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- 31 Oct 2023
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
would continue to bolster Senegal’s economy, like infrastructure investments and a booming agricultural industry. After less than a month of deliberation, the government of Senegal, through the ministry’s work, launched a $1.3 billion...
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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
extension, cultivate peace and economic opportunity in a region where growing saffron has become a more viable alternative to growing opium. “What better way to use our HBS education than for sustainable agriculture and business in...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- December 2017 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Amazon Buys Whole Foods
By: José B. Alvarez, David Lane and Joni Coughlin
The June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon’s bold move...
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Amazon;
Whole Foods;
Grocery;
Grocery Delivery;
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Business Models;
Food Value Chain;
Agribusiness;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Operations;
Competitive Strategy;
E-commerce;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Retail Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Alvarez, José B., David Lane, and Joni Coughlin. "Amazon Buys Whole Foods." Harvard Business School Case 518-056, December 2017. (Revised May 2018.)
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared...
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Margie Kelley
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
West Coast headed to eastern ports, with a smaller flow of manufactured goods and agricultural products headed the other way. The canal supercharged the growth of the West Coast (at the expense of Venezuela in oil and the South in timber)...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated...
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- March 2024
- Case
From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller became the CEO of ICL in 2018,...
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Change Management;
Agribusiness;
Accounting;
Communication;
Renewable Energy;
Chemicals;
Machinery and Machining;
Metals and Minerals;
Mining;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Values and Beliefs;
Environmental Sustainability;
Natural Resources;
Globalization;
Information Technology;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Talent and Talent Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Israel;
China;
United States
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "From 'BIG' Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 424-042, March 2024.
- November 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Votorantim: Uniting Family and Business Across Generations
By: Christina R. Wing, Carla Larangeira and Pedro Levindo
Over a 105-year span, the Ermírio de Moraes family built Votorantim, one of Latin America’s largest industrial conglomerates, and among Brazil’s topmost businesses, also credited for helping “build” the country over decades. By early 2023, Votorantim included...
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Corporate Governance;
Family Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Family and Family Relationships;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Latin America
Wing, Christina R., Carla Larangeira, and Pedro Levindo. "Votorantim: Uniting Family and Business Across Generations." Harvard Business School Case 624-050, November 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- 2023
- Book
Deeply Responsible Business.: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership
By: Geoffrey Jones
Corporate social responsibility has entered the mainstream, but what does it take to run a successful purpose-driven business? This book examines leaders who put values alongside profits to showcase the challenges and upside of deeply responsible business. Should...
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Keywords:
Corporate Responsibility;
Business Ecuation;
Socially Responsible Investing;
Business Education;
Ethics;
Leadership;
Business History;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Religion;
Social Enterprise;
Social Issues;
Wealth and Poverty;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Banking Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Computer Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Education Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United Kingdom;
Germany;
United States;
Japan;
India;
Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey. Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2023.
- October 1996 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
Chiquita Brands International (A)
By: Debora L. Spar and Terence Mulligan
When a new banana import policy is implemented in 1993 by the European Union, Chiquita Brands International, the world's largest banana distributor, watches its sales and net income plummet. The policy, Council Regulation (EEC 404/93), uses a new tariff and quota...
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Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Trade;
Government and Politics;
Policy;
Market Design;
Fairness;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Latin America;
European Union
Spar, Debora L., and Terence Mulligan. "Chiquita Brands International (A)." Harvard Business School Case 797-015, October 1996. (Revised December 2022.)
- Web
Our Team - Social Impact Collaboratory
with an emphasis on agricultural and financial management. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005, where he was an NSF and Javits Fellow, and an A.B. in Economics and German Literature from...
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- 11 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste
as companies cannot operate without water or raw materials that require water to be produced.” Leni explained, “Water is key to growing agricultural raw materials, as well as in mining, manufacturing, and even technology. For example,...
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Faculty - Private Capital Project
delivering health, water, energy, and agriculture services to economic base of the pyramid in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. As CIO, he was a member of Acumen’s management team and helped build out the network of country operations...
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Blog - Creating Emerging Markets
15 Feb 2023 Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis Maxim Pike Harrell 10 Apr 2023 Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Leapfrogging Traditional Agricultural...
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- December 2023
- Case
Raízen: Helping to Decarbonize the World?
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Pedro Levindo, Daniel Tong and Rafaella Mazza
Raízen, the world’s largest sugar and ethanol producer, strived to find ways to expand the second-generation ethanol (E2G) market, which it pioneered. The company planned to invest R$24 billion (around $4.6 billion) in 20 production plants, with a total capacity to...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Renewable Energy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Production;
Expansion;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Energy Industry;
Brazil;
Europe;
North America;
United States;
Argentina;
Paraguay
Trumbull, Gunnar, Pedro Levindo, Daniel Tong, and Rafaella Mazza. "Raízen: Helping to Decarbonize the World?" Harvard Business School Case 724-014, December 2023.
- 15 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
interested in sustainability and the environment will find plenty of company on campus. In addition to becoming Student Sustainability Associates, students can join three clubs (the Energy and Environment Club; the Food and Agriculture...
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- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
(Brazilian Energy & Infrastructure conglomerate) Tom Troxel (MBA 2023, Section K), Summer Internship: Carbon Sequestration Project MBA Intern at Conservation International Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) are actions to protect, restore, and improve the management...
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- June 2013 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
Château Margaux: Launching the Third Wine
By: Elie Ofek and Eric E. Vogt
Château Margaux, one of only five prestigious estates in the Bordeaux Medoc wine region to have been classified as a "first-growth", is facing a host of strategic decisions in early 2013. Up until this point the estate had been selling two red wines, a first wine whose...
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Keywords:
New Product Launch;
Marketing Plan;
Brand Management;
Go To Market Strategy;
Channels Of Distribution;
Wine Industry;
Marketing Strategy;
Distribution Channels;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
France
Ofek, Elie, and Eric E. Vogt. "Château Margaux: Launching the Third Wine." Harvard Business School Case 513-107, June 2013. (Revised January 2016.)
- 2014
- Book
Empire of Cotton: A Global History
By: Sven Beckert
The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism.
Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins...
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Keywords:
Economic Systems;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Society;
Manufacturing Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Beckert, Sven. Empire of Cotton: A Global History. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
agriculture, and Lydia had a background in the food industry. “It seemed a good match,” he says. “And if you do it right, harvesting maple sap is a totally sustainable agricultural practice.” Good Timing and Good Chemistry Doing it right...
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Deborah Blagg