Food - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

for other world regions. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708421 General Mills (A) Harvard Business School Case 608-004 General Mills is an 80-year-old company that specializes in consumer View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2004
News

Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)

was then — stranded at the B-School with food running low. The days crawl and the years fly! Here we are 25 years later with a lot of road behind us and more road ahead of us than any other generation has ever had. This year the corporate... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2004
News

Whit Sears (MBA 1959)

bedrooms, two baths, a garden with fruit trees, and fish swimming in several ceramic urns. It’s like being newlyweds again. The food is delicious and spicy; water for drinking must be filtered and boiled. Electricity is pretty reliable;... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

14 Aug 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

caused the medical establishment to radically reverse its position. Parents were now warned that delaying the introduction of these types of foods increased a baby's risk of food allergies. Adeo Health... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm

map—including apps for donating food waste, sharing photos, sourcing wedding vendors, renting wedding dresses, and making creative wedding registries. Koning’s favorite out-of-the-box idea was an app to simplify divorce, which is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

their first response isn’t, “That’s so cool!” Silverthorne: I was surprised by your emphasis on physical training and food strategies. Is the academic job market that rigorous? Rouen: To be fair, I have no self-control around sweets.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting; Education

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

Wawa Inc. Retailing requires attention to detail and customer and employee loyalty. Wawa is a 50-year-old food retailer with an almost cult-like following. With $9 billion in revenues, Wawa is the 50th largest privately held company in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Jun 2015
What Do You Think?

Is the Time Right for Self-Management?

Gary Hamel's book, The Future of Management, in which he described innovative efforts to enable employees to define their own jobs and shape their work at companies such as Google, Whole Foods Market, and W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

07 Feb 2005
What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

it fails." Several respondents provided food for thought, always welcome here. Deepak Alse speculated, "I wonder if there is such a thing as 'group gut feel?'" David Martin said that "A good manager also knows which... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Jul 2025
News

Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast

Before a gathering of 30 alumni and guests, Steed detailed the lake’s geological history and described some of the industries that are vitally dependent on it today. The salt produced from the lake goes into many food products,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Sep 2024
Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

Club and became Social Chair for the club during my second year. We organized events like Mid-Autumn Festival dinners and Chinese New Year celebrations. At the end of the day, it wasn’t just about the food and traditions—it was also about... View Details

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Global - Global Activities 2020

of HBS faculty interviewing business leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The five new videos feature South African business leaders in banking (Cas Coovadia), retail (Shirley Zinn), food (Robbie Brozin),... View Details

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

America small-business owners moved quickly when COVID-19 started shuttering shops in March. Fine dining restaurants shifted to takeout. Book shops introduced curbside pickup. Gyms offered classes online. Business owners, it seemed, just needed to face this... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage

01 Oct 2018
Book

Is the US Losing its Ability to Attract Highly Skilled Migrant Workers?

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage

26 Apr 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Assessing the Quality of Quality Assessment: The Role of Scheduling

Keywords: by Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage

30 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

On important occasions, we gather for family portraits. If you were to take a picture of your family business today, what would it show? Family businesses represent the aspirations, achievements, and struggles of one or more generations of a family. We would see all... View Details

Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage