Publications

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

communication technologies to revolutionize emergency response and communication. Be Mixed Cristina Ros Blankfein Jennifer Ross Business Track Runner-Up Natural and zero-calorie mixer for cocktail sipping... View Details

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. After all, 2007 was the year that Twitter was founded; Airbnb formed the following year. For startups jockeying for position in nascent markets, pressure is intense to... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage

Profile

Eryn Schultz

me have the confidence to leave consulting and to take an operations job at a Texas-based grocery retailer. Not only would I get direct P&L responsibility, but I would also get to try moving back to my hometown View Details

Keywords: Services; Consumer Products

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

special or amiss in reading Shakespeare and writing Chinese poems in school, eating Indian and Malay food at school canteens, and watching the... View Details

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

president and CEO of Estée Lauder International Inc. "Ted's writings taught me that relationship management is particularly relevant in a global business," she adds. "I knew every single department View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

December 1999 (Revised October 2003)
Case

BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Two new product launch decisions face Christopher Carson, managing director of BRL Hardy, Europe. Responsible for the European operations of a major Australian wine company, Carson has begun to globalize his strategy beyond selling the parent company's wines. After a... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Joint Ventures; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Negotiation Style; Food and Beverage Industry

Profile

Nashae Roundtree

was the ideal choice. Coming to HBS is like Entering the world's greatest candy store as a wide-eyed child. Being part of the HBS community is like Having an intimate global family that happens to include some of the most impressive View Details

January 2024 (Revised July 2024)
Case

CloudEats: Revolutionizing the Cloud Kitchen in Southeast Asia

By: Paul A. Gompers and Adina Wong

Philippines-headquartered cloud kitchen CloudEats harbored the ambition of becoming the largest cloud kitchen in Southeast Asia, but it was considering several strategic paths forward. View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; E-commerce; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Competitive Advantage; Food and Beverage Industry; Philippines; Southeast Asia

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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About

reasonable steps to ensure that the acquisition, distribution, and consumption of alcohol otherwise complies with applicable law and University policy. A. Alcohol Service for HBS Events All alcoholic View Details

August 2013
Case

Desi Shack: Location Choice in the Big Apple

By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell

Desi Shack is a “fast casual” restaurant, started by two HBS alumni, that serves Indian and Pakistani cuisine in midtown Manhattan. The founders are looking to expand into a second location and also plan to hire a COO, and there is very little room for error in the... View Details

Keywords: Restaurant; New York City; Location Choice; Entrepreneurship; Food; Geographic Location; Food and Beverage Industry; New York (city, NY)

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Industry Information - Alumni

available for free in the areas of food & beverage and travel & hospitality. Hospitality - Hotels/Lodging Hotel Management Publication focusing on news, trends View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

beloved,” she says. But beloved didn’t pay the bills, and by 2015, after decades of pressure from big chains and the internet, the small, independent store was on the verge of... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

food company during the pandemic. Wow, what a ride—we are still growing! —Richard Craven (MBA 1987) Back to top “Head Ski Co.” Published in 1967, this case describes the development of the company to its preeminence in high-priced skis,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2020
News

Meal Plan

menu design, in terms of the items offered, and packaging. Consumers are going to become much more driven by who is providing the food they want, and they will want... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

November 2020 (Revised February 2021)
Case

The Roca Brothers: Innovation in Gastronomy

By: Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht and Katherine Connolly Baden

Chef Joan Roca, sommelier Josep Roca and pastry chef Jordi Roca were three brothers based in Girona, Spain whose complementary skills, collective ability, and relentless drive for innovation had brought worldwide fame and awards to their restaurant, El Celler de Can... View Details

Keywords: Restaurants; COVID-19 Pandemic; Food; Crisis Management; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry; Spain

25 Feb 2020
News

Task Force

Monroy can make that claim. Based in Mexico City, Zubale crowdsources the expensive and inefficient task of merchandising, using its app to connect independent contractors with major brands looking for the on-the-ground help needed to get... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; gig economy; Retail Trade

March 1993 (Revised January 1998)
Case

Gallo Rice

By: John A. Quelch

Describes a company marketing branded rice products to three different countries--Italy, Argentina, and Poland. Explores the differences and similarities between the countries in terms of consumers, competition, products, and margins. View Details

Keywords: Food; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry; Italy; Poland; Argentina