Food Service - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 May 2011
News

Recipes from the COC (Chief Operating Cook)

A spicy chickpea dish © Kirti Poddar on Flickr When Dean Nitin Nohria sat down for an interview with us last September, we asked: "What do you like to do for fun?" His answer: "I love to cook. I'm vegetarian, and I cook Indian and Italian food. At home, I'm the chef.... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin; Educational Services; Educational Services

08 Mar 2018
News

How HBS Gives Back

the greater good. The piece details several initiatives, from Senior Lecturer Kevin Mohan’s position as chair of Boys Town to the students who work as mentors at the Gardner Pilot Academy through the Volunteer Corps to the Knowledge and Library View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

@Soldiers Field

getting-to-know-you-type events. British soccer giants Liverpool took to the pitch at Ohiri Field to warm up for a match at Fenway Park. Seen here: Striker Daniel Sturridge, fresh off a World Cup tour for England, jogs down Gordon Road. In a move sure to inspire case... View Details

Keywords: Georges F. Doriot

21 May 2018
Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

Editor’s Note: The below post is part of our Alumni for Impact series, which features alumni who are making a difference in the social sector, specifically in K-12 education, impact investing, nonprofit supportive services and social... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

26 Aug 2016
News

Improving Wellness Through Better Nutrition

recovery and health maintenance plans. “Much of my job is to educate health care decision-makers about the importance of food in improving patient outcomes.” A “first-class Girl Scout” growing up, with parents who emphasized the... View Details

Career Coach

Wendi Zhang

business development/product partnerships for Google Pixel, Wearables, and Accessories as well as a few verticals of Google Home and Chromecast within Google's Devices & Services (formerly Google Hardware) team, ran business development... View Details

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17 Oct 2014
News

Committed to helping others

Eryn Schultz (MBA 2015) is concerned about access to healthy food and critical services for low-income families and plans to dedicate herself to helping those less fortunate. (Published October 2014) View Details

17 Sep 2020
News

HBS Goes Back To School

procedures, introducing everything from directional and spacing decals on the floors to food delivery. “It’s an important service for the school, and our hope is that community members take it as seriously... View Details

January 2007 (Revised November 2007)
Case

Organic Growth at Wal-Mart

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Troy Smith

In 2005, an executive vice president at Wal-Mart must decide whether to expand the retailer's selection of organic food. The decision is made in the context of wider attempts to move the giant retailer slightly upscale and to focus on environmental sustainability. View Details

Keywords: Food; Growth and Development Strategy; Product; Business Processes; Environmental Sustainability; Expansion; Retail Industry; United States

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07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

above are numerous in a channel that includes, in your comments, food and tobacco producers of unhealthy products (Christy Hitchens, Tom Dolembo); lifestyle equipment and service providers; developers and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

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Commodities

yields and prices for agricultural commodities throughout the world. See also USDA Foreign Agricultural Service PSD Online. Consult the Baker Library Research Guide on Agribusiness Consult the Guide to Food... View Details

26 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

offering insights from a variety of industries and professional backgrounds. One, for example, proposed a dynamic pricing algorithm for supermarkets to cut down on food waste, while another suggested a mobile app that could store receipts... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology

15 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development

organizations and non-profits since I was child, and working in public service in New York City after college, my pivot to HBS was to dive into the hard skills and action-based work that I was missing to make my community development... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

28 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

and its reviews drop from three stars to two—does the rating system pick up on this change in a timely manner that is meaningful to diners? Is the same merit placed on old reviews as new ones? How will a diner know that the food and menu... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

01 Jun 2015
News

The End of Cows?

Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

03 Jun 2020
News

Keeping a Community Connected

Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) At the end of most days, Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) feels like he hasn’t done enough. As executive director of East Boston Social Centers (EBSC), a century-old grassroots organization that provides... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

16 Sep 2013
News

Canada’s Native Son

by Maureen Harmon Blaine Favel Blaine Favel (MBA 2001) grew up on Cree Indian reservation. His father was a chief, as was his grandfather before him. "It was a true democracy back then," says Favel, when a chief served at the will of the people. Favel recalls his... View Details

Keywords: First Nations; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2011
News

Fast Casual

Cherng: Panda’s process designer. Peggy Cherng (OPM 25, 1997) and her husband, Andrew, share the titles of cochairman and co-CEO of Panda Restaurant Group (PRG), “one of the fastest-growing and most successful restaurant chains in the U.S.,” according to Bloomberg... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

15 Nov 2016
News

Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad

São Paulo neighborhoods and discovered that proximity was the key ingredient for shoppers. “They would go to the bakery that is right next to their apartment because they just wanted convenience,” observes Ormeci. The students soon realized that View Details