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- August 1993
- Background Note
Glossary of Retail Terms
By: David E. Bell and Dinny Starr
Keywords:
Retail Industry
Bell, David E., and Dinny Starr. "Glossary of Retail Terms." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-014, August 1993.
- May 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Camposol
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
With $289 million in 2015 revenues, Camposol is a Peruvian grower, exporter, and marketer of fruits and vegetables, with a focus on the high-growth, high-margin blueberry category. Camposol aspires to become Peru’s first multinational branded produce company. It...
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Keywords:
Blueberries;
Avocado;
Asparagus;
Agriculture;
Peru;
Retail;
Produce;
Agricultural Production;
Branding;
Brand Strategy;
Commercialization;
Camposol;
Aquaculture;
Agribusiness;
Marketing;
Trade;
Vertical Integration;
Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Family Business;
Growth and Development;
Growth Management;
Food;
Supply Chain;
Distribution;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Peru;
South America;
United States;
China
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Camposol." Harvard Business School Case 516-111, May 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- September–October 2012
- Article
One-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions
By: Ali E. Abbas and David E. Bell
We introduce a variety of new independence conditions for multiattribute utility functions that permit preference dependencies among the attributes of a decision problem. The hierarchy of new conditions varies in the degree to which it specifies the functional form,...
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Abbas, Ali E., and David E. Bell. "One-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions." Operations Research 60, no. 5 (September–October 2012): 1199–1212.
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
papers (and miss one or more possible sales) once a week, or one-seventh of the time. What's ignored in this equation, though, according to HBS professor David Bell, is that customers care how often a retailer runs out of stock. "The...
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- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Ebro Puleva (TN)
By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
Teaching Note for 510026.
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- December 2009 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
Diamond Foods
By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
CEO Michael Mendes has transformed a grower-owned cooperative into a publicly traded top marketer of snack foods. Diamond's organization, culture, product development process, advertising and promotion strategy, and specifically its marketing department have been built...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Business Model;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Leadership;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Behavior;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Cooperative Ownership;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Bell, David E., and Mary Louise Shelman. "Diamond Foods." Harvard Business School Case 510-013, December 2009. (Revised October 2015.)
- January 2009 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
GLOBALGAP: Food Safety and Private Standards
By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
In response to new laws governing liability and several food safety scares in the 1990s, European retailers drove the creation of a universal production standard based on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for fresh fruit and vegetables and a third-party certification...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Food;
Governance Compliance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Government Relations;
Safety;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe
Bell, David E., and Mary Louise Shelman. "GLOBALGAP: Food Safety and Private Standards." Harvard Business School Case 509-004, January 2009. (Revised October 2009.)
- December 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
By: David E. Bell and Brian Matthew Milder
In 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation joined together to form a new organization, AGRA, to tackle the historic challenge of increasing agricultural production in Africa. Launched with much fanfare and led by former U.N....
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Investment Funds;
Food;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Business and Government Relations;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Poverty;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Africa
Bell, David E., and Brian Matthew Milder. "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)." Harvard Business School Case 509-007, December 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- December 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Ponsse: From Finland to Global
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Finland-based Ponsse Oyj, with 2005 turnover of $250 million, is the only dedicated forest equipment company of size that remained in a consolidating industry. Competitors included global giants such as John Deere and Komatsu. Since his arrival at Ponsse in 2004, CEO...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Performance Capacity;
Expansion;
Forest Products Industry;
Forestry Industry;
Russia;
Finland;
United States;
Brazil
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Ponsse: From Finland to Global." Harvard Business School Case 507-002, December 2006. (Revised September 2007.)
- December 2006 (Revised December 2007)
- Case
The Convention on Biological Diversity: Engaging the Private Sector
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was a U.N. treaty that by 2006 had been signed by virtually every country in the world except for the United States. The treaty established three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Private Sector;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Genetics;
Environmental Sustainability
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "The Convention on Biological Diversity: Engaging the Private Sector." Harvard Business School Case 507-020, December 2006. (Revised December 2007.)
- July 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Background Note
Note on the Mail Order Industry
By: David E. Bell and Dinny Starr Gordon
Keywords:
Distribution Industry
Bell, David E., and Dinny Starr Gordon. "Note on the Mail Order Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 595-014, July 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- July 1994 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
The King-Size Company
By: David E. Bell and Dinny Starr Gordon
King-Size is a mail-order company specializing in apparel for big and tall men. The case describes their operations in some detail. Issues include appropriate marketing decisions and expansion strategy.
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Marketing Strategy;
Operations;
Perception;
Expansion;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Web Services Industry
Bell, David E., and Dinny Starr Gordon. "The King-Size Company." Harvard Business School Case 595-013, July 1994. (Revised August 1998.)
- December 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
Embrapa
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
Brazil's national agricultural research corporation, Embrapa, has developed an integrated crop and livestock production system that will allow farmers and ranchers to intensify production and improve profitability. Broad adoption of the technology would provide the...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Policy;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Technology Adoption;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Brazil
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "Embrapa." Harvard Business School Case 507-019, December 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
- December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
Alltech
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky–based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018), sales in 120 countries, 5,000 employees, and 100 manufacturing plants worldwide. For nearly four decades, Alltech...
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Keywords:
Alltech;
United States;
Agribusiness;
Agriculture;
Animal;
Animal Agriculture;
Animal Feed;
Livestock;
Family Business;
Vertical Integration;
Strategy;
Growth;
Feed Additives;
Feed Supplements;
Kentucky;
Growth Strategy;
Family Businesses;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Change Management;
Trends;
Governance;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development;
Intellectual Property;
Leadership;
Management;
Markets;
Organizational Culture;
Private Ownership;
Science;
Quality;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Research;
Sales;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States;
Kentucky;
Brazil;
China
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Alltech." Harvard Business School Case 518-001, December 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
- December 2013
- Case
Grupo Beta San Miguel
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
In November 2013, Dr. Jose Pinto, head of Grupo Beta San Miguel (BSM), Mexico's largest private sugar producer, is weighing the future prospects of the Mexican sugar industry as he considers whether BSM should bid on one of the state-owned sugar mills slated for...
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Keywords:
Mexico;
Jose Pinto;
Beta San Miguel;
Polycrom;
Sugar;
World Sugar Trade;
NAFTA;
Strategy;
Trade;
Futures and Commodity Futures;
Agribusiness;
Price;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Mexico;
United States;
North America
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Grupo Beta San Miguel." Harvard Business School Case 514-005, December 2013.
- January 2013 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
OSI in China
By: David E. Bell and Mary Shelman
OSI, one of the world's largest suppliers of processed meats to McDonald's and other QSRs, was in the middle of a $400M expansion in China that included backward integration into poultry production. However, its current customers took only a portion of each bird...
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Keywords:
China;
Corporate Strategy;
Vertical Integration;
Competitive Positioning;
Organizational Design;
Channels Of Distribution;
Agribusiness;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
China
Bell, David E., and Mary Shelman. "OSI in China." Harvard Business School Case 513-045, January 2013. (Revised April 2013.)
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Asian Agri and the Future of Palm Oil (TN)
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
Teaching Note for 511015.
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- December 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Los Grobo: Farming's Future?
By: David E. Bell and Cintra Scott
This case describes the international expansion plans of the second largest grain producer in Latin America, Los Grobo. Based in Argentina with US$550 million in annual sales, Los Grobo also operated in Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay--usually with local partners. Los...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Business Model;
Ownership;
Networks;
Expansion;
Information Technology;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Argentina
Bell, David E., and Cintra Scott. "Los Grobo: Farming's Future?" Harvard Business School Case 511-088, December 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
- December 2008 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Olam International
By: David E. Bell and Mary Shelman
In 20 years, Sunny Verghese had built Singapore-based Olam International from a small Nigerian export company into a $5 billion global leader in agricultural commodities with a core competence in Africa. Olam's growth had come by pursuing product and geographic...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Trade;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Expansion;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Africa;
Singapore
Bell, David E., and Mary Shelman. "Olam International." Harvard Business School Case 509-002, December 2008. (Revised February 2017.)