Tea - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

the elders over a cup of tea to explain what you’re doing, he was told. Notify a village two days before beginning tower construction—that way the men can ensure their women will be inside and not visible over compound walls. “Two years... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

computer consulting firm specializing in e-commerce; Akal Security Company; and natural food enterprises such as the Yogi Tea Company), for which he serves as executive vice president. "Our goal is to provide products and services... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

plagued with problems, as Oishi explains over a pot of chrysanthemum tea in an apartment building in the western Tokyo suburb of Yoga, where Mediva occupies several units as office space. The government is reducing the number of... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

18 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 18

Aid Afghanistan for Education and a for-profit company, Boumi, that manufactures and distributes products for the home such as curtains, cushion covers, tea cozies, coasters, bedclothes, and bathroom accessories. The mission of Boumi is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1999
News

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

eight floors up, both for the Acropolis views and for a less buttoned-up vibe. As the November afternoon wears on and daylight fades, the buzz in the lounge heats up. Tea service yields to bar service, and patrons jockey to be heard above... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

electricity and turned India into the world's largest tea producer during the nineteenth century. They built automobile industries in Latin America after World War II. And so on. Book Excerpt Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

million. CHI Inc. is now part of Enel Green Power, part of Enel, the world's largest publicly traded electric utility. There were positive IRR investments in the consumer goods category, Honest Tea and Zip Car being two examples, but this... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

environmental footprint of the company’s entire product portfolio, and some company brands, such as Lipton tea and Lifebuoy soap, had taken on significant social and environmental commitments. For over a decade, Unilever had been the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

immersion reporting among Tea Party loyalists—now mostly supporters of Donald Trump. Hochschild tries to bridge an "empathy wall" between the two political sides, to explore the "deep story" underlying the right that remains unrecognized... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

and children. But part of the transition, which continues into our own time, has been political and social. From the Boston Tea Party to the civil rights boycotts, consumers have used their buying power to express dissatisfaction with the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

research. Their apprenticeship under Curzon was very interesting, not least musically. Curzon insisted on proper English manners, including torturous English tea service and proper "breaking of the scone." What does breaking a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

Sikh-founded, $100-million group of service and product companies (including Sun & Son, Inc., a national Lotus Notesbased computer consulting firm specializing in e-commerce; Akal Security Company; and natural food enterprises such as the Yogi View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

chairman of the Tata Group, a $22 billion conglomerate with 93 companies operating in areas as diverse as IT and communications, steel, financial services, hotels, and consumer goods ranging from tea to china to automobiles. “There was... View Details