Food - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

1981, dba 1995), professor (ret.), Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts Although she never seeks attention for herself, Irene Rosenfeld is on just about every "most powerful" list and her accomplishments in leading Kraft Foods... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Promise & Perils

Long remembers eating lots of pumpkin — the only food readily available. The early engines of growth were holdovers from the Maoist era: township and village enterprises (TVEs) rooted in China’s vast rural regions, and state-owned... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over

with the vision of things to be done." ARD was involved with nearly fifty companies in areas such as computers, food processing, electronics, and oil-field equipment. After Doriot came an HBS deluge, with dozens of HBS venture capitalists... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade

impressive, its existence also raises many questions. What are consumers really buying when they buy a perfume, or face cream, or lipstick? Scents which last a few hours or face creams that can’t be seen once applied are neither straightforwardly utilitarian products,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

03 Jul 2024
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Surviving the Iditarod

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Bookends is an honest and moving story about relationships, love, food issues, the writing life, and finding one’s true calling. Princess Charming By Zibby Owens (MBA 2003); Illustrated By Holly Hatam Flamingo Books Princess Charming... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the real-world challenges they must... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing

14 Mar 2019
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The Merchant of Osaka

visits a noodle shop with an unnecessarily long wait, for example, she’ll reengineer the process in her mind: move the food there, put one employee here instead of two to reduce the line by half. “I’m pretty sure the owner would not... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts

kitchen to a larger production facility in Vermont. Over the next few years, he and his family orchestrated the creation of an entire line of nationally distributed condiments and pasta sauces. In 1995, his natural foods company, Uncle... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq

you couldn’t see more than fifty feet in front of you. All we could do at that point was sit it out. My soldiers drove around and delivered my battalion’s food and water. It seemed like we were all spread out, but when the storm cleared... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

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