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- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
college immediately following high school or who are adult learners. Because we are a large commuter institution with thousands of students coming to us from all over the state and because many students are working at the front lines of this pandemic—in nursing homes,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
"consumer choice and honest competition are usually achieved without a public provider. We don't need government-run grocery stores or government-run gas stations to ensure that Americans can buy food and fuel at reasonable... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
innovation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsDoug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox José B. Alvarez and Ryan JohnsonHarvard Business School Case 512-022 Doug Rauch, the former president of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
hundred cities. Our Robins would use free Uber rides to help the senior citizens with essentials like groceries and medicines throughout the lockdown.” The partnership with Uber has grown over the past two years, and the company has since... View Details
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
future Wi-Fi users, those who access wireless services with their PDAs. For example, imagine a trip to the grocery store where you pull out your PDA to download your shopping list and store coupons, all being delivered via a local... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
to an ordinary autobiographical memory, like grocery shopping or driving to work) increased their desire to pursue social goals such as forming deep relationships and made them more confident that they could successfully achieve those... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
see her through kindergarten. Now she’s in high school. What was your first job? Grocery store cashier, at 14. It made me want to go to college. Who inspires you? Lance Armstrong. He’s really raised cancer awareness. View complete... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max Bazerman Publication:Marketing Letters (in press) Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
HBS Takes Business Education Online
to the grocery store take on new meaning once you understand bundled pricing! We’ve also had students who have taken on new responsibilities in their current jobs, gone onto new careers, been accepted into their top choice graduate school... View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise
HBS was the right place for me.To understand why I came to HBS, we need to start at the beginning. I was born in Goodrich, a town of about 100 people in central North Dakota. My town is so small, it doesn’t even have a grocery store, and... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
Summing Up Is The Question of Who Should Choose Your Boss Becoming "A Little Irrelevant"? The remarkable events at grocery chain Market Basket over the summer stimulated a range of responses to this month's column about who... View Details
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
president and CEO of grocery chain Stop & Shop. In 2007, certain brands of pet food manufactured in China and sold at several locations were found to be contaminated with melamine. Many pets became sick, and some even died. Through it... View Details
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
to provide insights. Sean Silverthorne: What has been the impact of the FDA in daily life over the last 100 years? Without the FDA, what would change about how we live our lives? Arthur A. Daemmrich: Picture yourself walking into a View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
Interest Group (SIG) on real estate investing in the fast-growing Dallas/Fort Worth market, several group tours behind the scenes of Texas companies such as Central Market, a major local grocery chain, and Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
provided food—delivering food, distributing grocery cards, and setting up sites where people can pick up food. We’ve helped bridge the gap between paychecks. Partnering with the ICA Watershed, we are using their facility in East Boston... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
up to take care of the most complex diseases, and as a result, "the people with minimally complex disease, with very straightforward disease, are cared for in very expensive settings." One innovative approach to this situation is the rise of in-store... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
made each week to the grocery store, druggist, or dry cleaners. The Lauders hoped to use the novelty and leisurely enjoyment that women connected with upscale department stores to demonstrate their products and stimulate impulse buying.... View Details
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
(A) A year after Norwegian grocery chain REMA 1000 adopted Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise social network, Chief Human Resource Officer Tore Høylie is asked to evaluate its impact on company culture and communication. Almost 90% of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
music, just like grocery shoppers buying organic milk or fair trade coffee." This lesson applies across all businesses. "We think this is only true for artists and entertainers, but it's true for making tennis shoes and semiconductors,... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
new research about how scheduling affects worker behavior. The potential result: Americans could avoid 19 million foodborne illnesses, nearly 51,000 hospitalizations, and billions of dollars of related medical costs. Government health officers routinely drop in to... View Details