food industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 May 2017
Blog Post

The Diverse Community at HBS

with a liberal arts background, I had been thinking about going to business school to learn more about different industries and topic areas (like finance and accounting) in order to better position myself to impact the way people consume... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

Finding a Balance

would otherwise be unable to afford treatment. Authored in 2003 by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé, the case began as a straight pricing study. “The pharmaceutical industry is unlike any other,” Deshpandé explains. “Although the prices vary... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

analysis for a pet food company that I discovered an interest in marketing, branding, and product development—a spark that inspired me to pursue a career in marketing. At HBS, I gained a deeper understanding of how businesses operate.... View Details

02 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Finding My Focus in Health care Amidst a Global Pandemic

can redefine the Health care industry and sparked my interest in exploring how the public and private sectors can work together to improve patient outcomes. With the summer internship search heating up, I am excited to explore... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Alumni Books

equity, and real estate. KFC in China: Secret Recipe for Success by Warren Liu (MBA ’81) (Wiley) Liu examines the major factors that catapulted KFC to the top of the Chinese restaurant- service industry in less than two decades. He... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

11 May 2017
News

Going with the Flow

interests have spanned a number of industries but Fisher says a common emotional thread runs through them all. “I am passionately engaged in mission-driven enterprises that make a significant difference in people’s lives,” she says.... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America Globalizing Latin American Beauty By: Jones, G. Abstract—This article discusses the growth over time of the beauty industry in Latin America and its bias towards celebrating whiter rather than... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

don't survive clinical trials, resulting in the pharmaceutical industry footing enormous bills for failure. Genomics will be a productivity driver, pushing perhaps a 100 percent increase in drug development, said Alan Crane, Senior Vice... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services, business services, telecommunications, and consumer products. It was during a product line analysis for a pet food company that I discovered... View Details

06 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

neither find any markers of significant NPE pass-through to end innovators nor of a positive impact of NPEs on innovation in the industries in which they are most prevalent. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

April 2009 (Revised April 2009)
Background Note

Fighting Malnutrition and Hunger in the Developing World

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Djordjija Petkoski and Kerry Herman

The millennium objectives of reducing poverty and malnutrition are not being met. How do the private, public, and NGO sectors of society work together to achieve better results and include the recipients in the process? View Details

Keywords: Food; Nutrition; Poverty; Partners and Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organizations; Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

Citation

Find at Harvard

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

inefficient local industries, including construction and food processing, they will not become competitive. The traditional Japanese government approach has been to believe that if, say, the chemical View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

20 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

priorities this summer were to familiarize myself with the assets and challenges facing our city’s economy, while learning from leaders who are driving change. I enjoyed getting an overview of our “cluster” growth industries (such as... View Details

Web

Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

ecosystems and the issues that startups in developed markets face when expanding globally, highlighting the areas of context that affect the decisions of players in the sector. These areas will be highlighted in six modules which include differences in View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)

position that would blend my creative and management interests. Although I love dogs, it turned out that marketing dog food didn’t provide me with enough creative exercise. So I sidestepped into working for the vice chairman of the... View Details

Keywords: comedy writing; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

January 1976 (Revised October 2006)
Teaching Note

Harmon Foods, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Teaching Note for (9-171-248). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

Citation

Purchase

March 1998
Teaching Note

American Distilling Company (B) TN

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

Citation

January 1994
Case

National Convenience Stores, Inc.

By: Steven R. Fenster, Stuart C. Gilson and Roy Burstin

National Convenience Stores seeks to emerge from Chapter 11. Central to the nature of the reorganization plan is the company's determining enterprise value. The various constituencies (secured debt, unsecured debt, etc.) will seek to find an enterprise value that... View Details

Keywords: Capital Structure; Valuation; Restructuring; Strategic Planning; Borrowing and Debt; Food and Beverage Industry; Texas

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Educators

Purchase

May 1993 (Revised June 2004)
Case

PepsiCo Bottling in Mexico

By: Kenneth A. Froot

This case describes Pepsico's program to restructure its Mexican bottling network. It wants to work with existing bottlers and find an organizational arrangement that will allow the bottlers to grow and change with the Mexican soft drink industry. View Details