Coffee - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1996
News

Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business

in-store reading glasses; bookstores and coffee bars. Identifying and assembling complements is often the best way to compete. Adam Brandenburger is a professor in the Competition and Strategy unit at HBS. Barry Nalebuff is a professor at... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Not Your Typical Business Conference

Maxwell House Coffee and Post Cereals president Ann M. Fudge (MBA '77), to a dinner organized by Beatrice ("Bunny") Ellerin (MBA '95), the day's events generated an energy that allowed speakers and participants alike to dispense with... View Details

25 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation

invested in my favorite startups and then reached out to HBS alumni at those orgs. A handful of these coffee chats turned into interviews. I ultimately decided on a Senior Associate role with Trellis Climate, a catalytic capital program... View Details

08 Feb 2018
Blog Post

WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School

one-on-one coffee chats all across the city. The evening culminated with an alumni meet-and-greet, where alumni from around the Bay Area joined WesTrekkers and newly admitted HBS students. Tuesday brought visits to Silicon Valley, which... View Details

Keywords: Technology

11 May 2011
News

In a Good Place

everything from handmade jewelry (think cufflinks made from old typewriter keys) to custom-made furniture (perhaps a coffee table constructed from recycled barn siding?). Incorporated in 1985, founded by parent volunteers (Gehrke took the... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

Express; Solomon Trujillo, president and CEO of U S West Communications; and Ann Fudge, president of Maxwell House Coffee Company and Post Cereals? How did these people of color overcome the odds and break through the glass ceiling that... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

Web

Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Unseen looks at how companies, advertisers, and artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries used images of “the Indian” to promote the railroad, market specific messages, or sell a range of products that included coffee and... View Details

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

helped raise equity for two retail food chains, Café Coffee Days and Barista. "It's possible to adapt successful U.S. strategies to India," said Raheja, "but you need a sustainable competitive advantage to survive."... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

protagonists in class, coffees and lunches are arranged to allow for more intimate exposure to a wide range of startup founders and investors, helping students build a strong network in startupland. View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

Coffee Infogroup of Eugene, Ore. "Starbucks provides a safe place to have your first latte," he says, explaining that specialty coffee is still a young industry with plenty of room to win new... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

02 Feb 2016
Blog Post

A Summer Internship in General Management

previously. How did you go about securing your summer internship? I first learned about the General Mills internship at a company presentation during a career day in October. I signed up for additional coffee chats offered by the company... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

15 Dec 2015
News

Lovepop Woos The Sharks

LovePop. You’ve been in front of VCs before. How does this experience differ? It’s so different. My experience with pitching VCs is in a much more casual environment. It’s at a coffee shop, at a conference room table—it’s never you... View Details

11 Jun 2014
News

The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)

"Completely immerse yourself in the HBS experience; don't hold back on any of the opportunities you encounter. Looking back, I wish I would have spent more time going on trips with classmates, having coffee chats with professors, and... View Details

Keywords: fitness; wellness; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

awareness, and client care. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/goldman-sachs-anchoring-standards-after-the-financial-crisis/an/514020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 414-065 Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.: Taking on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2014
News

Innovation: Frozen Assets

As one of Howard Schultz’s first hires at Starbucks, she spent 20 years revolutionizing the coffee marketplace, eventually running its Asia-Pacific division. At Lululemon, she helped the yoga brand become a $10 billion–plus business by... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

04 Sep 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

research-based approaches to increase competitiveness in the digital economy. Networking: Coffee Not Cocktails by Janet Shaner (MBA 1989) Lulu.com A good network can bring new ideas, access to resources, funds, clients, and help build... View Details

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

for the time we reasonably need to get things done,” Whillans says. Gracefully bow out of extraneous activities. Many employers are trying to help their employees unwind by scheduling virtual coffee breaks, lunch gatherings, and happy... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

28 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback

linear, making you linger and pause and consider, rather than an easy search-and-grab. If you think about the origins of Starbucks, it was a process filled with friction: The barista would ask about your family and educate you about View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Retail

Profile

Michael R. Bloomberg

the luckier you get.”BE PERSISTENT. “Persistence really does pay off. When starting my company, I would go downtown and buy cups of coffee. Then I’d take the coffee up to Merrill Lynch—our target audience—and walk the hallways. “Hi,” I... View Details

26 Jul 2017
Blog Post

“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”

who’s in charge of what?” Their marketing strategy pitches Tim Hortons in the middle, offering white collar and upper class professionals a superior alternative to convenience store coffee. Unlike many convenience store coffee shops, Tim... View Details