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March 2007
Teaching Note

Organics: Coming Center Stage? (TN)

By: James E. Austin and Reed Martin

Keywords: Food

November 2006
Case

Organics: Coming Center Stage?

By: James E. Austin and Reed Martin

The organics movement has certainly come a long way. From hippie farming communes and a scattering of natural food stores in the 1960s, organics outgrew its origins as a counterculture curiosity of the 1970s to become the fastest growing segment of the food industry in... View Details

Keywords: Food; Supply and Industry; Consumer Behavior; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

May 2006
Teaching Note

Forest Stewardship Council (TN)

By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco

Keywords: Forestry Industry

May 2004
Teaching Note

Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects (TN)

By: James E. Austin and Diana Barrett

Teaching Note to (9-302-068). View Details

Keywords: Biotechnology Industry

October 1996
Case

Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (C)

By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Health Industry

March 1996 (Revised November 1996)
Case

Supermarkets in Inner Cities

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias

Excerpts from five articles that present the challenges and opportunities inherent in opening and operating supermarkets in inner-city neighborhoods. View Details

Keywords: Urban Scope; Market Entry and Exit; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; Problems and Challenges; Development Economics; Business and Community Relations; Business Ventures; Strategic Planning; Cooperation

1987
Book

Food Policy in Mexico: The Search for Self Sufficiency

By: James E. Austin and Gustavo Esteva

Keywords: Food; Policy; Mexico

1979
Book

Nutrition Intervention in the United States: Cases and Concepts

By: James E. Austin and Christopher Hitt

Keywords: Nutrition; Programs; Cases; United States

May 2024
Article

Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities

By: C. Austin Davis, Paula Lopez-Peña, A. Mushfiq Mobarak and Jaya Y. Wen

Low- and middle-income nations host 76 percent of the world's refugees. This study uses original data to explore within-country spatial variability in refugee-hosting responsibilities. We find that hosting responsibilities for the displaced Rohingya people in... View Details

Keywords: Refugees; Political Elections; Equality and Inequality; Immigration; Developing Countries and Economies; Income

2001
Chapter

Management in Developing Countries

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Kohn

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Management

fall 2006
Article

Business and Low-Income Sectors: Finding a New Weapon to Attack Poverty

By: James E. Austin and Michael Chu

Keywords: Poverty; Business Ventures

October 1996 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (A)

By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt

The board of directors of a rural health clinic fires its executive director. The case elaborates the evolution and progress of the clinic under this director during a period of growth and a changing health care environment. Factors contributing to and questioning the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Resignation and Termination; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Rank and Position; Social Enterprise; Health Industry

May 1996 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Timberland and Community Involvement

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias

The Timberland Co., a manufacturer and retailer of footwear, outdoor apparel, and accessories, committed itself to instituting and communicating a core set of values to its employees, stockholders, and consumers. The system of beliefs emphasized community service.... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Business and Community Relations; Social Enterprise; Corporate Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry

April 1996 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Corposol

By: James E. Austin and Enrique Ogliastri

April 1993 (Revised November 1995)
Case

San Miguel Corporation: Facing the 1990s

By: James E. Austin and Francisco Roman

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Corporate Strategy

2002
Chapter

Management in the Emerging Countries

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Kohn

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Management

November 1984
Article

Nutrition Policies and Programmes: A Decade of Redirection

By: Alan Berg and James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Policy; Programs

July 1986
Article

Management, Managers and Revolution

By: James E. Austin and J.C. Ickis

Keywords: Management