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Elbridge A. Stuart
After making a small fortune in the retail grocery business, Elbridge A. Stuart founded Carnation in 1899 to manufacture evaporated milk. During Stuart’s tenure, the market for evaporated milk grew tremendously, as did Carnation, which... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
A Toast to Macchu Pisco
Asher: Distilling pisco, riding a wave. Courtesy Melanie Asher In America, it’s the new big thing in cocktails and mixology, or so proclaimed the New York Times (June 22, 2011): “Pisco, the clear grape spirit of South America .the fastest-growing spirit in the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Great Priority Reset
1998), CEO of the global airports and travel retail group daa plc since 2017. (He starts a new role as CEO of UK-based food manufacturer Greencore this fall.) This idea of “travel with intention” is a key... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
Harvard Business School. "They provide the dubious pleasure of nicotine without all the cancer-inducing toxins associated with tobacco." Very quickly, however, enthusiasm faded, when some public health advocates began worrying that the cure was worse than the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data
conditions under which such systems were or were not beneficial to the manufacturer.” Interviewing leading VMI-experienced manufacturers and retailers, Kulp identified information transfer as a potential trouble spot. Her insights were... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
Wondering what to get the HBSer in your life this year? In the holiday spirit, we're highlighting a few alumni-led companies and ideas that you may not know about. Since roughly 1 in 6 alumni work in manufacturing, high tech, retail, and consumer products, there are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
combination offered by Ford Motor Company’s management training program. While he excelled at leading teams to solve engineering-based manufacturing problems, it was a stint in sales and marketing that changed his life. “I was on the job... View Details
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
toward processed food. He was fairly confident that a "wide market awaited the manufacturer of food products who set purity and quality above everything else in their preparation. 56 View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
Elmer F. Pierson
Pierson founded the Vendo Company in 1937 after perfecting the development of the first truly workable vending system - a lid called “The Red Top.” Originally designed for Coca-Cola bottles, the new vending machines were quickly converted to handle a variety of... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Thomas Adams, Jr.
Experimenting with chicle (a gum substance from the Mexican Spodilla tree), Adams discovered a commercial use for the substance by utilizing it in the manufacture of a chewing gum. Adams developed public acceptance of this new and unique... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 21 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits
assets, particularly agriculture, is the asset class that is most susceptible to climate change. The global food system contributes upwards of one-third of all anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions, so agriculture is also an area where... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
an executive at several food companies, Silk had revived other century-old brands such as Jell-O, Lea & Perrins, Hebrew National, and Armour. Based on those successes, New York–based hedge fund York Capital Management asked Silk to become... View Details
- Profile
Kyle Bisutti
and products for high-stakes manufacturers. “It was a great experience,” Kyle says, “to see manufacturing at its finest.” The MBA had “always been in the back of my mind,” Kyle says, about his motivations. “I’m looking to make a bigger... View Details
William Wrigley III
produced several new lines, including Freedent for denture wearers, the sugar-free Orbit, the bubble gum Hubba Bubba, and the cinnamon-flavored Big Red. Under William III’s leadership, Wrigley’s was able to maintain its position as the world’s largest View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Adolph Coors
Golden Brewery in Golden, Colorado. His business flourished, quickly becoming the leading brewery in the western United States. He brought new innovations to the brewery business and diversified the company’s product line by offering malted milk items and non-alcoholic... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Kellogg Taps Steven Cahillane as Cereal Maker's Next CEO
- 21 Mar 2012
- News
O'Donnells donate $30 million to Harvard
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
Viana also admired their grit. And he recognized the global cachet of quality French products. Here was something different, and maybe more meaningful, than leading a technology company. France’s manufacturing sector was still struggling... View Details
- 11 Apr 2013
- News