food - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2018
News

Former Starbucks CEO Orin Smith Dies at 75

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

25 Aug 2014
News

Starbucks Reinvented

Keywords: cases; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

31 Jul 2014
News

The Making of a McTopia

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

December 2022 (Revised February 2023)
Case

Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Pedro Levindo and Ruth Costas

Marfrig, one of the world’s leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The company also pledged to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the guidelines set by the... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Family Business; Communication Strategy; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Bonds; Food; Global Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Leading Change; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Brazil; Latin America; Argentina; Uruguay; North America; United States; Europe; Asia; China

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08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

assumption that a lower ratio of CEO to average compensation has a beneficial effect on an organization's performance. Presumably, the thinking is that greater equity in pay leads to a healthier culture (for example, in organizations like Whole View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2025
News

Forward Thinking

conservation is development: As people build more subdivisions, industrial zones, and roads, and then surround it all with fencing, wild animals get entangled in the infrastructure and cut off from food and water sources. Last December,... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mcfarland Flint; Illustrations by Maria Jesus Contreras; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture

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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog

zero, and the need and ways to build a sustainable future. Students will explore the balance of maintaining basic development goals, such as improving infrastructure, reducing poverty, energy access, housing, transport services, water, View Details

01 Jun 1996
News

Reinventing Marketing

Rounding out Marketing's agenda are multifaceted research projects. Professor Walter J. Salmon is looking at the costs and benefits of product variety for retailers and manufacturers as part of a joint project with the Food Marketing... View Details

Keywords: Mary Jane Higgins; Illustration by Peter Hoey

04 Sep 2019
News

Funny Business

to make the final call. How do you fuel yourselves? On show days the head writers bring in doughnuts, which is very exciting. If you talk to anyone who works in entertainment, they’ll ask, ‘Oh, what’s the craft services [catering] situation? Which flavors of LaCroix do... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 1998
News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

an emphasis on ceramics and related objects. Cincinnati native Samuel Huttenbauer, Jr. (MBA '55), is CEO of American Nutriceuticals, a medical foods firm based in his hometown. A graduate of Harvard College, Huttenbauer joined the Army... View Details

18 Mar 2020
Blog Post

Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)

used to keeping certain items in your home. Or you may have healthy food options nearby your office, but not close enough to your home to grab a quick lunch. “Stock up on the food and beverage items you’ll... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

September 2021 Alumni Books

discussed. Food Entrepreneurs in Africa: Scaling Resilient Agriculture Businesses By Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (MBA 1999) Routledge Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of the agriculture and food sector in Africa,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 May 2017
Blog Post

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS

belonging, the representation of different cultures and backgrounds is certainly quite vast among the student body. I’ve learned about so many different religions, tried food and recipes I likely would have never been exposed to, and... View Details

22 Mar 2017
Blog Post

3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow

internship at DRK in part because it would allow me to explore an area of interest: food and nutrition in the United States. In the past, I may not have taken this problem-centric approach, as it always felt like there were too many... View Details

01 Aug 2005
What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

tax. This has effectively capped salaries, but invites unlimited compensation in other forms. Several high-performing companies such as Costco Wholesale and Whole Foods Markets limit CEO pay to some multiple of the average salary paid to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

helped raise equity for two retail food chains, Café Coffee Days and Barista. "It's possible to adapt successful U.S. strategies to India," said Raheja, "but you need a sustainable competitive advantage to survive."... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

21 Aug 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study

exists." "What better way is there to approach questions?" observed Jonathan Coles, whose company, Mavesa, a Venezuela-based food manufacturer, has been the subject of seven different cases. "It also limits the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?

think the social media company is biased, but its action still reduces the potential for a bad outcome. General: For example, “don’t eat GMOs.” With a more general expression, such as a post that genetically modified foods are... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Information Technology; Technology

02 May 2023
Blog Post

Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

and organizations. Often students struggle with networking and what that looks like and I encourage students to learn about the person or company to demonstrate interest in what they are doing. Be specific about something that interests you or something new or... View Details

22 May 2007
First Look

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 solid portfolio of brands and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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