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- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
few decades, what were some of the key factors in China’s economic rise? A: In the 1980s, Deng Xiaoping’s establishment of the free trade zones began the transformation of China’s state-run economy. In the 1990s, you saw a significant easing of restrictions on... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
PMD, it's OPM for me. Refrain: OPM (OPM), Harvard Square (Harvard Square). You'll learn with all the smartest teachers there. Come on down to Cambridge to spend a week or three. AMP, PMD, it's OPM for me. OPM 34. Wasabi! (from a case about a Japanese View Details
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Sophus A. Reinert Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Michael S. Kaufman , Andy Pforzheimer Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Changing the World: Life Choices of... View Details
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
including 40 kinds of cheesecake. The average per-person check and return visits per restaurant are an estimated 50 percent higher than the industry average. In the kitchen, a modular menu process (revised every six months) keeps costs... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
had to pay, even in transition housing, he had to pay rent. He had lots of ways he could've used that $500. And yet, what he did was he went out and he gathered up his old buddies, from under the viaduct, and he took them out to a movie and a real View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
ahead of him—in a recent election, he almost beat a heavily entrenched incumbent. Tony is a veteran, with a Silver Star for bravery in Korea, and an entrepreneur. With his good friend Max, another attorney, he has started a law firm and made large investments in a... View Details
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
well-functioning business model"), through capability (what it takes to execute a plan and gain access to needed resources, owned or not, over time), to scalability ("These students are not small-time operators, aiming to run the best View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
disproportionately to Quick Serve Restaurants [QSRs]) and filling in their non-perishable needs (household items, canned goods, health and beauty care) on separate store-based trips. These non-perishable trips are a place where eCommerce... View Details
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Economy Sophus A. Reinert Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Michael S. Kaufman , Andy Pforzheimer Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Changing the World: Life... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
away,” says Todd Mulder, food services general manager for Restaurant Associates, the hospitality firm that manages all campus food operations. “They are impressed that you can get sushi made to order,” in addition to soups, sandwiches, a... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
whenever you're going to build something that has never been built before. It's one thing to know exactly how something can work and to build the tenth franchise, or the hundredth, or the thousandth franchise restaurant under a model.... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
homes—things like restaurants and taxi companies. Over the years, though, even those small openings were further restricted or rolled back, the relationship between the government and capitalism remaining antagonistic. But in 2010,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
changed over time is at odds with the evolutionary path taken by the Canadian system. The Underground Culinary Tour: How the New Metrics of Today’s Top Restaurants Are Transforming How America Eats by Damian Mogavero (MBA 1996) and Joseph... View Details
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
Krzyzewski, MBA 1997 Kim Moore, MBA 1997 Finale is a full-service, upscale restaurant concept serving desserts and beverages (coffee, tea, wine, and spirits). The business also includes a retail store featuring take-out desserts and... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
others. Material purchases are less satisfying than buying experiences like taking a trip or attending a show, Norton’s research shows. Even though vacations and restaurant outings may not be in the cards right now, we can still spend... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209042 elBulli: The Taste of Innovation Harvard Business School Case 509-015 Ferran Adriá, chef at elBulli, the highest-ranked restaurant in the world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2025
- News
The Vinyl Revival
with my first business idea, which was a Beatles-themed Hard Rock Cafe-type restaurant called The Octopus's Garden. My parents were like, "This is a great idea, we should get it protected, the copyright and all that, your idea," and we... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
capital in the world. It's time we had some kind of a health-care/SEC equivalent. There are some encouraging trends in the private sector. For example, Sears Holdings Corporation and Darden Restaurants are now giving employees cash... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, and Daniel Ng, founder-chairman, McDonald's Restaurants (HK), Ltd. But what about all those intricate family connections and networks that have made Asian entrepreneurship... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
will continue to see creative uses. I predict we’ll see more and more ‘line-waiting tasks’ for restaurants that don’t take reservations and for product launches.” —Jamie Viggiano (MBA 2009), VP of marketing, TaskRabbit Professor Sandra... View Details