Food and Chemicals - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Feb 2013
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Sam Adams: Now (finally) in a can

Keywords: beer; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

01 Dec 2011
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At Your Service

Frei and Morriss: No heroics, please—partner with customers to make strategic service choices instead of trying to be the best at everything. In their new book, Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; customer service; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

development at John Keells Holdings, Sri Lanka’s largest conglomerate with 70 companies across the real estate, food and beverage, financial services, transportation, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

decreased supply of traditional food exports of wheat and corn from Russia and Ukraine will also result in rising prices, Shih said. "You'll pay more for everything that uses... View Details

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

food for its people. Through gardens planted with heirloom crops like Omaha Sacred Red Corn, Cherokee Trail of Tears Beans, and Mandan Squash—the "Three Sisters" of Native American lore that thrive when... View Details

26 Aug 2016
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Improving Wellness Through Better Nutrition

recovery and health maintenance plans. “Much of my job is to educate health care decision-makers about the importance of food in improving patient outcomes.” A “first-class Girl Scout” growing up, with... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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Health IT at the Bedside

Jain (MBA '07) Courtesy Sachin Jain As a physician, I’m a great believer in health IT. So I’m always confused by how slowly and unevenly it has been adopted in medicine, a field where new technologies and... View Details

Keywords: Sachin H. Jain; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

01 Dec 2007
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Mead Treadwell

available search-and-rescue, as well as no oil or chemical spills and no rust buckets allowed. By secure we mean no single nation has control or the ability to unfairly tax ships passing through. Reliable... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

19 May 2020
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Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online

address topics like emotional coping skills, the food supply, and even one on Gospel music. “We want to lift each other up.” Virtual Alumni Forums Offer Deeper Connection in Unsettling Times For the more... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

their own food and didn't have electricity until she was eight. Education was important-Lambert's mother was a teacher-but there was no money for college, so after high school she worked as a maid in... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

reactions to the tragedy and to share emotional support. Food and clothing drives were organized on campus, and the School set up a matching fund... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

28 May 2019
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Case Study: Building the Base

help grow the brand. “The trade-off was that the investment resulted in their having a majority stake in the company and ultimately taking control of it,” Philp says. “For me it was a positive experience in the sense that we launched a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

01 Mar 2013
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Sweet Deal

Hostess Brands, the maker of some 30 iconic American bakery products such as Wonder Bread, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, and Twinkies, declared itself in liquidation and its assets for sale last November. As an... View Details

Keywords: Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing

01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup

MBA course, in which he would combine then-emerging thinking at HBS about entrepreneurship with some new kinds of financial strategies he had been roughing out. Entrepreneurial Finance seemed like a logical name for the course. Almost nobody up the View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

01 Jun 2014
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Screen Saver

Gamble, and other consumer-goods businesses. "Create or identify the need, and then fulfill that need in a big way." Lopez arrived at Starbucks in 2004 to lead its global consumer-products division and, over... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2003
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Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

market and nonmarket strategy, particularly in the energy industry and in the food and agribusiness sector. He is interested in the relations... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Oct 2002
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John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger

order to cover SPI's operating expenses. He notes that the program gives people the means to create an independent, renewable food supply, which builds esteem and has the added benefit of being more... View Details

20 Jul 2020
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Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online

but was glad she was able to curb the infection rate.” The city, she added, also received $30 million in federal loans for small business as well as food and rent assistance. Under her leadership, the... View Details