Food - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

25 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist

nostalgic: to find and fund the best water entrepreneurs in the world. “The water industry spends $3.6 trillion per year in infrastructure, waste water, irrigation and food production, plumbing and industrial needs as well as chip... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Case Study: On the Table

logistics can be outsourced to a global company like DHL. Mexico has a cost advantage, so it can naturally be a production center. —Ali al Shihabi (MBA 1985) Consider researching how Indian furniture startups and food companies are... View Details

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 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

20 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

support organizations, capital providers, government partners, and advocates who work hard to break down business barriers. I even got the chance to get a city tour from our past development commissioner, and taste delicious foods at... View Details

11 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure!

landmarks, like the Hallgrímskirkja Church, and found great food in the Icelandic capital city, Reykjavik. Tyler & Sydney in front of Hallgrímskirkja Church Our first scheduled stop was an overview with our group’s host, Jesper Jolma,... View Details

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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA

events (e.g., receptions) that take place in and adjacent to the flat floor classrooms in Batten Hall (the Hives) and the Chao Center. If alcohol is being served, food must also be served. Events with alcohol are limited to four (4) hours... View Details

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Latin America - Global Activities 2020

food delivery, groceries, or restaurants, those types of businesses could become eligible for the loans. There were also some people who, when the pandemic hit, had actually finished repaying their loans and were supposed to get a new... View Details

20 Feb 2014
News

Managing the World’s Trouble Spots

are you going to with this money?’ He said, ‘I’m hungry and I’m going to buy food for my family because they’re hungry too, and I’m going to save some of it so we don’t get hungry again.’” The man’s response dovetails beautifully with... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2004
News

American Dream

treasurer. Last fall, the two brothers consolidated stock in the business between them after buying out the stakes of other family members. “I concentrate on the overall experience of our business with special attention to the retail areas. Rick focuses on the View Details

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

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

underlying framework that compels such partnerships as between a food bank in Mexico and a supermarket in the United States, providing insights into the DNA of a successful collaboration that are broadly applicable. Our excerpt from the... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

19 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

illustrate the process and power of market design through three examples: the design of medical residency matching programs, a scrip system to allocate food donations to food banks, and the recent “Incentive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

August 2021
Supplement

Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud

Describes the events that took place in the first year after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company). View Details

Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; France; Europe

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August 2021
Supplement

Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud

Describes the events that took place in the first six months after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company). View Details

Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; France; Europe

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June 2021
Teaching Note

Wolfgang Puck: Setting the Table for the Future

By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 419-001. View Details

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Growth and Development; Management Systems; Business Processes; Leadership; Transition; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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April 2021
Teaching Note

Drinkworks: Home Bar by Keurig

By: Sunil Gupta and Jonathan Levav

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 521-010. In the summer of 2018, Drinkworks CEO Nathaniel Davis needed to make a number of go-to-market decisions ahead of his company’s upcoming product launch. Formed through a joint venture between Keurig Dr. Pepper and Anheuser-Busch... View Details

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June 2020
Teaching Note

Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser

By: Jill Avery

Brian Perkins, chief architect of the $6 billion Budweiser brand, was excited about 2018, in which the company would launch Budweiser into several new markets in Africa and Latin America. He was feeling the pressure to finalize a global brand strategy that would define... View Details