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Michelle Lee

differentiate learning for their students, showed Michelle "how a company builds from the ground up. I learned what I really love is the early stages of a company where you're figuring out the unknown, testing out different strategies, and creatively scaling View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Retail/Hospitality

May 2001
Teaching Note

Campbell Soup Company: A Leader in Continuous Replenishment Innovations TN

By: Ananth Raman

Teaching Note for (9-195-124). View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Price; Policy; Production; Customers; Food and Beverage Industry

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20 Dec 2018
News

Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni

founded by CEO Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010). In addition to an abundance of “scrumptious food and plenty of holiday cheer,” the club also enjoyed a tour of the Gold Rush production facilities, led by Kelleher... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

21 May 2018
Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

producing pre-tax wages of nearly $25 million. Chicago food entrepreneurs face obstacles that limit their ability to start and grow businesses. Specifically, they lack access to affordable, food grade View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

11 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: HelloFresh

genuine passion for food and a very customer-centric mindset. What recruiting tactics have you found most successful in engaging with students and/or alumni at HBS?On-campus interviews is what we find most successful. We love investing... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Rachel Silverstein

classical training in corporate finance could bring a lot of value – in structure and strategy – to a startup." Rachel's hunch was right, and she proceeded to work for two different startups in the food and beverage and vacation... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Retail/Hospitality; CPG

01 Jun 2017
News

Surveying Students’ Summer Plans

of commercial tech monetization, which includes wearable products in the health care category. The opportunity appealed to me in part because it uses so much of what I learned this year, including term sheets, market evaluation, and what... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

frictions throughout the value chain. With these structural impediments in mind, we visited WayCool Foods and Pixxel, two innovative companies that are attempting to improve economic conditions for farmers, while lowering the carbon... View Details

September 2005 (Revised January 2006)
Case

Yum! Brands, Inc: A Corporate Do-Over

By: Frances X. Frei, Amy C. Edmondson, James Weber and Eliot Sherman

Describes the successful turnaround of the restaurant company Yum! Brands after its spin off from PepsiCo and covers how the company's leadership planned and executed on virtually every dimension of the employee experience. The main dilemma centers on what the company... View Details

Keywords: Product; Brands and Branding; Service Operations; Expansion; Trade; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

food to be resold at a significant discount. Rauch faced significant challenges in the implementation and execution of his plan, notably legal hurdles related to selling products past their expiration date,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

atmosphere in large quantities by capturing and storing greenhouse gases once emitted; and green hydrogen as a feedstock for steel production in combination with clean energy, which is a path to total decarbonization of steel production.... View Details

17 Feb 2022
Blog Post

The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

investments, and environment of the global food supply chain, with an immersive look at the role of plant-based foods. Professor Max Bazerman, accompanied by Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, entrepreneur and director of the venture firm... View Details

Edward T. Bedford

In 1906, Bedford became president of the newly consolidated Corn Products Refining Company. Under Bedford’s leadership, Corn Products Refining manufactured several forms of oil, including “Mazola,” several... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

01 Dec 2009
News

Losing Our Competitive Edge

difficult than suspected. During the boom years, when all seemed well, capabilities that underpin innovation in a wide range of products were continuing to deteriorate. My HBS colleague Willy Shih and I described in “Restoring American... View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Manufacturing

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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library

Uncovering hidden stories and knowledge in Baker Collections. Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Food Processing as a Combined Economic Development Option for Indian Communities [1977] View Record This diagram comes from a 1977 report prepared... View Details

William K. Coors

Under Coors' leadership, the brewery underwent a period of massive growth. Though it was a regional brewery, it held the top market share in 10 of the 11 western states in which its product was distributed, becoming the 4th largest brewer... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

05 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

food production is incredibly resource intensive and that even a small shift in consumption and production can have a massive impact on greenhouse gas emissions. From there,... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Case Study: Let’s Dance

Illustration by Avalon Nuovo Before launching her own startup, Lily Liang (MBA 2008) worked as a product manager in San Francisco’s tech industry, including a stint at the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes from 2012 to 2017. Those were... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

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