Food Safety Standards - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jun 2009
What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

it isn't. That is like saying that all apples are just that, apples." A rich discussion centered around a proposition raised by Colin Moore that more "stable" or "sustainable" forms of growth, for example food... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

20 Jan 2023
News

Free Spirits

colada, the standard offerings for non-drinkers—even at special occasions—can feel like real kids’ table fare. Royle and Wood saw a demand for adult beverages as interesting and complex as a satisfying cocktail, just without the alcohol.... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

business received, housing prices in that ZIP code increased by 1.4 percent. More college-educated residents = more food options To compare housing prices with other markers of gentrification, the researchers turned to the Federal Housing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Apr 2022
Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

promotional talking points for companies. Rather, they’ve become crucial for a corporation’s success. As the authors write, “Organizations and societies with high ethical standards tend to flourish, while those with weak ethics often... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

management company. Since most of its employees are based at the clients’ locations, ITCleaning had to quickly find an effective way to coordinate its own safety standards with those of the clients. The... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

well as Ace Foods, which sells African spices. She is also the founder of African Food Changemakers and an expert on African agriculture and nutrition, entrepreneurship, social innovation and youth development; Runa Alam (MBA 1985), a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Courtesy Bob Rosenberg Courtesy Bob Rosenberg Dan Morrell: In 1963, Bob Rosenberg’s (MBA 1963) father asked him to become CEO of Universal Food Systems—which included a... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

tech-enabled nannies. Social Enterprise Track, 2017 Flare Quinn Fitzgerald (MBA 2017) Sara de Zarraga (MBA 2017) Social Enterprise Track Winner Flare is reinventing personal security by creating tech-enabled safety devices for women. Juva... View Details

02 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

Presented with a goal to build a car "under 2,000 pounds and under $2,000" by 1970, employees overlooked safety testing and designed a car where the gas tank was vulnerable to explosion from rear-end collisions. Fifty-three people died as... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)

out of the theater and into the nearby Whole Foods vegetable aisle where the waterworks continued. I had just never felt so ‘seen’ by a movie. In hindsight, it was only my position between these cultures that allowed this story to... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

perspective of collaboration. But this becomes a delicate balance between anti-competitive legal territory and the benefits of the collective development of standards and crystallization of emerging demand signals, all paving the way for... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

(virtually) talked with more than 50 “resilient” businesses across a variety of countries and sectors. The results of this exploration show that managers are trying to ensure safety and maintain profitability with tremendous energy and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

at the societal benefit while at the same time taking care of the individual. That in essence is what we're trying to get at. McCaffrey: In a standard marketing situation, there's usually somebody who pays for it—such as a corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

high standards and criteria on climate, health, and equity. As an example, offsetting the emissions of an economy flight from San Francisco, CA to Boston, MA would cost $13.50 To meet those goals, CNaught curated a project portfolio with... View Details

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

How to Avoid a Price Increase

seems to support this logic. First, consumers themselves report a greater sensitivity (or awareness) of price than of quantity. Second, in tracking the sale of snack foods we found that consumers reacted greatly to periodic changes in... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Management Society (MSOM) for his article with Maria Ibanez, “How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections” ( Management Science , June 2020). Feng Zhu : Winner of the... View Details

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

While the US Food and Drug Administration has chiseled away pharmaceutical review times over the years to speed innovative drugs to market, the opposite seems to have occurred in the agency's approval of medical devices. Instead of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

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Rclone - Research Computing Services

Software Tools Rclone 3ms About rclone Many people use a web browser to transfer files between local and cloud storage. In comparison, Rclone is a robust command-line utility for synchronizing and transferring files to and from cloud storage. The command-line... View Details

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

agriculture, and Lydia had a background in the food industry. “It seemed a good match,” he says. “And if you do it right, harvesting maple sap is a totally sustainable agricultural practice.” Good Timing and Good Chemistry Doing it right... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

quickly. The shift has happened in days, not months. Businesses may be able to learn how to move faster, acting in more agile ways, as a result. Amy C. Edmondson (@AmyCEdmondson) is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management. Joseph B. Fuller: View Details