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D. Wayne Calloway
Calloway is credited with streamlining PepsiCo’s organization, empowering its employees at all levels, and generating substantial growth. Under his leadership, Calloway organized PepsiCo into three major business units: soft drinks, snack... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 27 Apr 2022
- News
Following the Flow of Aid
Courtesy Mercy Corps Courtesy Mercy Corps In April, Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) paid a visit to Poland to see firsthand the plight of Ukrainian people fleeing their country. The humanitarian aid organization that... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
hunger-relief organization in New England and among the largest food banks in the country. I had an opportunity to speak with Catherine D’Amato, GBFB’s CEO, and I was incredibly impressed with the... View Details
- January 2018 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Lagunitas Brewing Company
By: Joshua Margolis, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
The CEO of a California-based craft brewery manages new partnership with—and potential acquisition by—industry giant Heineken. View Details
Keywords: Culture; Non-profit; International; Organizational Behavior; Food; Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Culture; Management; Partners and Partnerships; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Margolis, Joshua, Allison Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "Lagunitas Brewing Company." Harvard Business School Case 418-017, January 2018. (Revised March 2018.)
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
and complex amino acids.) 683 alumni work in the agriculture industry 1957 HBS professors Ray Goldberg (MBA 1950) and John H. Davis (MBA 1941) coin the term agribusiness 236 alumni work in the food and beverage industry 2,406 alumni list... View Details
John P. Mackey
Through a series of acquisitions, Mackey transformed Whole Foods from a small, niche player in the grocery retail business into a major enterprise. In many ways, Mackey and Whole Foods have brought View Details
Keywords: Retail
- July 2009 (Revised October 2011)
- Case
VeeV on the Rocks?
By: Joshua D. Margolis, Christopher Marquis and Laura Winig
Three pressing challenges (equity split, extent of commitment to social responsibility, and product discoloration) confront VeeV, the world's first alcoholic beverage infused with acai berries. Brothers Courtney and Carter Reum founded VeeV in 2007 and the firm has... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Food; Business Growth and Maturation; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Equity; Food and Beverage Industry
Margolis, Joshua D., Christopher Marquis, and Laura Winig. "VeeV on the Rocks?" Harvard Business School Case 410-006, July 2009. (Revised October 2011.)
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
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 served as the central organizing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
year. Just as much a cultural pioneer, Peruvian Gastón Acurio and his wife founded upscale restaurant Astrid & Gastón in Lima 20 years ago, and has since spread their dining empire. Now consisting of 32 restaurants in 11 countries, View Details
- 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
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
the world choosing a leader for an organization is a primary responsibility of a board of directors. But others tempered that judgment with a variety of cautions. Richard Belloff made the base case by saying "The Board should choose... View Details
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
"exhortation." He sees many of these things in each of several organizations—including Whole Foods Markets, W. L. Gore, and Google—that he examines in some depth. These organizations share some... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in CPG and Retail
across the global food system. Read IFC Sustainability news. The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) This global non-profit organization focuses on transforming consumer goods supply chains... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Wine Country Reunion
accomplishments. Highlights included a vineyard tour, winetastings, fine dining, and a reception at the home of Peggy and Timm Crull. Pictured above are reunion organizers Joe Fitzpatrick, Don Moffitt, and Timm Crull, who chaired the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
gained hands-on, global experience in January 2016 by collaborating for eight days on projects with businesses in 15 emerging markets and in Boston. The immersion in São Paulo was organized by HBS’s Global Experience Office and by the... View Details
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Cherian Kurien
people to deliver strong results in a responsible and sustainable manner, to lead businesses to engage with local communities that build lasting and meaningful relationships, and to lead organizations that pioneer positive change in the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development
primarily run an eight-acre urban farm called D-town Farm. They also ventured to create a brick-and-mortar store called the Detroit Food Commons, centered on creating greater access to healthy foods and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
worse. It’s illegal to sell giraffe meat in the markets there, so poachers will snare the animals, mix their meat with that of other species, and sell it in the market as general meat. Terrorist groups and their affiliates are behind many of the View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
that way.” After graduating, he spent a decade at the Hawaii-based Castle & Cooke, which was at that time a large agriculture firm that included Dole Food Company. Sprinkles began in the seafood division at Castle & Cooke’s San Francisco... View Details
- May 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Dave DeLong
Details the actions of John Martin, newly named CEO, as he leads Taco Bell through a decade of incremental and radical changes. By the end of the case, total system sales within Taco Bell, a Mexican style fast-food restaurant chain and a division of PepsiCo, have grown... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Transformation; Economic Growth; Food; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Performance Effectiveness; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Mexico
Applegate, Lynda M., Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Dave DeLong. "Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)." Harvard Business School Case 398-129, May 1998. (Revised October 2001.)