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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Sister Soldier
like to travel to Syria? It becomes a home away from home, in its own way. You’re there every few months and you notice which stores and restaurants have opened or closed. You become connected to the feel and the smells. The book works to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
restaurants in the Los Angeles area. But after 25 years, the business went bust, and she relocated the family to her native Mexico when the Salas brothers were 12 years old. It’s a fitting origin story for Camino Financial, an online... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
if I own a restaurant, I don’t really know what 20 or 50 knots mean for me.” But ClimaCell could, say, let the restaurant know that the bad weather means fewer customers, and therefore fewer staff are needed. Elkabetz concedes that many... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
included the owner of a low-performing milk-selling business who was focused on business expansion and the owner of a high-performing fast-food restaurant who wanted to differentiate it in a competitive environment. In their working... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
discs) Restaurants (grocer's takeout) Steel production (minimills) Telephone-long distance (Internet telephony) Are some industries more vulnerable to this threat than others? There are some industries, or at least parts of them, that I... View Details
- 23 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Trends in Consumer Products
simple and often logical but difficult to predict. Jake Kirsch ‘11, VP Innovation, ABinBev Covid had a massive effect on our business. Fifteen percent of our business is in bars and restaurants and they were effectively closed. Some new... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Entrepreneurship Immersion - Four Highlights
with HBS founders on campus. For example, this was a run-in with Leslie Means (MBA 2015), Founder & CEO of Anomalie and Nick Alexander, Founder & CEO of Yoshi (MBA 2015); we then ended up having dinner at Leslie’s favorite Harvard Square View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
Center's Roof Terrace Restaurant on Friday evening. Ferguson discussed the changing nature and role of leadership today, and illustrated his talk with an insider's view of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. “Alan was by no means... View Details
- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012
passion she'd had since childhood: food. "We always sat together at the table for dinner," she says. In her adulthood, "I used cooking to recreate that warmth and connect with friends." Although "going to culinary school and working in a View Details
- 10 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists
Foundation. About the Author Rachel Layne is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: valentinrussanov] Related Reading Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?... View Details
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
recently, and the cafes had menus printed in five languages," says Underhill. "But in South Florida, an area heavily populated by Hispanics, there are restaurants that don't have menus printed in Spanish." In Washington,... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
of several recent cases of Hollywood studios suing Bollywood producers for plagiarism? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711017-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement (B):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711018-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
can get back to the level of preparedness they need to be at. 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... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
Everlywell, a digital health care company founded by Julia Cheek (MBA 2011); Foodology, a virtual restaurant and ghost kitchen chain cofounded by Daniela Izquierdo (MBA 2019) and Juan Azuero (MBA 2019); and Bone Health Technologies, the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
office space and providing general advice." (Before accepting donated equipment, Taubenslag notes, some businesses ask, "Does somebody else need it more than we do?") Taubenslag also aided the co-owners of a restaurant business who... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
complaint charging that Google has suppressed competition in the search market through its deals with cell phone handset manufacturers, especially Apple, to ensure that Google is the default search app installed on new iphones. That may be one reason why a private... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service
- 22 Mar 2022
- News
Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year
not only great to see everybody for the first time in a long time, but there was a strong sense of community. It was also good to just see people out and about in Chinatown. And the restaurant was busy. It felt like things are getting... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
first T-shirt is reserved for him.” Matthew “My family has a restaurant business throughout the Pacific Northwest. Initially, my father wanted me to come home to help run that after graduation, but since I described the business to him,... View Details
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
highly infectious virus, also known as COVID-19. Without incoming cash, many small businesses—especially restaurants and shops on American Main Streets—will soon need to cut staff or shut down for good. “To many of these small businesses,... View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
computer science, actually emerge in regions that import less expensive goods from China. Service jobs like retail and restaurants fall slightly, but not in a statistically significant way, the researchers found. Robots on the march... View Details