candy - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy

windfall of money that they could use to purchase a goody-bag full of candy or other treats. Participants were randomly assigned to be given the choice to keep the bag of treats for themselves or to donate it to an anonymous sick child at... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

5 Sep 2013
Conference Presentation

The Color of Taste: Selling Food in Clear Packages in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States

By: Ai Hisano

This paper examines the role of color in the marketing and retailing of food products by focusing on the increasingly popular presentation of food in clear packages in the early-twentieth-century United States. In the 1910s, a candy company began using cellophane to... View Details

Keywords: Food; Product Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry

Citation

16 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

engineer products and packaging to hit key retail price points. This may mean downsizing package sizes, something the candy industry always does in response to inflation. 4. Use Promotions. If you've always passed through raw material... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

01 Sep 2023
News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

‘I’m spending my kids’ inheritance,’ ” Diamond recalls. He even made a trip to what he still calls “the candy store of genealogy”—the Mormon church’s genealogical library in Salt Lake City, which had expanded its collections to include... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

06 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers

associate professor at the University of Chicago. Consumers put on blindfolds The researchers performed dozens of experiments, using products ranging from gummy candy to dictionaries, and testing out labels such as “newer version,”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products; Retail

Profile

Ted Obi

patient-first framework to business are uniquely positioned to affect change and drive efficiency within health care. Coming to HBS is like Being a kid in a candy store. At times, the plethora of resources can be a little overwhelming.... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

Warren Area High School Warren, PA Subjects: Civics, Government, History PA 6 of 40 Bowen Borgeson Hill School Pottstown, PA PA 7 of 40 Candy Boyer Conestoga Valley High School Lancaster, PA Subjects: U.S. History PA 8 of 40 Rose Bruce... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Quantum Leap

than a kid in a candy store. A lifelong techie, Levy learned to read by deciphering The Boys’ First Book of Radio and Electronics, a 1954 classic that gave step-by-step instructions for building a radio receiver. “I have this weird... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

sure,” explained Amanda Cohen, a James Beard-nominated chef and owner of Dirt Candy in New York City. “I have no idea what to do with the PPP loan that I’ve been approved for; I’m not sure I will take it. I spend all my time thinking... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

15 Nov 2018
Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

03 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business

eat a chocolate bar. Half performed an assigned ritual, breaking and unwrapping the bar in a particular way before eating it. The other half just ate the bar unceremoniously. On average, those in the ritual group reported the candy more... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

and Reconstruction PA Candy Boyer Conestoga Valley High School Lancaster, PA Subjects: U.S. History MD Brendan Brace Southern High School Harwood, MD Subjects: AP US History, Historical Inquiry MA Vin Bradley Catholic Memorial School West... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

healthier alternative candy bar snack. Business Track, 2025 Argus Systems Lisa Yan (MBA 2025) Drew Borinstein (MBA 2025) Business Track Winner Accelerating AI model development for physical AI. HydroHaul Eli Litchman (MBA 2025) Fenil... View Details

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Nashae Roundtree

was the ideal choice. Coming to HBS is like Entering the world's greatest candy store as a wide-eyed child. Being part of the HBS community is like Having an intimate global family that happens to include some of the most impressive and... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

department at a Woolworth store back when they had manual cash registers. Candy bars used to sell really quickly, and the department needed constant restocking. During lunch, hundreds of customers would come in to buy snacks, and the... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

04 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

the promise of eventual reward of candy and soda: They not only completed fewer tasks, but also made more mistakes, which downgraded their performance. “We'd expect to find that being more flexible in monitoring Internet use could... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Feb 2019
Book

What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

If women wanted to shake up their makeup regimen 10 years ago, Sephora was the place to go. Beauty product junkies loved Sephora’s candy store-like display of sample-size face creams, glittery lip glosses, and eyeshadows in every shade... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

puppets, and it was lucrative enough to make me feel pretty wealthy when I went to the candy store. What is your outlook for the stock market over the next five years? I think most of my classmates would say that what has hap-pened in the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

Any parent can tell you that a surefire way to turn joy into rage is to offer your child a big candy bar—and then turn around and offer an even bigger one to his sister. Suddenly, a special treat turns into a great injustice. "Hey! How... View Details