Coffee - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

Heinz, of the famous food company; Marshall Field, the Chicago retailer; Estée Lauder, who created one of the largest cosmetics companies in the world; Howard Schultz, of Starbucks Coffee Company; and Michael Dell, of Dell Computer... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2020
News

Unleashed

Starbucks—or felt cooler when they chose that indie coffee shop instead—knows that culture can influence anyone who interacts with it. If your ambition as a leader is maximum impact, then learn to become a culture warrior. Among the most... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Transportation with TransLoc? No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-058 OldTown Berhad In December 2017, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE, a Dutch coffee... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Dec 2018
News

Source Code

recruit on campus, it was by invite only, and Dubinsky didn’t make the list. Undeterred, she pleaded her case during the short window when the Apple recruiter left the interview room to get the next applicant, even bringing the recruiter a cup of View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

11 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

work entirely differently when dealing with people as opposed to objects. "You have to monitor people more than other things," she says. "As an extreme example, I don't have to worry about that coffee cup unless you pick it up and throw... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310060-PDF-ENG Tremblant Capital Group Robin GreenwoodHarvard Business School Case 210-071 Brett Barakett, CEO and founder of Tremblant Capital Group, a New York-based hedge fund, must decide what to do with his fund's... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

cup of Starbucks coffee. A systematic getting-acquainted process began formally in 1991, when Starbucks was a young, $20 million coffee retailer and CARE was a well-known, forty-five-year old international relief and development... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

10 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Coming Out at Business School

day I returned home to Chengdu for the summer, I took my parents out for a late coffee, resolved to share with them my story. It was a long coffee date, to say the least. I stalled for 3 hours before I could finally gather the courage to... 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

11 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

they’ve found is that being single and working under quarantine alone carries a very different set of stresses than being a member of a working family with young children. For employees experiencing the pangs of social isolation, one company launched daily virtual... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

discussion about racial equality by having baristas write ‘Race Together’ on coffee cups.” And when chicken chain Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy spoke out against gay marriage in 2012, his statements sparked a great deal of backlash and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

whether it’s through informational interviews or coffee meetings, can really help ‘put a face to a name’ when the job opportunity does come up.” Gandhi: “The rules of the music industry today change every few months. The best way to learn... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

it’s through informational interviews or coffee meetings, can really help ‘put a face to a name’ when the job opportunity does come up.” Gandhi: “The rules of the music industry today change every few months. The best way to learn about... View Details

17 Jan 2019
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

that it all happens during a ‘recruiting cycle’ that takes place early in the fall for ECs. But those cycles don’t necessarily line up with the times when private equity firms decide they need to hire. So, putting yourself out there, whether it’s through informational... View Details

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

These are important livelihoods for Americans and the number is growing with the gig economy and the opportunity to work remotely. Then there are about 4 million Main Street businesses: coffee shops, dry cleaners, and car repair... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

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

25 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

find that changes in the local business landscape is a leading indicator of housing price changes and that the entry of Starbucks (and coffee shops more generally) into a neighborhood predicts gentrification. Each additional Starbucks... View Details