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- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
to the department specialist and ask, 'What kind of meat should I buy to make stew?' or 'What's the best toothpaste for me to buy for my family?' She knows everything about the products they carry. And you're not taking her away from her... View Details
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
meat in California to bans on dwarf tossing in France. An example of special interest will be the widespread laws against the buying and selling of organs for transplantation. The historical record suggests that while repugnance can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
was operating, with no bagger to help shorten the checkout wait. Advertised sales features were often missing from the shelves, dairy, produce, and meat cases. Most times, and particularly at night, no employees were available to assist... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
meat consumption. That’s a big carbon pawprint! We’re helping them reduce their environmental impact through sustainably sourced ingredients that are flavorful and nutritious. PicoGreensJesse Lou, MBA 2022PicoGreens is replacing resource... View Details
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
manufacturers followed suit in the paradoxical quest to make their products look more “natural” with artificial dyes. In the early 1900s, meat packers started using synthetic dyes to make their products look pinker (and therefore... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
businesses in the region, including meat processor OSI Group are finally rethinking their approach to sustainability by starting at the farming level and are no longer “agnostic” when it comes to climate change, said Nicole... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
testing of the finished product. Man bagging meat . Deepfreeze Distributors, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Mss: 641 1912 D959 1 album, 23 photographs Deepfreeze Distributors, Inc. was a Chicago-based distributor of frozen foods, including... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
still hold true. But a great deal of research over the past 20 years or so have put a lot of meat on those bones. As one example, we’ve come to learn more about creating the high-trust environment that leads to engaged employees who... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
grocery and dry goods, such as canned foods and boxed breakfast cereals. It was not until after World War II that the majority of American grocers adopted self-service to meat and produce sections. Business historians have explored the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
as pre-packaged meat eliminating butchers in supermarkets and apparel goods retailers contracting third parties to sort, hang, and tag incoming products so that they are shelf-ready. As a consequence, the ordinary levers that retailers... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
forests each year (an area the size of Massachusetts). It is costly for meat producers to address the issue of deforestation on their own. If they agree to slow down the process, they face the risk of losing market shares and revenues... View Details
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
efficiency. I'll first consider a range of examples, from slavery and indentured servitude (which once were not as repugnant as they now are) to lending money for interest (which used to be widely repugnant and is now not), and from bans on eating horse View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
David E., and Mary ShelmanHarvard Business School Case 513-045 OSI, one of the world's largest suppliers of processed meats to McDonald's and other QSRs, was in the middle of a $400 million expansion in China that included backward... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
as well. Which should she choose? Purchase the case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809071 JBS Swift & Co. Harvard Business School Case 509-021 Brazilian meat packer JBS surprised... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
The company could also revisit the previous two applications, tracking and tracing processed meat and tracking employee safety practices. At the other extreme, after seven years of R&D and marketing efforts and millions of dollars in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
2003, the firm has been waiting for the FDA to declare that meat and milk from cloned animals are no different from non-clones. During that period the company has worked to educate regulators, consumers, and members of the livestock chain... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
she says. No matter. In breaking new ground, without a map, Whitman is in her comfort zone. Her first step at Quibi was to “put meat on the bones of the business plan,” she says: defining the content and tech strategies and figuring out... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
project received funding totaling over $1.2 million and were able to re-hire all 900 of their employees. JUNE 1 Arnel F. Almira, who is currently enrolled in OPM 54, is CEO of Alfa All Food Asia, a B2B distributor of imported fresh frozen View Details