Publications

March 2004
Supplement

C&S Wholesale Grocers: The Challenge of Self-Managed Teams

By: Thomas J. DeLong

Keywords: Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry

January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (A)

This case is the first in a three-part series that explores the multifaceted organizational and strategic choices that companies now face as a result of the global AIDS epidemic. Heineken is considering becoming one of the first companies to offer AIDS drugs... View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employees; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa

November 2001
Case

Aventis CropScience and StarLink Corn

By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle

Aventis CropScience responds to the discovery of an unapproved corn variety in food supplies and draws lessons for the company, industry, and governments. View Details

Keywords: Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Food; Science-Based Business; Outcome or Result; Governance Compliance; Problems and Challenges; Nutrition; Food and Beverage Industry

June 2001
Case

Gallardo's Salsa

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

February 2001 (Revised May 2001)
Teaching Note

Balance, Inc. (A) and (B) TN

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Teaching Note for (9-801-169) and (9-801-170). View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry

February 2001 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Balance, Inc. (A)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Focuses on an entrepreneur who founded a successful health-food store and seeks to expand his retail concept. Illustrates the challenges he faces as he recruits his top management team. View Details

Keywords: Distribution Channels; Executive Compensation; Agreements and Arrangements; Outcome or Result; Recruitment; Management Teams; Selection and Staffing; Food and Beverage Industry

September 2000
Teaching Note

Boston Beer Company: Light Beer Decision TN

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and John T. Gourville

Teaching Note for (9-899-058). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Boston

June 1999
Case

Furr's/Bishop's, Inc. (C)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Keywords: Food; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

June 1999 (Revised November 2012)
Teaching Note

Jollibee Foods Corporation (A) and (B) (TN)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-399-007) and (9-399-113). View Details

Keywords: Food; Food and Beverage Industry

November 1999 (Revised March 2000)
Case

Florida Department of Citrus

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and David Benedict Pearcy

The Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) is a state agency responsible for the welfare of the Florida citrus industry. This case describes the FDOC's efforts to turn around grapefruit juice consumption. Using a health message, Dan Santangelo, the FDOC's new director,... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Product Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Food and Beverage Industry; Florida

November 1999 (Revised November 2003)
Case

Fresh Connections

Mary Alice McKenzie is facing numerous issues in growing her Vermont-based fresh-prepared foods business. She must address immediate operational problems--such as bottlenecks and capital equipment decisions--as well as decide on a long-term strategic position. This... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Production; Food and Beverage Industry; Vermont

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

March 1982
Supplement

General Foods: Food Service Division, Video

By: John P. Kotter

Keywords: Food; Food and Beverage Industry

May 1998
Teaching Note

Internationalizing the Cola Wars (A): The Battle for China and Asian Markets & (B): The Battle for India TN

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for (9-795-186) and (9-795-187). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; China; Asia

May 1995 (Revised August 1999)
Case

Internationalizing the Cola Wars (B): The Battle for India

By: David B. Yoffie and Richard Seet

Analyzes the tactical battle of the cola giants in India. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Globalization; Food and Beverage Industry; India

May 1994 (Revised May 1995)
Teaching Note

Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s TN

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for (9-794-055). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; North and Central America

March 1990 (Revised October 2005)
Teaching Note

Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Backhaul Decision (TN)

By: Janice H. Hammond

Teaching Note for (9-688-104). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

May 1987 (Revised December 1987)
Case

Caruso's Pizza (Condensed)

Caruso's Pizza is a small, entrepreneurial restaurant chain. The case considers expansion of an experimental pizza delivery system ("express delivery") that involves a major process innovation--producing pizzas to inventory rather than to order. The system promises... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Processes; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry