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- 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... View Details
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.)
- February 2013
- Teaching Note
Kepak and the Future of the Irish Beef Industry (TN)
By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin and Mary Shelman
- October 2005 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Friona Industries: Delivering Better Beef
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Mary L. Shelman
CEO James Herring of Friona Industries, a leading U.S. cattle feedlot operator, has a history of leadership in the highly fragmented and often contentious U.S. beef industry. Friona has established relationships up and down the beef production chain to provide... View Details
Keywords: Production; Quality; Leadership; Price; Partners and Partnerships; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry; Texas; United States
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Mary L. Shelman. "Friona Industries: Delivering Better Beef." Harvard Business School Case 906-405, October 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
- September 1978
- Case
Iowa Beef Processors: Beef Industry Innovators
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Iowa Beef Processors: Beef Industry Innovators." Harvard Business School Case 579-039, September 1978.
- December 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Pedro Levindo and Ruth Costas
Marfrig, one of the world’s leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The company also pledged to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the guidelines set by the... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Family Business; Communication Strategy; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Bonds; Food; Global Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Leading Change; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Brazil; Latin America; Argentina; Uruguay; North America; United States; Europe; Asia; China
Alvarez, Jose B., Pedro Levindo, and Ruth Costas. "Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef." Harvard Business School Case 523-073, December 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
- September 1989 (Revised December 1989)
- Case
Beef Hormone Trade Dispute
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords: Trade; Agribusiness; Food; Biotechnology Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A. "Beef Hormone Trade Dispute." Harvard Business School Case 590-035, September 1989. (Revised December 1989.)
- December 2010 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Kepak and the Future of the Irish Beef Industry
By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin and Mary Shelman
As Ireland's third largest beef processor, Kepak faces new opportunities as well as significant challenges from the collapse of the "Celtic Tiger." The government has identified food and agriculture as one way the country could significantly grow exports. However, the... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Economic Sectors; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Competition; Cooperation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Republic of Ireland
Bell, David E., Damien P. McLoughlin, and Mary Shelman. "Kepak and the Future of the Irish Beef Industry." Harvard Business School Case 511-070, December 2010. (Revised April 2013.)
- 18 Nov 2015
- Cold Call Podcast
A Hard Sell: Bringing Cultured Beef to Market
- October 1991
- Case
Marketing Beef in Liberalized Japan
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Marketing Beef in Liberalized Japan." Harvard Business School Case 592-030, October 1991.
- March 2019 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Devesa: Bringing Back the Glory of Argentine Beef
By: Doug J. Chung, Mariana Cal and Fernanda Miguel
Chung, Doug J., Mariana Cal, and Fernanda Miguel. "Devesa: Bringing Back the Glory of Argentine Beef." Harvard Business School Case 519-002, March 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
- October 1993
- Case
Zen-Noh: ""I Love Gyu (Beef)""--New Challenges for the Beef Business
By: Ray A. Goldberg
- 2023
- Working Paper
Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Open Sourcing and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub
By: Annamaria Conti, Christian Peukert and Maria Roche
We study the participation of nascent firms in open source communities and its implications for attracting funding. To do so, we link data on 160,065 U.S. startups from Crunchbase to their activities on the open source development platform GitHub. In a matched sample... View Details
Keywords: Startups; Technology Strategy; GitHub; Machine Learning; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Information Technology; Strategy
Conti, Annamaria, Christian Peukert, and Maria Roche. "Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Open Sourcing and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-001, July 2021. (Revised August 2023.)
- December 2014
- Case
JBS
By: David E. Bell
JBS is a Brazilian protein company that started in beef, but has quickly expanded into pork and chicken, and around the world. The company has many critics who say it has expanded too quickly and that it is overextended financially. The case allows the reader to form... View Details
- September 2002
- Background Note
Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases
By: David A. Moss and Nick Bartlett
Summarizes five major trade disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO): (1) the Brazil-Canada aircraft dispute, (2) the European Union/United States foreign sales corporation dispute, (3) the Asian/United States shrimp and sea turtle dispute, (4) the United... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Conflict Management; Negotiation; Brazil; Canada; European Union; Asia; United States
Moss, David A., and Nick Bartlett. "Note on WTO Disputes: Five Major Cases." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-016, September 2002.
- December 2008
- Case
JBS Swift & Co.
By: David E. Bell and Cathy Ross
Brazilian meat packer JBS surprised many in the U.S. beef industry when it acquired Swift & Co.—a company more than five times its size—in 2007, then moved to acquire the U.S.'s fourth and fifth largest beef producers in 2008. The new JBS Swift slashed costs and... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Global Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Brazil
Bell, David E., and Cathy Ross. "JBS Swift & Co." Harvard Business School Case 509-021, December 2008.
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
Business School Case 515-001 Disrupting the Meat Industry: Tissue Culture Beef Dr. Mark Post and his team at Maastricht University were perfecting their tissue culture beef product-made entirely from muscle... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
BSE in Canada
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Kevin Allison
A cow was determined to have Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Canada, which closed its beef exports to the United States and 39 other countries. What future action should be taken, and how will country of origin specification and traceability take place in the... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Food; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Canada
Goldberg, Ray A., and Kevin Allison. "BSE in Canada." Harvard Business School Case 904-413, October 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- October 31, 2017
- Article
In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
The Harvey Weinstein horror show has brought attention to previously unspoken abuses of male power to sexually harass and suppress women. Prominent women are joining the #MeToo moment, feeling safety in numbers as they reveal facing egregious bullying. Businesses are... View Details
Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Gender Inequality; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Change; Safety; Corporate Governance
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (October 31, 2017). (Op-ed.)
- March 1991 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
IBP and the U.S. Meat Industry
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
IBP, the largest U.S. beef and pork processor, is facing deteriorating earnings and undertakes a fundamental strategic review in 1990. Having grown from its founding in 1961 to its current position as a low cost, innovative producer of boxed beef, and more recently... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Product; Competition; Business Earnings; Geography; Vertical Integration; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "IBP and the U.S. Meat Industry." Harvard Business School Case 391-006, March 1991. (Revised April 1995.)