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- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
consumer demand across the world. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/619008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 619-029 Amazon Acquires Whole Foods (B) This short case, meant for pairing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
establish new policies for treating Prime members differentially in the next distribution crisis? Will we see Amazon go after its retail competitors by increasing its retail store network beyond Whole Foods... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
those more broad-based societal issues. And I concluded that climate change is, in fact, the single biggest challenge that we face as humanity." Natalie Jackson MBA 2021 | A Full Menu of Options "I attended HBS to pursue food systems... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
on agribusiness, the term with which he has become synonymous. He currently teaches a food policy and agribusiness course at the Kennedy School, the Agribusiness Seminar at HBS, and a University-wide seminar on public issues facing the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
Gary Hamel's book, The Future of Management, in which he described innovative efforts to enable employees to define their own jobs and shape their work at companies such as Google, Whole Foods Market, and W.... View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810141-PDF-ENG Whole Foods Acquires Wild Oats (A) Michael D. Kimbrough, Sudhakar Balachandran, Madhav Srinivasan, and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
performing, but they have had guardrails their whole life," Kraus says. "Then they get to the end of their MBA, and they have no guardrails. They have to pave their own way. They experience this peeling back and discovery process in... View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711491-PDF-ENG The Full Yield Ray A. Goldberg and Noemie DelfassyHarvard Business School Case 911-402 New firm created to provide understanding of the role of food in health and nutrition.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
provides a wide array of in-aisle treats and accessories to drive impulse purchases. At the same time, they've maintained a strategy of exclusivity with pet food so that they are not stocking all of the same items that Walmart and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
spend most of my time on planes. Officially I live in Switzerland. Whom do you admire? Nelson Mandela. I will never forget the day he was elected president. He was all smiles even though he had suffered so much. He reconciled a whole... View Details
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
food is good.” You've got a lot of rankings out there that are looking at seemingly pretty unimportant things like the taste of the food but maybe to that end consumer that's a really important element.... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
course, OLPC aspires to many more commitments to fulfill its vision of "one laptop per child." Herein, marketers find much food for thought. According to Quelch, a professor of marketing, the laptop's creation and diffusion are... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
examines the operations strategy of Whole Foods, one of the largest natural grocery chains in the United States. In late 2013, Whole Foods was expanding rapidly, with a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
actually on the HBS website and I called the headhunter and I said, "I really want to interview for this job." Sodexo's a food service company principally. I was in financial services, and the headhunter said, "You've got zero... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
harsh desert conditions for a week, including all their food and water. There's no money. There's no electricity. But there are 70,000 people willing to share and have an amazing experience with you. Hanna: And can you tell me, what is it... View Details
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
during my freshman year and his sophomore year at Indiana University. We fell in love through ping pong games (I always lost), late night fast food runs, weekends exploring state parks, Bible studies, and service trips. We survived a year... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
online food delivery business based in Denmark. This was our conclusion: “Just Eat seems to only work in Denmark, where business is profitable. Its other half-dozen markets are burning cash. It already has 10 percent of the Denmark... View Details
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
disconnected from strategy as to obscure many great opportunities for companies to benefit society. What a terrible waste. If corporations were to analyze their opportunities for social responsibility using the same frameworks that guide their core business choices,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace