Publications

27 May 2020
Blog Post

Creating Unity and Belonging through Food and Dance: ‘EKTA’ at HBS

words from the lyrics of the songs and started using them. The large participation drew others who wanted to know where their classmates were from, and how they live in their home countries. Sections... View Details

26 Sep 2019
News

Harvard Business School Online and The Greater Boston Food Bank Team Up to End Hunger

November 1997
Case

Rabobank Group, The: The Global Food and Agribusiness Bank

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

2012
Working Paper

Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions

By: Geoffrey Jones

This working paper examines the creation of the global natural food and beauty categories before 2000. This is shown to have been a lengthy process of new category creation involving the exercise of entrepreneurial imagination. Pioneering entrepreneurs faced little... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Consumer Goods; Entrepreneurs; Environment; Food; Globalization; Business History; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America

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August 2011 (Revised November 2012)
Case

Mary Griffin at Derby Foods

By: Anthony J. Mayo and Joshua D. Margolis

Mary Griffin, Vice President of Consumer Products, must provide feedback to one of her direct reports, Simon York. York is a strong performer, but he has displayed some poor interpersonal skills in the manner in which he interacts with his team and the production... View Details

Keywords: Outcome or Result; Training; Interpersonal Communication; Labor and Management Relations; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Teams; Managerial Roles

Educators

September 1996
Case

Food and Drug Administration: Business as Unusual at CDER

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and James Leonard

Keywords: Government Administration; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

12 May 2016
News

Cooking Up America’s Food Culture

agriculture to boys. For the 21st century, Duda envisions a center that brings people together around food and agriculture, teaching lessons of self-sufficiency that were part of the Farm Life School... View Details

31 Jan 2019
Cold Call Podcast

How Wegmans Became a Leader in Improving Food Safety

Keywords: Re: Ray A. Goldberg; Food & Beverage

December 2018
Supplement

Amazon Acquires Whole Foods (B)

By: Rory McDonald, Sarah Mehta and Shaye Roseman

This short case, meant for pairing with HBS No. 615-013, “AmazonFresh: Rekindling the Online Grocery Market,” explores Amazon’s rationale for acquiring Whole Foods. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

September 1986
Case

Pure Foods Corp.: Aquaculture Project

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

January–February 2021
Article

Food and Drug Administration Guidance Documents and New Medical Devices: The Case of Breast Prostheses

By: Rachel E. Weitzman, Ariel Dora Stern and Daniel B. Kramer

As pressure mounts on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to speed its review process for novel devices, and budgetary pressures further strain its resources, the critical role of guidance documents in assuring consistent, rigorous, and scientifically grounded... View Details

Keywords: Medical Devices; FDA; Health Care and Treatment; Government Administration; Information; Standards

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February 1995 (Revised January 1996)
Teaching Note

Birds Eye and the U.K. Frozen Food Industry (A) TN

By: David J. Collis

Teaching Note for (9-792-074). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom

April 1991 (Revised October 1993)
Case

Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (A)

By: David J. Collis

Describes the pet food industry in the mid-eighties prior to the breakout of a major competitive battle as manufacturers fight for share. Illustrates how when there are benefits to play in multiple markets, competitors will take action in one market to preserve their... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Markets; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Ownership Stake; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry

Educators

April 1991 (Revised October 1993)
Supplement

Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (C)

By: David J. Collis

Describes significant developments in the pet food industry in 1987 and 1988, focusing on the competitive interactions among the industry's major players. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Food and Beverage Industry

March 2012 (Revised July 2018)
Supplement

V-Cola: Confidential Instructions for Mark Ketting Chief Marketing Officer, Trek Beverages

By: Ian Larkin and Hal Movius

September 1991
Case

General Foods Corp.: Product Management--1991

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Product; Management; Food and Beverage Industry

September 1999
Supplement

Jollibee Foods Corporation: International Expansion

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Presents interviews with CEO Tony Tan Caktiong and international division VP, Noli Tingzon, elaborating on issues and raising new issues on Jollibee's global strategy and organization. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Globalized Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Organizational Design; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry