Food - Publications - Faculty & Research

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CDT, 13 Mar 2015

HBS Dallas Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2005-2014 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Dallas. View Details

15 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development

Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) as they make headway on an exciting development project in central Detroit. They’re a small non-profit on a mission to make healthy and fresh foods available to... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

22 Apr 2021
News

Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

Clubs News Clubs News Boston Alumni Find Leadership Inspiration in Project Impact Series Hunger and food insecurity. Racial justice. Youth and education. These issues have served as the central organizing topics for Project Impact, the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Mar 2018
News

How HBS Gives Back

Farms, and the Greater Boston Food Bank. According to Gabe Handel, Assistant Dean for Administrative and Educational Affairs, “It speaks volumes about the HBS community that the same spirit of connection and collaboration people feel... View Details

11 Dec 2017
News

Growing from Within

guest counts on a daily basis across the restaurant portfolio as well as operating metrics such as speed and accuracy of service and food quality. Also very important are customer and people metrics. The success of our business largely... View Details

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

13 Dec 2018
Blog Post

"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012

Cynthia says, "I wanted to pursue a career that would be personally fulfilling. As exciting as product management was, it didn't mesh with my desire to work in the food space." When Path was acquired in 2015, she had the... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

part of the HBS's Arthur Rock Center Accelerator program last year. ShelfLife is a B2B marketplace that enables small businesses to take advantage of economies of scale in the food and beverage packaging supply chain. “Specialty View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Cutting Edge

an executive at several food companies, Silk had revived other century-old brands such as Jell-O, Lea & Perrins, Hebrew National, and Armour. Based on those successes, New York–based hedge fund York Capital Management asked Silk to become... View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

11 Jun 2019
Book

These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

Discover what type of rebel you really are. Food CitizenshipThe public is losing trust in many institutions involved in putting food on our table, says Ray A. Goldberg. Being the Boss: The Three Imperatives... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup

silk and apply it to food, creating natural protection that slows spoiling and keeps food fresher for longer. Products can be integrated at any time from farm to shelf, allowing food producers, processors,... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

03 Mar 2014
HBS Case

Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato

competitive troubles experienced by other food companies such as Barilla in the home country. Like many national brands in Italy, Barilla was being squeezed by private-label products—store brands that had been created in response to... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage; Food & Beverage

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

AACE Foods I have always been passionate about creating change through building businesses on the African continent. A defining moment for me was partnering with friends in 1999 to start an internet café in the neighborhood I grew up in... View Details

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

2018 Oxford University Press Food Citizenship: Food System Advocates in an Era of Distrust By: Goldberg, Ray A. Abstract—The global food system is the largest segment of the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

September 2006
Case

Earthbound Farm

By: William A. Sahlman and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

Describes a set of decisions confronting the senior management of Earthbound Farm, the largest organic produce company in the world. Focuses on what to do with an East Coast distribution center that is losing money but may be useful strategically. View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Distribution; Food; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Management Teams; Capital Budgeting; Business or Company Management; Business Strategy; Corporate Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

Citation

Find at Harvard

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT, 20 Apr 2017
HBS Alumni Events

HBS Boston Young Alumni Networking Reception

Complimentary food and beverages will be served. Registration is required. You are welcome to register a guest. Host Committee Ed Naim, MBA 2007 Jessica Deckinger, MBA 2008 Rachel Berkey, MBA 2012 Prapti Mittal, MBA 2012 Gonzague de... View Details

June 2018
Supplement

Feeding America (B)

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alan Lam

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Food; Resource Allocation; Fairness; Performance Efficiency; United States

Citation

Purchase

01 Jun 2012
News

IPA Meets IPO

KOCH: Putting shares of the company in the hands of the people who really believe in its product. Lots of business executives tout the importance of focusing on the customer. But craft brewmeister Jim Koch (MBA 1974), founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company and... View Details

Keywords: beer; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods; Wholesale Trade

07 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century

products and brand. Standardized, branded condiments, the entrepreneur realized, would be affordable to large numbers of urban Americans. These goods would also be appealing. As cities expanded, fewer households had access to their own View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn

25 Apr 2014
News

A model of service

private schools, enabling students to volunteer on a regular basis. "Students come away from the experience realizing that we are all alike, but sometimes bad things happen to people and they are forced to live off of food stamps or go to... View Details

09 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Nourishing Global Food System "Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Nourishing Global Food System" was the 2nd annual conference hosted by the Food, Agriculture, and... View Details

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