Food Safety - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

9001 Quality Management System standard predicts changes in organizational outcomes such as profits. This is the first large-scale study to explore how employee outcomes such as employment, earnings, and health and safety change when... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

flights; the purpose of this policy is to help clarify acceptable use and safety of UAS on or above the HBS campus. Drug & Alcohol Policy Harvard Business School’s policy on drugs and alcohol reflects our concern for the health and... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

suppliers to curate subscription boxes of artisanal food sold online. Why employees don’t want to return Barriers to rebuilding restaurant staffing begin with ensuring the safety of restaurant workers,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil, and packaged View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2023
HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

successful for liberal and moderate governments—not in spite of one of the highest tax levels in western Europe and Scandinavia, but because of it, Spar says. (As a former prime minister said, “Entrepreneurs have the courage to jump” because the View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Cybersecurity Features of Digital Medical Devices: An Analysis of FDA Product Summaries

By: Ariel Dora Stern, William J. Gordon, Adam B. Landman and Daniel B. Kramer

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To more clearly define the landscape of digital medical devices subject to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight, this analysis leverages publicly available regulatory documents to characterise the prevalence and trends of software and... View Details

Keywords: Digital; Medicine; FDA; Health Care and Treatment; Applications and Software; Safety; Cybersecurity; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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01 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS

Elisa Djuhar (MBA 2023) is from Singapore. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science from Cornell University. Before HBS, she oversaw research and development, and quality and safety of View Details

01 Jun 2023
HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

and loved reading, often devouring two books a week. He was a responsible child who eagerly volunteered for the school’s safety patrol to guide young students across the street. But Miller’s surroundings would change for the worse—and so... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Harvard Business School Case 125-111, May 2025. What People Get Wrong About Psychological Safety By: Amy C. Edmondson and Michaela J. Kerrissey May–June 2025 | Article | Harvard Business Review Psychological safety—a shared belief among... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

ash, food waste, and “rubbish”; materials like metal and paper were reused, and the grease from food waste was used to make soap. New Yorkers were so thrilled that they threw Waring and his workers a parade.... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

17 Jun 2011
HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

chicken, for example, included multiple vendors providing a handful of birds each. Food safety is a big concern for Chinese consumers, and it was Su's decision to build the supply chain from the ground to... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

PA with a $5 million commitment over 5 years. Full Futures brought together diverse partners across corporate, nonprofit, and school district sectors to address four key pillars: culture, infrastructure, nutrition education, and food... View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Financial Markets (22) Financial Reporting (7) Financial Statements (1) Financial Strategy (11) Financing and Loans (22) Food (12) For-Profit Firms (1) Forecasting and Prediction (26) Foreign Direct Investment (5) Forms of Communication... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

revolutionizes manufacturing Space shuttle Influence: Medium-High 90 1990 s Boom in connectivity Cloning, stem cell research DVDs Influence: Medium 1900 s 19 Progressivism The Jungle sparks food and work View Details

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

business received, housing prices in that ZIP code increased by 1.4 percent. More college-educated residents = more food options To compare housing prices with other markers of gentrification, the researchers turned to the Federal Housing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

tech-enabled nannies. Social Enterprise Track, 2017 Flare Quinn Fitzgerald (MBA 2017) Sara de Zarraga (MBA 2017) Social Enterprise Track Winner Flare is reinventing personal security by creating tech-enabled safety devices for women. Juva... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

250 million to 281 million Influence: Medium-High 1900 s 19 Model T Plastic Safety razor Widespread use of steam engine, electricity, and openhearth furnace allows businesses to expand nationwide Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19 First... View Details

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

compliance. Similarly, AmberCo, a Mexican provider of catering services and food service solutions with around 380 employees, deployed a wide variety of communication tools—video capsules, emails, posters—to help employees learn new View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

While the US Food and Drug Administration has chiseled away pharmaceutical review times over the years to speed innovative drugs to market, the opposite seems to have occurred in the agency's approval of medical devices. Instead of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

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