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- March 2023
- Teaching Note
ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria
By: Meg Rithmire
Teaching Note for HBS No. 721-026.
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- December 2007 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Vegpro Group: Growing in Harmony
By: David E. Bell, Brian Milder and Mary Shelman
Vegpro, a horticulture company, is Kenya's largest exporter of fresh vegetables and flowers to top supermarkets in the U.K. and Europe. In 2007, Vegpro's business is threatened by growing consumer concern about the environmental impact of food production and transport,...
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Keywords:
Customer Satisfaction;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Ethics;
Food;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Operations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Kenya;
Europe;
United Kingdom
Bell, David E., Brian Milder, and Mary Shelman. "Vegpro Group: Growing in Harmony." Harvard Business School Case 508-001, December 2007. (Revised February 2017.)
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
surplus food to build a more equitable, inclusive, and circular food system by feeding those in need. Carina's role prior to HBS was Brand Manager at Little Leaf Farms, an indoor agriculture startup.
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- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
RJR Nabisco - 1990 TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Teaching Note for (9-290-021).
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- June 2024
- Case
Equifruit
By: Elizabeth A. Keenan and Annelena Lobb
Jennie Coleman, president of Fairtrade banana company Equifruit, considered how best to position her firm and brand to increase sales of Fairtrade bananas in the U.S. and Canada. She saw her biggest challenge as convincing retailers that consumers would be OK spending...
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- January 2024
- Supplement
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (B)
By: Tiona Zuzul and Susan Pinckney
In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between staying true to the tenets of the natural wine...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Business Earnings;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Business Startups;
Family Business;
For-Profit Firms;
Small Business;
Change Management;
Transition;
Communication;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Environmental Sustainability;
Values and Beliefs;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Profit;
Revenue;
Spending;
Global Strategy;
Goods and Commodities;
Innovation Strategy;
Crisis Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth Management;
Success;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Cognition and Thinking;
Reputation;
Adoption;
Expansion;
Weather;
Mission and Purpose;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
Italy
Zuzul, Tiona, and Susan Pinckney. "Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 724-398, January 2024.
- December 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Building Resiliency in McDonald's Supply Chain
By: David E. Bell, Damien McLoughlin and David Lane
Considers McDonald’s efforts to build resilience into its global supply chain so that the company and its suppliers can better navigate the increasing pressures and pace of climate change and regulatory change, including a focus on supplying sustainable beef, while the...
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Keywords:
Climate Change;
Supply Chain Management;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Growth Management;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States;
Europe;
South America
Bell, David E., Damien McLoughlin, and David Lane. "Building Resiliency in McDonald's Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Case 524-001, December 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)
By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal
The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The...
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Keywords:
Dairy Industry;
Earnings Management;
Environmental Accounting;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decisions;
Voting;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Pollution;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Financial Strategy;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Food;
Geopolitical Units;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Cooperative Ownership;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Natural Environment;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Commercial Banking;
Cooperation;
Corporate Strategy;
Motivation and Incentives;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
European Union;
Denmark;
Sweden;
Luxembourg;
Belgium
Parzen, Michael, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney, and Amram Migdal. "Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 624-036, August 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- February 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
Uruguay: Facing the 21st Century
By: Sophus A. Reinert, Michael Chu and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In the fall of 2017, self-made business leader Edgardo Novick pondered his campaign to be elected President of Uruguay, “the Switzerland of Latin America.” Inspired by populist revolts against the status quo observable worldwide, Novick hoped he could ride popular...
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Keywords:
Uruguay;
Edgardo Novick;
Business Cycles;
Macroeconomics;
Geographic Location;
Government and Politics;
Wealth and Poverty;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Globalization;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Uruguay
Reinert, Sophus A., Michael Chu, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Uruguay: Facing the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Case 318-019, February 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- October 2016
- Case
Yili Group: Building a Global Dairy Company
By: William C. Kirby and Nancy Hua Dai
From its humble beginnings as a local Chinese dairy company, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group has become one of the largest dairy companies in the world. To achieve this, Yili has aggressively expanded its footprint overseas including building the world’s largest...
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Keywords:
Globalized Markets And Industries;
Global Supply Chain;
Competition;
Culture;
Agribusiness;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Food;
Global Range;
Local Range;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Nutrition;
Employee Relationship Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Brands and Branding;
Supply Chain;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
China
Kirby, William C., and Nancy Hua Dai. "Yili Group: Building a Global Dairy Company." Harvard Business School Case 317-003, October 2016.
- October 2015
- Case
The Maine Food Cluster Project
By: Karen Mills and Aldo Sesia
The Libra Foundation is exploring how to grow the food sector in Maine using the strategy of creating a food cluster initiative. Maine is one of the poorest states in the United States and the food sector is one of the largest employers. Multiple efforts in...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Maine;
Vermont;
Oregon;
Denmark
Mills, Karen, and Aldo Sesia. "The Maine Food Cluster Project." Harvard Business School Case 316-008, October 2015.
- 2007
- Case
The John Deere 8030 Tractor
By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
This is not your grandfather's tractor! Deere & Company created a technological marvel when they created the 8030 tractor, with options such as GPS, AutoTrac, and a high-tech comfortable seat. The case study illustrates the challenges of launching a complex new product...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Machinery and Machining;
Product Launch;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Govindarajan, Vijay, and Chris Trimble. "The John Deere 8030 Tractor." 2007. (Case No. 2-0023.)
- November 2014 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Disrupting the Meat Industry: Tissue Culture Beef
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Matthew G. Preble
Dr. Mark Post and his team at Maastricht University were perfecting their tissue culture beef product—made entirely from muscle grown in his lab—to give it the same taste, texture and appearance of a traditional beef hamburger. A previous iteration of this product had...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Beef Production;
Environmental Impacts Of Food Production;
Agribusiness;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Invention;
Environmental Sustainability;
Food;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Netherlands;
United States;
United Kingdom
Alvarez, Jose B., and Matthew G. Preble. "Disrupting the Meat Industry: Tissue Culture Beef." Harvard Business School Case 515-001, November 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
- 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;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Mexico;
United States;
North America
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Grupo Beta San Miguel." Harvard Business School Case 514-005, December 2013.
- December 2008 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
ViniBrasil: New Latitude Wines
By: David E. Bell, Marcos Flava Neves, Luciano Thome e Castro and Mary Louise Shelman
ViniBrasil is a small wine venture in Brazil started by a top Portuguese wine company, Dao Sul. ViniBrasil grows its grapes in a novel environment (close to the equator) using innovative management practices such as controlled irrigation and year-round harvesting....
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Global Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Management Practices and Processes;
Demand and Consumers;
Competition;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Brazil
Bell, David E., Marcos Flava Neves, Luciano Thome e Castro, and Mary Louise Shelman. "ViniBrasil: New Latitude Wines." Harvard Business School Case 509-003, December 2008. (Revised February 2010.)
- January 2008 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Chocolates El Rey
By: Rohit Deshpandé, Gustavo Herrero and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
In late November 2006, Jorge Redmond, CEO of Chocolates El Rey, called a meeting with senior management to discuss the company's growth strategy. A relatively small firm with sales of around $14 million, El Rey produced top quality chocolate made with single origin...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Segmentation;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Venezuela
Deshpandé, Rohit, Gustavo Herrero, and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Chocolates El Rey." Harvard Business School Case 508-052, January 2008. (Revised February 2010.)
- November 2005 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
ConAgra Foods: The Next Chapter
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mary L. Shelman
In 2005, CEO Bruce Rohde has almost completed the integration of ConAgra Foods' collection of 90 independent operating companies into a focused, value-added firm and was beginning to think about his successor. ConAgra had become the second largest food company and No....
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Leading Change;
Management Succession;
Strategic Planning;
Brands and Branding;
Food;
Agribusiness;
Product Marketing;
Management Teams;
Transformation;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A., and Mary L. Shelman. "ConAgra Foods: The Next Chapter." Harvard Business School Case 906-409, November 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
- 1986
- Chapter
Food Marketing Public Enterprises
By: James E. Austin and Michael J. Buckley
Keywords:
Food;
Marketing;
Distribution;
Public Sector;
Government and Politics;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Austin, James E., and Michael J. Buckley. "Food Marketing Public Enterprises." In Marketing Perspectives of Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, edited by K.L.K. Rao.ICPE Monograph Series. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia: International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, 1986.
- November 1997
- Case
National Pork Producers Council
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
Al Tank, CEO of the National Pork Products Council, is facing an environmental and structural crisis in the U.S. pork industry. Can he resolve the environmental and image problems of his industry in time? Can he receive the support of both his growers and the...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Situation or Environment;
Crisis Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business and Community Relations;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Industry Structures;
Reputation;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "National Pork Producers Council." Harvard Business School Case 598-053, November 1997.
- November 1988 (Revised February 1989)
- Case
Dry Creek Vineyard
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Dry Creek Vineyard." Harvard Business School Case 589-072, November 1988. (Revised February 1989.)