Restaurants - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1999
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Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

discs) Restaurants (grocer's takeout) Steel production (minimills) Telephone-long distance (Internet telephony) Are some industries more vulnerable to this threat than others? There are some industries, or at least parts of them, that I... View Details

12 Sep 2019
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Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse

think about can I create some kind of quirky farm-to-table, like, shipping containers and restaurant incubator and something that's really unusual and very different there and so those areas of conflict help me start seeing, “Well there's... View Details

25 Apr 2023
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Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

contain no preservatives. Its first pre-order sold out in December, and the team has since launched a few dozen retail and restaurant partnerships and an online retail shop as well. Because Tilden is a consumer product, Wood says the pair... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2010
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Michael Depatie

Depatie Art by Scott Laumann Founded in 1981, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is America’s first (and largest) boutique hotel group. With its hosted evening wine hour (where you might play Wii or have your tarot cards read), whimsical style,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality

19 Aug 2010
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Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers

PMD, it's OPM for me. Refrain: OPM (OPM), Harvard Square (Harvard Square). You'll learn with all the smartest teachers there. Come on down to Cambridge to spend a week or three. AMP, PMD, it's OPM for me. OPM 34. Wasabi! (from a case about a Japanese View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2011
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The Spangler Effect

away,” says Todd Mulder, food services general manager for Restaurant Associates, the hospitality firm that manages all campus food operations. “They are impressed that you can get sushi made to order,” in addition to soups, sandwiches, a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Mar 2017
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Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

whenever you're going to build something that has never been built before. It's one thing to know exactly how something can work and to build the tenth franchise, or the hundredth, or the thousandth franchise restaurant under a model.... View Details

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

will continue to see creative uses. I predict we’ll see more and more ‘line-waiting tasks’ for restaurants that don’t take reservations and for product launches.” —Jamie Viggiano (MBA 2009), VP of marketing, TaskRabbit Professor Sandra... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed

restaurant Sonic—FirstBuild spent $600 to do a Google survey to gauge interest and then put out a design challenge to the FirstBuild community, collecting 29 ideas. Eventually, they’ll take the winning model to a crowdfunding platform to... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

launch were exhausting but exciting as we raced to hit our deadlines. We were living the Silicon Valley dream. The afternoon before the launch, I had retreated to a quiet restaurant to work alone when my phone rang. It was our data center... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

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