Food - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2003 (Revised January 2004)
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BSE in Canada

A cow was determined to have Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Canada, which closed its beef exports to the United States and 39 other countries. What future action should be taken, and how will country of origin specification and traceability take place in the... View Details

Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Food; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Canada

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May 2008
Teaching Note

Disney Consumer Products: Marketing Nutrition to Children (TN)

By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman

Teaching Note for [507-006]. View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Food; Age; Health Pandemics; Nutrition; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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03 Feb 2015
News

In a Bid To Entice Tastemakers, SodaStream Gets a New Look and Gourmet Flavors

Keywords: Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

Fred DeLuca

Hoping to earn enough money to go to college, DeLuca borrowed $1,000 from a family friend and opened his first sub shop in 1965. Though he struggled for a few years, he did pay his way through college. After graduation, DeLuca jumped on the franchising boon in the fast... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

01 Sep 2006
News

Sorry, We’re All Out of Chilean Sea Bass

places our food comes from and us the consumers. And that’s part of the problem. Do you think it was worth spending millions of taxpayer dollars and endangering lives to pursue the fishing vessel? The economic incentives for this kind of... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture

01 Sep 2011
News

The Spangler Effect

around food and drink. A frequent campus visitor, Dick Spangler remembers the day in Dean Clark’s office when the subject of a campus center first came up. “The Dean said, ‘I need to talk to you about something. Let’s walk over here to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2004
News

The Wisdom of Crowds

The judgments of many people regarding the merits of a restaurant, hotel, or bar trump a single reviewer’s opinion. That’s the philosophy behind the Zagat Survey leisure guides, and Ted Zagat (MBA 2004) has literally grown up with that concept: His parents founded the... View Details

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

May 1978
Article

Cereal Fortification Reconsidered

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Nutrition

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1979
Book

Global Malnutrition and Cereal Fortification

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Nutrition; Food

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Cherian Kurien

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? For me the purpose of an MBA is to develop and refine one's political, economic and social worldview, by debating, listening to and understanding the views of the faculty and fellow students. Harvard Business School,... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail

01 Jun 2009
News

The Maestro and the Market

food manufacturers, and the launch of an elBulli hotel and a chain of reasonably priced restaurants called Fast Good. But what is the balance between leveraging the Adrià/elBulli brand and breaking its core meaning? In a classroom... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; 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

June 1990 (Revised August 1994)
Case

Sorrell Ridge: Slotting Allowances

By: John A. Quelch

Management is attempting to penetrate the California retail grocery market with the company's line of all-fruit preserves. Substantial up-front fees (slotting allowances) have been requested by the chains. Management must decide how to respond. View Details

Keywords: Food; Distribution; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; California

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01 Mar 2006
News

Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)

Names: Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA ’97) Company: Finale Dessert Company (established 1998) Locations: Park Plaza, Boston & Harvard Square, Cambridge Web: www.finaledesserts.com With vision, fortitude, and a whole lot of chocolate, Paul Conforti and classmate... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; desserteries; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

November 1984
Article

Nutrition Policies and Programmes: A Decade of Redirection

By: Alan Berg and James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Policy; Programs

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01 Mar 2004
News

Zanzibar: Something for Everyone

The Zanzibar portion of the trip allowed us to slow our pace and take advantage of the seaside resort as well as a series of optional side trips. Given the legendary lure of Zanzibar as one of the Spice Islands, many of us elected to take a tour that explored the... View Details

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

December 2004 (Revised June 2005)
Case

Chez Cora

By: David E. Bell, Hal Hogan and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Chez Cora is a chain of breakfast restaurants that successfully expanded from Quebec to Ontario. Is it organized appropriately for more growth? Could the concept work in the United States? If so, how should a migration to the United States be structured? Includes color... View Details