Food - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

above are numerous in a channel that includes, in your comments, food and tobacco producers of unhealthy products (Christy Hitchens, Tom Dolembo); lifestyle equipment and service providers; developers and manufacturers of high-cost... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

02 Jan 2018
Op-Ed

'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year

of life in the home--should be viewed as a miserable chore. I look forward to coming home from work and spending time mindfully cooking fresh foods and ... yes, even mindfully housecleaning (it takes less than an hour. Seriously.). It's... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Portrait Project

Kelly O’Neil

I will find value in what the world discards. As a child, I dreaded taking out the compost. Walking all the way across the yard with a bucket of fresh smelly food for the compost heap was absolute torture. I couldn't believe that putrid... View Details

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Ali Nuger

It is no longer a question. I can have it all. As a little girl, my sister and I would dress up as cleaning ladies and prance around the house dusting. I would cook in my play kitchen, serve the food to my dolls, and coddle them as if I... View Details

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Global Maps - Creating Emerging Markets

visualization explore trade networks from both micro- and macroeconomic perspectives. EarthPulse A visual guide to global trends, National Geographic’s EarthPulse has maps and detailed charts showing the effects of globalization on technology, population, quality of... View Details

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Brooke-Logann Williams

food was being thrown into the garbage. I never forgot my running sneakers again. Becoming accustomed to evading rats was one thing, but we could never accept the sight of children in the adult prison, a place infamous for its violence... View Details

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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Business School with an interest in explo... FOCUS Foods Wins Social Enterprise Grand Prize 2015 Julia Kurnik Barakat Bundle Wins Social Enterprise Runner-Up 2015 Karima Ladhani HSPH 2015 HBS NVC: One Simple Idea Can Change Everything... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

Robots to the Rescue

firm has landed two rounds of private financing and placed pilot systems at operations of a major retailer and food company. If all goes as planned, Mountz sees “no limit to the number of companies that want to grow, expand, or modernize... View Details

Keywords: robotics; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

7 PM – 9 PM GMT, 04 Nov 2015

HBS London Young Alumni Reception

HBS Young Alumni, MBA 2006-2015, are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in London. Registration required. View Details

7 PM – 9 PM EST, 05 Nov 2015

HBS Washington, D.C Young Alumni Reception

HBS Young Alumni, MBA 2006-2015, are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Washington, D.C.. Registration required. View Details

7 PM – 9 PM PST, 17 Nov 2015

HBS Los Angeles Young Alumni Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2006-2015 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Los Angeles. View Details

7 PM – 9 PM PST, 11 Feb 2015

HBS Los Angeles Young Alumni Reception

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

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

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Paul Scharfman

In a small, undercapitalized cheese manufacturing operation in rural Wisconsin, Paul Scharfman (AB 1976, MBA 1979) saw the opportunity to develop a variety of specialty cheeses that would appeal to the palates of the growing population of ethnic consumers in the United... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Retail

February 2019 (Revised May 2019)
Case

Hot Chicken Takeover

By: William R. Kerr, Manjari Raman and Olivia Hull

By December 2018, entrepreneur Joe DeLoss’s fried chicken company, Hot Chicken Takeover, has opened three restaurants in Columbus, Ohio, using an unconventional employment model that helps people with criminal records get back on their feet. DeLoss is proud of the... View Details

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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

3 PM – 5 PM CDT, 15 Mar 2015

HBS@SXSW 2015

Please join HBS@SXSW for a Backyard BBQ. View Details

13 May 2013
Blog Post

This husband, father and former pilot in the Marine Corps takes on HBS and his vision of changing communities for the better.

talk to two classmates from the same company, that worked in the same country, are from the same city, but that have two completely different sets of experiences and aspirations. I want to start businesses that change communities for the better. In particular, I want... View Details

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Alpha Mengistu

the figurative food that nourished my grandmother's guests. I am here to give the same. And the beauty is, in providing that connection to others, I am finally at home. Anywhere and everywhere. View Details