Food - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Dec 2018
News

Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni

Club of Washington DC and the Danish Business Council for its Annual Holiday Party. The guests enjoyed a vibrant and cozy event filled with Nordic Christmas food and boosted by a live Jazz band. Distinguished guests included diplomats,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

not enough to solve their problem,” Koning says. "Here’s a technology that allows us to put a phenomenal business adviser in the pockets of billions of people." “Maybe it’s that you have a food stall, but your View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

01 Sep 2024
News

Turning Point: Make Your Life Count

Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni

Northwest Harvest, Washington’s largest food bank, to help distribute food to people in need in Seattle. “It’s important for the club to give back to the community,” notes Kwiker, who also feels the event... View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg

Portrait Project

Ron Babalakin

Growing up, film and TV was like food and drink. My mum used media to feed us lessons about world cultures and life’s complexities. She showed me The Gods Must Be Crazy – a film about a Kalahari bushman whose life turns upside down when... View Details

Fast Answer

Market trends, opportunities in advanced technology fields

transportation technologies, biotechnology, chemicals, energy and resources, engineering, the environment, food and beverage, fuel cell and battery technologies, healthcare, information technology, instrumentation and sensors... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

@Soldiers Field

getting-to-know-you-type events. British soccer giants Liverpool took to the pitch at Ohiri Field to warm up for a match at Fenway Park. Seen here: Striker Daniel Sturridge, fresh off a World Cup tour for England, jogs down Gordon Road. In a move sure to inspire case... View Details

Keywords: Georges F. Doriot

14 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 14

innovation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsDoug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox José B. Alvarez and Ryan JohnsonHarvard Business School Case 512-022 Doug Rauch, the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2003
News

Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

market and nonmarket strategy, particularly in the energy industry and in the food and agribusiness sector. He is interested in the relations between government regulation and corporate strategy, the behavior of private and public... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2010
News

Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

help consumers locate a business or person to handle local service needs, get price quotes, and book appointments. Southern California: Kiwilimón (Deborah Dana Beyda, MBA ’08, cofounder) is a food and recipe Internet portal for... View Details

Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2001
News

A Miller's Tale

The oldest flour company in the United States — and perhaps the only one whose sales are rising amid a decline in home baking — is King Arthur Flour, a firm that's been in operation since George Washington was President, as Smithsonian magazine reported in its November... View Details

15 Mar 2010
News

A Business Ripe for Picking?

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

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

(Barcelona Wine Bar and bartaco). He is currently a board member of US Foods and multiple privately-owned restaurant groups. Click here for a sample syllabus for this course Course Overview Uniquely within the HBS EC curriculum, this... View Details

November 2009 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Red Tomato: Keeping It Local

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Mary Louise Shelman and Laura Winig

This case describes the operating model and history of Red Tomato, a non-profit organization dedicated to branding and logistical support for locally grown produce farmers in the northeast U.S. The case highlights the challenges involved in making locally grown produce... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Trends; Food; Local Range; Consumer Behavior; Logistics; Supply Chain; Nonprofit Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Northeastern United States

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20 Oct 2014
News

New Rothschild Takes Reins of Famous Bordeaux Winemaker

J. Willard Marriott, Jr.

Residence Inn, and Ritz-Carlton. Other operations include Vacation Club International, Marriott Senior Living Services and Marriott Distribution Services (a food services company). View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

Reginald F. Lewis

Just 10 years after founding his investment ventures firm, Lewis had established a $2.5 billion financing business, the largest firm owned by an African American in United States history. Through his purchase of Beatrice Food Company, he... View Details

Keywords: Finance

04 Sep 2019
News

Funny Business

to make the final call. How do you fuel yourselves? On show days the head writers bring in doughnuts, which is very exciting. If you talk to anyone who works in entertainment, they’ll ask, ‘Oh, what’s the craft services [catering] situation? Which flavors of LaCroix do... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 1998
News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

an emphasis on ceramics and related objects. Cincinnati native Samuel Huttenbauer, Jr. (MBA '55), is CEO of American Nutriceuticals, a medical foods firm based in his hometown. A graduate of Harvard College, Huttenbauer joined the Army... View Details

03 Jun 2021
Blog Post

HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

carries a variety of healthy items and foods from “home” such as their famous fresh sugar cane juice. Casabe’s impact potential spans three areas: first, increasing income and wealth creation for the BIPOC community; second, supporting... View Details

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