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Margaret F. Rudkin

Rudkin began her business at her family estate, Pepperidge Farm, after the success of her all natural home baked bread (originally made to relieve her sons’ allergies). She gradually expanded her business to include Belgian cookies, frozen pastries, poultry stuffing... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

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Pato Bichara

to distribute healthy food to low-income communities? It’ll involve innovations in the food, health care, and education industries. I’m not exactly sure where my entry point will be, but these are the issues... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

Adolphus Busch

broader national reach. He went on to develop a number of additional new products including the still popular Michelob beer. More so than its founder, Busch is credited with the massive growth and popularity of the company. View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

the eighteenth-century pottery and china manufacturer; H.J. Heinz, who started the famous food company in 1869; and Marshall Field, the late nineteenth-century Chicago... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2016
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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 View Details

01 Jun 2012
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A Better World, One Idea at a Time

A dozen budding social entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for innovative products and services during the annual Social Enterprise Conference in February, and four came away with top honors. The sold-out... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; cosmetics; Chemical Manufacturing; Chemical Manufacturing; Chemical Manufacturing; Chemical Manufacturing; Chemical Manufacturing; Chemical Manufacturing

01 Oct 1999
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The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change

would take a German commodity chemical business to a major position in detergents and perfumes, that Eileen Friars would trade in her jeans and long tresses View Details

Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer

05 Mar 2020
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Green Light

of tech upgrade the world food system needs given our increasingly insecure ecosystem, says Sonia Lo (MBA 1994), CEO of Crop One Holdings, which owns and operates the FreshBox brand. Sitting in FreshBox’s... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles

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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020

from investors in Japan, and in November 2019, with Nakamura and some friends, he presided over a mostly successful “Yasu & Masa’s Ramen” pop-up event in Cambridge. “Everyone ate well, View Details

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

management and agile product development. He is also a Venture Partner at the early-stage venture firm Accomplice. Ann Dewitt MBA ’09, Harvard University; PhD ’01, Chemical Engineering, Systems Biology,... View Details

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

those questions to refugees, many said they simply wanted something to do with their hands. While aid organizations provide food and some basic supplies, the Rohingya lack permits to work outside the camps.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 Aug 2022
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Generosity Multiplied

multiplies the gifts’ impact. The Reed Foundation launched the Big Give in 2007, and since then, it has raised nearly £200 million for 10,000 charities that address a range of causes, from climate change and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2014
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Case Study: Declawing the Competition

Illustration by Peter Arkle KitNipBox is a monthly subscription service for cat owners. Each box contains products designed to keep cats happy, healthy, and fit: toys, treats, health and hygiene products,... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)

'76), have developed an astounding array of community outreach services -- from elaborate food pantries to job assistance programs; from tutoring, mentoring, and counseling services for children View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Oct 2002
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Karen Gordon Mills

under its belt, the firm is now looking into the natural and organic food sector. “We're aiming to complete two or three deals annually,” notes Mills, who honed her expertise as a former managing director... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Book Review: My Lunch with Warren

novel that describes a clash of cultures in French and Indian cuisines that makes the food live through human drama. Morais’s carefully researched story takes the reader from Bombay to London, Lumière, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
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Comfort Zone

food and beverage or retail opportunities along the journey,” Fraser says. That and other technology can be adapted to reduce anxiety, improve time management, personalize... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Streamlining the Supermarket

center closest to you, which may be attached to the back of a gas station or convenience store. “Because of their low-cost design and size [most will be 3,000 to 5,000 square feet] we can put fulfillment centers in thousands of places,”... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

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Shad Membership Eligibility | About

partnership as defined below. For this policy guideline, a domestic partner is defined as someone with whom you are involved in a committed relationship for mutual support and benefit, interact with as a spouse, View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity

featured Horácio Forjaz, EVP of corporate communication at Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer; Ana Maria Diniz, EVP of operations for Grupo Pão de Açúcar, Brazil's largest food retailer; and María... View Details

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