Publications

September 2013
Teaching Note

Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm

By: Nancy F. Koehn and Nora N. Khan

Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm is the story of one entrepreneur's vision and journey to create a market-leading, environmentally responsible business founded on the principles of product quality, organizational alignment and sustainability. A former... View Details

Keywords: Development Stage Enterprises; Entrepreneurs; Experimentation; Management By Objective; Technology; Values; Leadership; Entrepreneurship; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States

April 2011
Teaching Note

Common Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming (TN)

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull and Diane Choi

Teaching Note for 707027. View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; France; European Union

November 1991
Case

Newhall Land and Farming Co. (B)

By: James I. Cash Jr. and Michael C. Jensen

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

July 2010
Teaching Note

Geographical Indications: I Say "Kalamata", the EU Says "Black Olive" (TN) (A) & (B)

By: Robert C. Pozen

Teaching Note for 309114 and 309115. View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; European Union

November 2009 (Revised November 2010)
Case

SIPEF: Biological Assets at Fair Value under IAS 41

This case examines fair value accounting under lAS 41 for a European-listed agricultural firm. Students identify the firm's core operations, distinguishing the IFRS treatment for three distinct assets: land, agricultural assets that reside on the land, and inventory... View Details

Keywords: Business Earnings; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Standards; Valuation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe

Educators

May 2009
Supplement

Geographical Indications: I Say "Kalamata", the EU Says "Black Olive" (B)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Ani Krishni Satchcroft

Supplement to 309114 View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Laws and Statutes; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; European Union

October 2003
Case

ABS Global

By: David E. Bell, Hal Hogan and Jose M. M. Porraz

ABS Global is considering an acquisition in Australia. Efficient production and distribution is becoming more difficult as it becomes global. Yet trade restrictions and local preferences for its product, bull semen, dictate that ABS come up with a new way to... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Production; Global Strategy; Distribution; Adaptation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Australia

March 2001 (Revised June 2001)
Case

Identifying and Realizing Investments in Eastern Europe (B)

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Robert E. Kennedy and Laure Mougeot Strook

Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe

March 2001
Teaching Note

Free Trade vs. Protectionism: The Great Corn-Laws Debate TN

By: David A. Moss

Teaching Note for (9-701-080). View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Great Britain

November 1999
Case

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (B)

DuPont must decide whether to launch a new non-GM (genetically modified) soybean that is tolerant to chemical sprays. In the face of rapid introductions of GM products by competitors, DuPont faces the challenge of ensuring the identity preservation of its new product... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Customer Value and Value Chain; Genetics; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

Educators

01 Oct 1971
Conference Presentation

La Modernizacion de la Produccion y los Ajustes en el Sistema de Mercadea: El Caso de la Industria Arrocera Nicaraguense

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Production; Marketing; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nicaragua

September 1992
Case

Archer Daniels Midland

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Vincent N. Willis

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

August 1989
Case

New Zealand Dairy Board: Coordination and Incentives in a Cooperative

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; New Zealand

October 1987 (Revised November 1987)
Case

Gruppo Ferruzzi: Economics, Politics and Ethanol

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

September 1981 (Revised August 1987)
Case

CIBA-GEIGY Agricultural Division

By: Benson P. Shapiro and Roy H. Schoeman

In 1979 Leo Bontempo, marketing vice president of Ciba-Geigy Agricultural Division was deciding whether to purchase an $840,000 program for TeleSession. This was a marketing service designed to accelerate the adoption of new products among large innovative growers by... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Communication; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry