Food Access - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 May 2023
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Sustainability: Career Advice from HBS Career Coach Hillary Mann

understanding the different opportunities and challenges that exist. Connect with Baker Library, talk to faculty, network with alumni. Baker Library can provide you with access to databases that provide industry trends on specific... View Details

19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

of organic wine, which provides a case study of failed category creation. The modern organic wine industry emerged during the 1970s in the United States and Western Europe, but it struggled to gain traction compared to other organic food... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

What do a health food manufacturer, an infectious-diseases specialist and a content-management expert have in common? Answer: All are women, all are entrepreneurs. And by virtue of being women and entrepreneurs they share one... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Accelerating Climate Solutions - Short Intensive Program 2023

opportunities so that students can see how the topic of climate integrates into everything here at HBS. We want to ensure that as many students as possible have access to the most up to date perspectives on climate.” Over the course of... View Details

15 Nov 2020
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

collection, a unique research and teaching resource that comprises more than 140 videos 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 the banking (Cas... View Details

17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

Working PapersPublic Action for Public Goods Authors:Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rohini Somanathan Abstract This paper focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods. It begins by developing a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

That’s actually good news because it’s harder to change people’s taste preferences than it is beliefs,” says Minor, joking that he’s been trying to change his daughter’s food tastes for years. Minor used a survey pool of 7,000... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

05 Jul 2022
Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

integrates very well with the Office 365 product suite that many enterprises use (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). Sending files and links (now preferred to sending files themselves) is easy. Integrating with SharePoint is also easy, allowing files in use in a Team... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

26 Aug 2020
News

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

basically doing nothing else except for fighting the pandemic is pretty amazing. And specifically where that comes from, we think about carbon footprints in four categories, at least at the consumer level: travel, food and drink,... View Details

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

potential problem and then solidified the relationship with Dr. Mak. We then identified and addressed regulatory and practical issues like consent, access to images, and annotation and development of the video teaching tool. LISH... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

Profile

Marcela Sapone

we believe we can do it as well if not better than you.” To that end, new subscribers are assigned a personal “Alfred,” a carefully vetted individual who comes to a subscriber’s home, takes care of everything from the dry cleaning to View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

access to consumer goods, jobs, and global markets. Dividing his time among corporate boards, family, and educational causes, Lemann heads a family foundation that supports education, health, the environment, and medicine in Brazil. What... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

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

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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details

15 Jul 2014
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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

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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

24 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

experience planted a seed for Pomeranz's future research: how to promote financial savings among "microentrepreneurs" such as food cart owners, street vendors, and cosmetics saleswomen, whose income is low and often fluctuates.... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

01 Jun 2006
News

One-on-One with Tom Oreck

period. The business could wait; the people could not. The Long Beach plant’s parking lot was turned into what we called Oreckville. We very quickly purchased trailer homes from all over the country and brought them in. We delivered food... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

22 May 2007
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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