Food and Beverages - Publications - Faculty & Research

chefs. The restaurant was also leading the new Nordic food movement, a movement focused on rediscovering Nordic cuisine and ingredients, which had helped increase the popularity of Danish cuisine. Since 2013... View Details

Keywords: 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... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Jul 2017
Blog Post

“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”

who’s in charge of what?” Their marketing strategy pitches Tim Hortons in the middle, offering white collar and upper class professionals a superior alternative to convenience store coffee. Unlike many convenience store coffee shops, Tim... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

02 Jan 2018
Op-Ed

'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year

of life in the home--should be viewed as a miserable chore. I look forward to coming home from work and spending time mindfully cooking fresh foods and ... yes, even mindfully... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

When business executives create innovative products or services, they often look to impress their customers by delivering an experience more meaningful, more delightful, than possibly expected. A true "wow!" moment. And Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

August 2007
Teaching Note

Academia Barilla (TN)

By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman

Teaching Note to (507-001). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Italy

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April 2006 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

YUM! Brands, Inc: A Corporate Do-Over (TN)

By: Frances X. Frei and Amy C. Edmondson

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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August 2005 (Revised May 2006)
Teaching Note

Accounting at MacCloud Winery (TN)

By: David F. Hawkins and Gregory S. Miller

Teaching Note to (9-105-081). View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Food and Beverage Industry

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January 1982 (Revised November 1982)
Case

General Foods: Productivity Measurement Program

By: Robert H. Hayes and Kim B. Clark

Keywords: Performance Productivity; Performance Improvement; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry

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June 1990 (Revised June 2004)
Teaching Note

Nestle Alimentana S.A. -- Infant Formula (Abridged) TN

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Teaching Note for (9-590-070). View Details

Keywords: Nutrition; Food and Beverage Industry

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April 1982
Case

Total Cereal

By: Stephen A. Greyser and John A. Quelch

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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April 1990 (Revised February 1994)
Case

Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (A) (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Developing Countries and Economies; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nicaragua

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06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way

are." A for-profit enterprise has to cope not only within the nonprofit that backs it, but also within the world at large, said Toby Sherman, director of food service for Greyston Foundation. Greyston, a $13 million organization in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

March 2005
Teaching Note

7-Eleven, Inc. (TN)

By: David E. Bell

Teaching Note to (9-504-057). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; United States

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23 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience

For Jo, illustration has always been a hobby. She started to illustrate more in her final year of undergrad at the University of Sydney to keep her food diary interesting. (If you follow her Instagram account she still frequently... View Details

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

economic experiments and progress on infrastructure and food security once they put the Cultural Revolution behind them. Postwar Japan had begun to rise in the 1960s. The four... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg