Food and Chemicals - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

culture. “It took over 150 years to develop, and it’s dependent on the geographic isolation and biodiversity of the area. You can’t replicate it.” At the same time, Marietta expanded the school’s partnership... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

26 Mar 2025
News

Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore

Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

1981, dba 1995), professor (ret.), Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts Although she never seeks attention for herself, Irene Rosenfeld is on just about every "most powerful" list and her accomplishments in leading Kraft View Details

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

Ariane Cornell Head, Astronaut Strategy and Sales, Blue Origin Cornell calls the West Texas launch and landing a “learning experience,” noting that Blue Origin is slated to reach into orbital space before... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

13 Feb 2019
News

We’re All Going to Get Hacked

If you don’t fix it, you’re going to lose the trust. If you couldn’t go into a restaurant and trust the fact that the food had been prepared right. And that’s because there’s... View Details

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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Alto, California where she was an assistant to the director of the Food Research Institute at Stanford. The couple married in a simple ceremony in New York in 1930. Over the course of their long marriage, Edna would come to support... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

A Summit Higher Than Everest

above sea level, the men faced a tough decision: How long could they safely wait for the weather to clear to continue to the summit, 15,325 feet above sea level? Only a few days of food and, more vitally, heating fuel remained. To give... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

strategies. Consider Nestlé, a food company that reformulates its products in response to regional tastes for spices and sweets. In this "local value creation" configuration, the span of control... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

likes to do operations like housekeeping and food and beverage. And there’s a third entity that has the brand. Companies like the Four Seasons or... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

and food habits to marriage and old age, from music and language to celebrities and censorship, he looks at over a... View Details

03 Jul 2024
News

Surviving the Iditarod

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

by Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Takashi Yasui Sato-san’s hospital bed is wedged diagonally across his living room, relics of regular life pushed to the perimeter. For four years the retired accountant traveled back and forth to a... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

are considering adopting the course materials and can use the teaching notes to really teach the material in the fullest possible way. Having said that, an inquisitive reader who wants a perspective on how finance works in this richer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

20 Dec 2024
News

Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their impact through the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

Every night on the outskirts of Manila, thousands of people lie down to sleep amid acres of rotting food and industrial detritus in a vast urban dumping ground called Payatas. At dawn, they rise View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

15 Jun 2021
News

The Path Ahead

even more learners, and we’re running a number of experiments to try and get to non-linear growth. Editor's note: Dean Datar's response applies to both of the following questions: Along with another HBS... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

customers amid an explosion of online retail options. Grab users can also courier parcels or order food delivery through its app. Go-Jek’s app does those things too, and also lets users order concert tickets... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

concept. Built with authentic interiors and fixtures imported from Japan, the restaurants featured a working chef at every table, flamboyantly preparing and grilling familiar American View Details