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  • 06 Dec 2019
  • Blog Post

Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers

expectations in mind, I decided to apply. I only applied to schools in the United States because there were excellent career exploration opportunities, and I wanted to meet friends from diverse backgrounds View Details
  • 2015
  • Chapter

The Fourth Wave: Business Management and Business Education in the Age of the Anthropocene

By: Andrew J. Hoffman and John Ehrenfeld
Sustainability has become mainstream in both management practice and management research. Firms incorporate sustainability strategies into their core mission. University administrators promote sustainability as central to their curricula. Scholars pursue sustainability... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Natural Environment; Leading Change; Management Systems
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  • August 2019 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

New Hope Liuhe: Building an Integrated Agri-Food Business

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Shu Lin, Natalie Kindred and Nancy Hua Dai
In October 2018, LIU Chang (Angela), chairman of Beijing-based New Hope Liuhe (NHL), was considering the strategy of the firm. With $9 billion in sales and a presence in nearly 20 countries, NHL was China’s largest animal feed producer and a major pork and poultry... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Food; Agribusiness; Expansion; Diversification; Growth Management; Consumer Behavior; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Government and Politics; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Transformation; Volatility; Business Cycles; Goods and Commodities; Supply Chain; Product; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China; Asia
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  • 05 Oct 2016
  • What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

he said "our best policy is to promote economic liberty so that individuals and corporations can adjust to changes in society, technology, the economy, the environment and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Article

Front-line Staff Perspectives on Opportunities for Improving the Safety and Efficiency of Hospital Work Systems

By: Anita L. Tucker, Sara J. Singer, Jennifer E. Hayes and Alyson Falwell

Objective To link safety-related concerns raised by frontline staff about hospital work systems (operational failures) to the safety and efficiency of hospitals, and to contrast these concerns with national patient safety initiatives.

Data... View Details

Keywords: Perspective; Opportunities; Safety; Performance Efficiency; System; Failure; Conferences; Employees; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Experience and Expertise; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
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  • Career Coach

David Kay

David Kay was the first employee and Director of Communications at UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats). In his 7.5 years there he wore many hats including in PR, operations, business development,... View Details
  • November 2008 (Revised October 2012)
  • Case

Nestle

By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
In April 2008, Paul Bulcke took over as CEO of the world's largest food and beverage company. His predecessor, Peter Brabeck, had delivered 12 years of outstanding results while moving the company toward a new vision of health, nutrition, and wellness. Bulcke's... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Organizational Culture; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • October 2019 (Revised November 2019)
  • Case

C16 Biosciences: Lab-Grown Palm Oil

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Olivia Hull
Synthetic biology start-up C16 Biosciences wants to solve a big problem: replace palm oil, a major contributor to deforestation and climate change, with a lab-grown substitute. CEO Shara Ticku has ambitious plans to supply her lab-grown palm oil to food manufacturers,... View Details
Keywords: Science-Based Business; Environmental Sustainability; Social Entrepreneurship; Product Development; Product Positioning; Venture Capital; Strategy; Decision Making; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 27 Oct 2016
  • News

Public Programs Encourage Entrepreneurship

  • Career Coach

Nicole Ledoux

evaluating large vs. small companies and traditional vs. alternative career paths), Networking, Resume and Cover Letter Review, Interviewing Work Experience: 88 Acres (Co-founder & CEO, start-up Consumer... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Investment Management; Financial Services (All)
  • 02 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

Over the past two decades, entire industries have been disrupted by Internet competitors who "unbundled" their content and delivered it to consumers in new ways. Newspapers lost out to Google and Craigslist,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

unit does not advocate one style of organization over another, Teresa M. Amabile, MBA Class of 1954 Professor of Business Administration, notes that "the current economic environment demands that all companies behave more... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons
  • 18 May 2012
  • News

Earth Matters: When Business & Government Mix

  • 06 Sep 2022
  • Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

For all their variety, restaurants have two things in common: a kitchen where food is prepared and a dining area where customers consume it. But what if you could use technology to ditch the dining area... View Details
  • Web

Chinese Competition and Emerging Technologies - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2013
  • News

Warren Buffett just put a lotta ketchup in his cupboard

  • 2013
  • Working Paper

The Operational Consequences of Private Equity Buyouts: Evidence from the Restaurant Industry

By: Albert W. Sheen and Shai Bernstein
What, if anything, do private equity firms do with businesses they acquire? We find evidence of significant operational changes in 101 restaurant chain buyouts between 2002 and 2012. Analysis of health inspections conducted for over 50,000 stores in Florida shows that... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Quality; Private Equity; Food; Management Practices and Processes; Leveraged Buyouts; Performance Efficiency; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Florida
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  • 22 Jan 2025
  • Blog Post

Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)

became my greatest allies. After HBS, I stepped into brand management roles at Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola, where I honed my skills and learned to blend creativity with data-driven decision making. I... View Details
  • Web

Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization - Recruiting

your meetings allow different opinions or feelings to be voiced and whether or not some people may feel unable to speak up, then take action to create safe and welcoming spaces. Encouraging diversity cannot... View Details
  • December 2009
  • Article

From Pabst to Pepsi: The Deinstitutionalization of Social Practices and the Emergence of Entrepreneurial Opportunities

By: Shon R. Hiatt, Wesley Sine and Pamela Tolbert
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Opportunities; Society; Food and Beverage Industry
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