Restaurants - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

the final stages of a 10-year plan of rejuvenation under CEO Kim Lopdrup. When he took over as CEO in 2004 the chain was closing restaurants and suffering declining same-store sales and declining customer satisfaction. But in 2010, even... View Details

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

University; BSE, Engineering and Economics, Princeton University Steve is the founder and CEO of Parallel Wireless, which is rebuilding the global cellular network; founding Exec Chairman of Toast which is reimagining restaurant... View Details

06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

results are affected by (a) the inspection outcomes at the inspector’s prior inspected establishment and (b) when the inspection occurs within an inspector’s daily schedule. Analyzing thousands of food safety inspections of restaurants... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

restaurants in the LA area and sold frozen dumplings and other Korean foods in Costco across the U.S., and KCON.tv, a digital media channel, were experiencing commercial success in the U.S. market. But at the same time, there was some... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

evening distributing excess food they had collected from local restaurants to the less fortunate people living under the Hauz Khas flyover in South Delhi. Four years later, this initiative had developed into The Robin Hood Army, an... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed

restaurant Sonic—FirstBuild spent $600 to do a Google survey to gauge interest and then put out a design challenge to the FirstBuild community, collecting 29 ideas. Eventually, they’ll take the winning model to a crowdfunding platform to... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

19 Dec 2024
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The Musts of 2024

gender balance in this. He said he will go into a room, a restaurant for example, and he'll look around and he'll say he sees a picture of men just talking to the women in the room and he looks at the women and they're bored as hell and... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

valuable insights that leaders require to evolve their organizations and navigate the values-driven world we live in. Dishoom: The first ever cookbook from the much-loved Indian restaurant by Shamil Thakrar (MBA 2001), Kavi Thakrar, and... View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

expertise of our faculty. BiGS Visiting Fellows Press Release Reunion Attendance 2,516 Spring MBA 1,579 Fall MBA 279 Executive Education 4,374 Total Attendance In Memoriam William “Billy” Connelly Operations, Securitas Security Jean Donabedian Operations Manuel (Manny)... View Details

17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

Case 806-069 Randall Fojtasek, a partner at Brazos Private Equity Partners, must decide whether to invest more money in Cheddar's restaurant chain, which the firm invested in 10 months earlier. The incremental investment would fund a real... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

launch were exhausting but exciting as we raced to hit our deadlines. We were living the Silicon Valley dream. The afternoon before the launch, I had retreated to a quiet restaurant to work alone when my phone rang. It was our data center... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015

available at this time. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816029-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 916-003 Launching Yelp Reservations (A) This case presents a multi-party negotiation among Yelp, current partner OpenTable, and two startups... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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(CATS) Business, Government & the International Economy, General Management Debora L. Spar Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Capitalism: Past, Present, Future Business, Government & the International Economy Sophus A. Reinert Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Challenges and Opportunities in the... View Details

02 Sep 2018
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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

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