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- 06 May 2019
- News
Are You Ready for Veggie Fast-Casual?
The founder and former CEO of Panera Bread has a new lease on life. Life Alive, that is. And it’s not a lease—he’s the owner. Ron Shaich (MBA 1978), has tapped his $300 million fund, Act III Holdings, to buy and reimagine a mini-chain of Boston-area casual vegetarian... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni Connections
April. 4 Alumni from the MBA Classes of 2002–2016 at the Wilshire Restaurant in Santa Monica, CA, in March. Finalists in the New Venture Competition were on the HBS campus in April to give their pitches to a panel of judges. This is the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
a product’s effectiveness. THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return to June Bulletin THE WAY FORWARD... View Details
- Portrait Project
Christine Cuoco
brother's dream to open a thriving restaurant even if business-school training warns of slim odds of success. Take shoe-making classes and design, market, and sell a line of fun and trendy, but shockingly comfortable, footwear. Find my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Plastic Fantastic Friendship
avant-garde artists of the 20th century, a man who clipped coupons for restaurant specials while giving away an art collection valued in the millions." Morse and his wife, Eleanor, bought their first Dalí, Daddy Longlegs of the... View Details
- Profile
Michelle Lee
Section I experience for every #iordie section member." In her HBS admissions essay, she wrote about an HBS alum (and former CEO of Panera), Ron Shaich, whose fund Act III Holdings has invited her to intern this summer. There, Michelle will "help with View Details
- Portrait Project
Alpha Mengistu
Make a home where I am, and make others feel at home. Growing up Ethiopian in America, I was suspended between realities. An outsider in suburbia, yet an unmistakable American on visits to Ethiopia, I felt at home nowhere. Almost. Sitting in my grandmother's Ethiopian... View Details
- 09 Jan 2013
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Understanding Customers
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli's Menu At its height, Chef Ferran Adrià's elBulli restaurant may have been the most popular in the world, but why? In professor Michael Norton's course, students learn about marketing from a business owner... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- Web
HBS Engagement Across the Region - Global Activities 2020
1 Completed Case 1 MBA Immersive Field Course Nauru 1 Completed Case Revision Singapore 2 Completed Cases 2 Global Colloquium Participants 4 HBS Alumni Events Taiwan 2 Completed Cases 12 Global Colloquium Participants 1 HBS Alumni Event More on Asia Pacific Bringing a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)
Ron Shaich’s (MBA 1978) first venture, a cookie shop in downtown Boston, evolved into Au Bon Pain. His latest—Panera Cares—allows customers to pay only what they can afford at the popular restaurants he owns, Panera Bread. There’s a box... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Origin Story: Mary Chen (MBA 2026)
emigrated from China during the Cultural Revolution and started a restaurant business. Moving across the globe or the country for new opportunities wasn’t a big deal for them, so I never look at anything in the past and see it as the... View Details
- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
http://hbr.org/product/leadership-and-teaming-module-note/an/414033-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-097 Noma: A Lot on the Plate In 2014, the restaurant Noma, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, was considered to be amongst the best... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Self-Catering | About
beverage at all other campus locations must be supplied by Restaurant Associates (RA). Appropriate foods for self-catering include: bagels, pizza, “take-out” food, chips, non-alcoholic beverages in disposable containers, etc. Classes must... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
Program and provided one-on-one virtual coaching. THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return to June... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele
- 19 Nov 2020
- News
How Panera’s CEO Learned to Go Against the Grain
Photo courtesy of Panera Bread Photo courtesy of Panera Bread As the CEO of Panera Bread Co, Niren Chaudhary (AMP 191, 2016) was intent on finding ways to make sure the company’s workers weren’t left behind during the pandemic. The company invited its furloughed... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Bounce Back
newsletter advertising can be extended to many industries: hotels or airlines can embed ads for attractions near featured destinations or travel accessories, entertainment venues can embed ads for local restaurants and bars, retailers... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- Portrait Project
Ginger Jiang
Our small group was eating dinner at a restaurant in downtown Siem Reap, Cambodia, when the live music suddenly stopped: The drummer of the band had had a seizure. It was in this awful silence – and in the chaos that followed – when I... View Details
- Profile
Alex Furleigh
believe that I could be whatever I wanted to be. Their support, love, and appreciation for education are values that I will pass down to my future family. What’s the best thing about your hometown? Two things come to mind when I think about Clear Lake: 1) Culver’s (a... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
Previous Business Plan Contests have produced successful companies such as Bang Networks, a leading provider of technologies and services enabling the real-time Internet; Finale, an upscale restaurant that serves desserts and beverages;... View Details
- Portrait Project
PJ Kim
I am the 2005 Pad Thai Eating Champion of Boston. I ate 4 large platters in 30 minutes. My picture hung outside of 9 Tastes Thai Restaurant in Harvard Square for an entire year. I put it on my resume. It got me to the final rounds in all... View Details