Food and Beverage Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

entrepreneurs precisely because I know the risks. I think you should not do it precipitously. There's an aphorism in our industry that CEO is the new analyst, because a lot of young people want to be startup CEOs as opposed to taking... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

So, for example, creating incentives for industries to move into designated areas rather than, as he would say, ‘spreading like a rash.’ He brought meaning to the process.” “You find that people with two different viewpoints begin to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

likes to do operations like housekeeping and food and beverage. And there’s a third entity that has the brand. Companies like the Four Seasons or... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

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Past Issues - Alumni

the Food Industry Class Notes Extra Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future Complete Table of Contents August 2002 Class Day & Commencement For... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

my goals. The financial services industry was just opening up to women, and I was on a mission to be one of the first to participate. I loved being a pioneer. I had my goals View Details

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

Ginger Jin, of the Maryland Center for Economics and Policy, is just one example. They invited regulatory officials from several leading federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment

Hallgrímskirkja Church, and found great food in the Icelandic capital city, Reykjavik. Tyler & Sydney in front of Hallgrímskirkja Church Our first scheduled stop was an overview with our group’s host, Jesper... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

to get a handle on why getting financing through software-industry guru Ben Rosen (Lotus) led to a different and more effective execution than getting end-of-tax-year money from Chicago-based commodity brokers (Ovation). He also wrote... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

future,” DeCoons says. “Even mainstream brands like Under Armour and Adidas want to be part of those experiential events, because they want to cater their products to support those lifestyles.” There’s an opportunity, he adds, for... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

concept. Built with authentic interiors and fixtures imported from Japan, the restaurants featured a working chef at every table, flamboyantly preparing and grilling familiar American View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

Carson and the New Yorker magazine, which had published the work in its entirety over three issues. During the summer of 1962, Carson’s critics initiated a series of counterattacks, with the chemical View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

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Departments | Employment

orientation Analytical thinking Comfort with ambiguity Applied expertise Measurement-focused What makes it challenging to work in Baker Library? Constant evolution in the information industry and scholarly... View Details

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

culture. “It took over 150 years to develop, and it’s dependent on the geographic isolation and biodiversity of the area. You can’t replicate it.” At the same time, Marietta expanded the school’s partnership... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

for Management Development. In 1976 he went to work for a small food service company, which he bought a year later. His Boston Concessions Group, Inc., is now a multimillion dollar company that operates and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

28 Feb 2025
News

Joy to the World

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, spent time in foster care as a child, living in more homes than he can remember,... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

Foods and multiple privately-owned restaurant groups. Click here for a sample syllabus for this course Course Overview Uniquely within the HBS EC curriculum, this course is View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

Board (EDB), amazed the audience when he described how his country is building massive industrial townships in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. "If [building infrastructure] were a gold mine, I would not be... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts

kitchen to a larger production facility in Vermont. Over the next few years, he and his family orchestrated the creation of an entire line of nationally distributed condiments and pasta sauces. In 1995, his... View Details

03 Sep 2018
News

Moving Pictures

favorite line in Spotlight. “A good case presents a set of facts and pushes the reader to ask certain questions. That’s what I want to do too.” Advancing a career in any industry requires some... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare Transformation edited by Jim Austin, Judith Bentkover, and Laurence Chait (MBA 1965) (Springer) This book focuses on how to lead transformative and strategic... View Details

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