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- December 2017
- Case
Molino Cañuelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Mariana Cal
Molino Cañuelas was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil, and packaged food products, it also owned a port... View Details
Keywords: Quality Management System; Food Industry; Molino Cañuelas; Argentina; Vertical Integration; Quality; Management Systems; Expansion; Global Range; Growth and Development Strategy; Agribusiness; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Argentina
Alvarez, Jose B., Maria Fernanda Miguel, and Mariana Cal. "Molino Cañuelas: Serving Customers from Seed Development to the Kitchen Table." Harvard Business School Case 518-046, December 2017.
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
Working PapersI'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: Decreasing Impatience over Time in Online Grocery Orders Authors:Todd Rogers, Katherine L. Milkman, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract How do decisions for the near future... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
with Milkman and Rogers, they discuss their working paper "I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: Decreasing Impatience over Time in Online Grocery Orders," which looks at our tendency as consumers to choose... View Details
- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
his career, Alvarez would visit farms after they had been picked over for the best fruits and vegetables to be sold in stores and was astounded at the amount of edible food that was rejected. “If you could get consumers to go to a farm to... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
2,500 protesters marching through Copley Square—many of them costumed as ghoulish vegetables or three-headed beasts. The scene was hardly the ideal forum for discussion. But as knowledge of life sciences develops alongside even swifter... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
decisions, remember information, and control mood are all affected by diet. What you need: Nearly all research on nutrition converges on one point: Eat as many vegetables and fruits as you can. Beyond that, avoid processed food (to... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
foods, ranging from fresh fruits and vegetables to frozen meals, through a partnership with Kroger supermarkets. In answer to a global obesity epidemic, DCP reformulated existing products and introduced new ones which met stringent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-045.pdf I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: Decreasing Impatience over Time in Online Grocery Orders Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract How do... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
potential expansion opportunities against the growing risks in its production and export markets. With $121 million in 2012 revenues, VP Group has grown rapidly in recent years by expanding its vegetable and flower production beyond Kenya... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
explained Pedro Passos, operations president. The "tangible object" was a product line based on plant and vegetable oils traditionally used by indigenous communities in the hinterlands.13 The communities that possessed the key... View Details
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
1906 “In 1907, the cost of vegetable butter colors was about $2.00 ($50 in 2015 US dollars) per gallon, while synthetic dyes cost about $1.60 to $1.70 ($40 to $45 in 2015 US dollars),” she writes. “The amount of View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: Decreasing Impatience over Time in Online Grocery Orders by Todd Rogers, Katherine L. Milkman, and Max H. Bazerman. If you have resolved to exercise more, try ignoring what your peers... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
the data showed that customers tended to order a higher percentage of "should" items (like leafy greens) and a lower percentage of "want" items (like candy bars) the further in advance they placed an order. For a detailed account of the study, see "I'll Have the Ice... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
for fresh fruit and vegetables and a third-party certification system to monitor compliance. By 2008, the GLOBALGAP standard had expanded to cover coffee, tea, livestock, and aquaculture. Over 90,000 producers in 87 countries had been... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil, and packaged food products, it also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
tolerance, can have substantial welfare costs. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13966 I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
heightened consumer awareness and expectations make this appear not to be the case.” Global food safety standards are lacking Unsafe food, such as fruits and vegetables contaminated with feces, clearly creates a huge public health risk,... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace