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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
of Staples, Inc., will be the first to tell you, thank goodness he got canned. On July 4, 1985, Stemberg - who had been let go by First National Supermarkets earlier that year as the firm prepared to sell his division - ran out of... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
not luck. It’s the ability to recognize opportunity. Louis Pasteur said, ‘Chance favors the prepared mind.’ I was ready.” Indeed, he was. Summoning his HBS skills and McKinsey experience, Rogers quickly went about rounding up the $1... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Books
Perspectives on Risk and Regulation: The FDA at 100 edited by Arthur Daemmrich and Joanna Radin (Chemical Heritage Foundation) In a period of rapid scientific and market changes, success in regulating food products, prescription drugs,... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Leticia Tavares On Marriott's Management Acceleration Program
designed to bring MBA graduates into hotel management. The 18- to 24-month on-property immersion includes rotations in operations, sales, marketing, revenue management, hotel openings, and more! In my first six months, I have worked as a cook helping to View Details
- Profile
Samuel Racana
and to prepare for what is yet to come. Being part of the HBS community is like... ...visiting the world in one place. An incredibly inspiring collection of people, stories, and destinies. I look forward to contributing to and forming... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- News
Suzanne J. Battit (MBA 1992)
higher education admissions, and a classmate encouraged her to explore fundraising. The rest is history. She is currently vice president of external affairs and advancement at The Greater Boston Food Bank, which helps feed 140,000 people... View Details
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
that sold their products locally. From Heinz's perspective, these companies had not yet begun to tap the possibilities of a broad national market. By concentrating initially on growing cities, he intended to expand his young business westward across the country.... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
driver of climate change. “It’s a two-for-one shot,” Falcon says, adding that Full Cycle’s bugs will even happily chow down on food-contaminated items that cannot normally be recycled, like pizza boxes and sandwich wrappers. As a pilot project, Full Cycle is View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
he made in the food industry were equally discouraging. “They told me I was crazy, that Jeannette was dead, that near the end they had been producing the worst madeleines in France. To restart production and change its image at the same... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
learning programs, food and other basic resources, and health services for more than 1,200 children each week in this underserved community. “We had to rethink the operation of our food pantry. We had to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
Turmeric is prepared into medicine. Doucefleur In the early 1990s, an Indian plastic surgeon at the University of Mississippi, S. K. Das, was about to amputate the leg of a patient because of a wound that wouldn’t heal. Colleague Hari P.... View Details
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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
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Jeff Bernstein
in the larger context" – led him to pursue an MBA education. His precise ideas of what a real education should be led him to HBS. Leadership, case by case As a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Jeff realized that his official license was just the... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
sense of social responsibility remains a constant. Gerdeman: Do you think the case method of teaching helps prepare business school students to consider how they might be able to contribute to society? Stevenson: The case method by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Immersion Program Digs Deep
was charged with discovering what happens to all of the uneaten prepared food in the city; they came away with a government incentive scheme to reduce the leakage of untreated View Details
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Kim Chen
many different ways to address this; disruptive ideas and business models emerge with greater frequency. I look forward to contributing to this exciting shift. How has HBS prepared you for your current role and your long term career? The... View Details
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
longer-term investors. “There is a rampant lack of clarity and leadership from the major political parties” Q:Are you saying that China would be a better choice for that? A: There is a biblical saying that advises one to use a period of feast to View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 12 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022)
venture firm called The Engine. During my second internship at The Engine, I discovered cell-cultured meat. I was immediately captivated by the potential of growing meat without animals! It felt like a revolutionary solution to multiple global challenges—particularly... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
with local public and private schools, enabling students to volunteer at All Souls on a regular basis. Young school children set tables and make centerpieces while older ones prepare food and wait on guests.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
Citizenship: Food System Advocates in an Era of Distrust, by Professor Emeritus Ray Goldberg FIRST LOOK: Baby’s First Business Book It’s never too soon to start preparing for your first client meeting:... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint