Food and Chemicals - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2007
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In Brief

tell the story of how they launched SmartPak, a rapidly growing company in the horse- and dog-supplements business that landed smack in the middle of the melamine-pet food scare last spring. Seeking Silent... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

11 Dec 2017
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Growing from Within

guest counts on a daily basis across the restaurant portfolio as well as operating metrics such as speed and accuracy of service and food quality. Also very important are... View Details

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

01 Mar 2014
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Cutting Edge

an executive at several food companies, Silk had revived other century-old brands such as Jell-O, Lea & Perrins, Hebrew National, and Armour. Based on those successes, New York–based hedge fund York Capital... View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

01 Dec 2018
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Combating Climate Change

and chemical engineering to massive questions like climate change. Last summer I visited the huge chemical plants in Freeport, Texas. It occurred to me that if these plants are... View Details

15 Oct 2019
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Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain

fields at a farm owned and run by the Duhau Group in Argentina’s Pampa region. The company was the subject of a case Alvarez wrote, which he taught in the Agribusiness Seminar in 2019. (photo by Mariana Cal) Senior Lecturer José Alvarez... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Robots to the Rescue

firm has landed two rounds of private financing and placed pilot systems at operations of a major retailer and food company. If all goes as planned, Mountz sees “no limit to... View Details

Keywords: robotics; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

01 Jun 2014
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Chili recipes

Traditional Texas Recipe [winner] by Matt Ashbaugh (MBA 2014) Ingredients Sweet/fresh chilies: 3 whole New Mexico chilies, stems and seeds removed Hot chilies: 3 Arbol chilies, stems and seeds removed... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Attention, Oenophiles

2008). “Soweto meant apartheid, but the wine festival was completely different and positive.” In talking with vintners there, she found that some had been making wine for generations but had never had full-fledged business opportunities... View Details

Keywords: Wholesale Trade

02 Nov 2020
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The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

Julianne White (MBA 2017) is vice president for food acquisition at the Greater Boston Food Bank. How did you become interested in the food industry? “I grew up with a lot of... View Details

29 Mar 2010
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Doing Good, With Candy

Keywords: chocolate; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing

01 Oct 2000
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Three Promoted to Full Professor

Harvard College, where he majored in biology, Gompers worked for a year as a research biochemist for Bayer Chemical AG before earning a master's degree in economics at Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship. He completed his Ph.D. in... View Details

22 Apr 2021
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Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

Clubs News Clubs News Boston Alumni Find Leadership Inspiration in Project Impact Series Hunger and food insecurity. Racial justice. Youth and education. These issues have... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 Feb 2025
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Joy to the World

that share an office that work in enrollment and transportation, and they call themselves ACL based on their first names. They've got merch that they've developed for ACL. They play basketball with each... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts

kitchen to a larger production facility in Vermont. Over the next few years, he and his family orchestrated the creation of an entire line of nationally distributed condiments and pasta sauces. In 1995, his... View Details

02 Mar 2023
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Carbon's Second Act

cofounder and CEO of Ocochem, a startup developing an electrochemical process to turn carbon dioxide into formic acid. Now, formic acid is not something most people are familiar with, but it's a pretty important View Details

31 May 2017
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Father Agribusiness

Agribusiness, he explains, “..[i]s not just agriculture and business, it’s people from the medical school and government and the school for public health all working together.”... View Details

11 Jul 2025
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Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast

Before a gathering of 30 alumni and guests, Steed detailed the lake’s geological history and described some of the industries that are vitally dependent on it today. The salt produced from the lake goes into... View Details