fast food - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

three years of fast food experience. By contrast, Torres continues, incumbent C-level exes are “overly focused on internal issues and opt to invest in familiar technologies rather than taking bold risks.”... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

electrical current, they pressed the lever over and over again, hundreds of times per hour, foregoing food or sleep, until many of them dropped dead from exhaustion. Further research found pleasure centers exist in human brains, too.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

09 Apr 2019
First Look

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 Oct 2013
Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

emissions. Without establishing the availability of much cheaper (coal-competitive) zero-carbon alternatives within the next 10 years, I just don't think "the world" can do enough, fast enough to keep cumulative CO2 emissions below the... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

company created within the last five years that produces the number one flat-panel TV brand in the U.S., beating Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic. It created a brand and financed itself to grow fast despite a limited number of staff—because... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

of fast food. Easterbrook, who had been a longtime McDonald’s branding executive from the UK, was tapped to take over as CEO. The case cites an interview with a former colleague, Richard Robinson, saying, “Steve knows every inch of how... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

virus will give us the answers.” Will contracting the disease provide immunity? How long will immunity last? When will a successful vaccine be widely available? What will be an acceptable vaccine trial? How fast will the virus mutate?... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

brands, forever on the lookout for new opportunities; home life has become an act of managing supply chains, outsourcing housecleaning, childcare, and even grocery shopping to others; and churches market themselves like fast View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

pre-COVID financial markets were unstable and trade wars were intensifying. Public health in developing countries was improving thanks primarily to the work of NGOs. But in the US, men between 30 and 50 were dying fast enough to reduce... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

concept. Built with authentic interiors and fixtures imported from Japan, the restaurants featured a working chef at every table, flamboyantly preparing and grilling familiar American foods such as shrimp, beef, and chicken ("No... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

31 Oct 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

developed new product categories such as organic food and wind and solar energy, which explicitly focused on sustainability. Again this process has been traced back to the nineteenth century. With the rise in green consumerism and public... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

results will be affected by (a) when the inspection occurs within an inspector’s daily schedule and (b) the inspection outcomes of the inspector’s prior inspected establishment. Analyzing thousands of food safety inspections, we find that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

companies like TiVo have grown popular with TV watchers in part because of the ability to fast forward through ads—enabling the decoupling of TV shows from commercials. To counter that threat, some TV programmers have increased product... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

Devices: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regulators and Innovators By: Gordon, William J., and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract— Software has become an increasingly important component of medical device technology. Through legislation like the 21st Century Cures Act as... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

non but instead rely on a synthesis of many findings into a consistent, but not definitive, diagnosis. Lagace: How do crowdsourcing contests fit in or not with the usual pace of innovation in medicine or oncology in particular? LISH team: The pace is quite View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-036.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAcademia Barilla Harvard Business School Case 507-001 Barilla, the world's largest pasta company, has introduced a new high-quality, high-priced product line that features a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 22

contained expansion in Pakistan, exporting to nearby markets, and/or developing a global halal food brand. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512002-PDF-ENG Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd... View Details