgra had become the second-largest food company and No. 1 food service supplier in the United States. Rohde believed that the company, with its... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

people with health insurance often are saddled with medical debt. Policymakers have taken notice, and in an election year amid an uncertain economy, health care, debt, and economic mobility are all hot... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

11 Aug 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

Brian Kenny: In September of 2013, President Obama sent shock waves through American higher education by announcing plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. He said he would... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

electrical current, they pressed the lever over and over again, hundreds of times per hour, foregoing food or sleep, until many of them dropped dead from exhaustion. Further research found pleasure centers... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

opinion is that the Administration should be candid and recognize that social security is a TAX used to fund a basic retirement benefit—the pension equivalent of food stamps. Higher income retirees should... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

Overall, those who accepted smaller portions did not compensate by ordering more calories in their entrées, and the total calories served to them were, on average, reduced by more than 200. We also found that accepting the downsizing... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

June 2018
Supplement

Feeding America (B)

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alan Lam

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Food; Resource Allocation; Fairness; Performance Efficiency; United States

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29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711491-PDF-ENG The Full Yield Ray A. Goldberg and Noemie DelfassyHarvard Business School Case 911-402 New firm created to provide understanding of the role of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne