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Strategic participation of social movement organizations

Social movements and related social movement organizations (SMOs) play an important role in the formation of new industries and market niches, as well as the emergence of new organizational forms. I argue that as SMOs become more sophisticated and... View Details

November 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Hormel Foods

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

In 2019, CEO Jim Snee is weighing how to shape the image of Hormel Foods, one of the largest U.S. meat and food companies, at a time when the industry faces unprecedented scrutiny. Based in the small town of Austin, Minnesota, the nearly 130-year-old firm is best known... View Details

Keywords: Brand Portfolio Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Risk Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; China

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Curriculum - Case Method Project

Mark Hanna; National Civic Federation The Jungle and the Debate over Federal Meat Inspection in 1906 This case explores the power of the press in American democracy by examining the role of muckraking journalism in the Progressive Era. In... View Details

5 Sep 2013
Conference Presentation

The Color of Taste: Selling Food in Clear Packages in the Early-Twentieth-Century United States

By: Ai Hisano

This paper examines the role of color in the marketing and retailing of food products by focusing on the increasingly popular presentation of food in clear packages in the early-twentieth-century United States. In the 1910s, a candy company began using cellophane to... View Details

Keywords: Food; Product Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry

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Podcast - Business & Environment

challenge? Could plant-based or clean meat truly change our diets enough to make an impact? Nicole Johnson-Hoffman from the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Bruce Friedrich from the Good Food Institute, and Professor Max Bazerman... View Details

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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment

climate change is expected to worsen conditions for growing food. [27] Barclays predicts that markets for meat alternatives could be worth $140 billion within 10 years (by 2029). [28] Challenge Agriculture’s contributions to climate... View Details

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

1950s, Unilever manufactured convenience foods, such as frozen foods and soup, ice cream, meat products, and tea and other drinks. It manufactured personal care products, including toothpaste, shampoo, hairsprays, and deodorants. The oils... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

03 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers

comparable roles. “One finding in the study is that, when women managers have more women peers in male-dominated parts of the business—in this case, meat or produce—you actually see that it lessens the effect of the task bind. This might... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Retail; Consumer Products

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

than some of the real operating cost increases in 2022. The US Department of Agriculture estimated that costs rose 36 percent for crops and meats that year, and Eurostat put the comparable number at 31 percent across the European Union.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The Role of ESG in Investment Strategy Marketing Aleph Farms: A New Culture of Meat Aleph Farms, an Israeli food-tech start-up,... View Details

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

Foods is a cultivated meat company using synthetic biology to create the next generation of meat alternatives that use cell-based ingredients in combination with plant-based meat, enabling the creation of... View Details

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

Department, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware Yet there was a notable exception to the adoption of self-service retailing: the meat department. Even in supermarkets, the meat-buying process remained akin to that of a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

17 Jun 2011
HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

dark meat only, to the disappointment of many an American tourist) was served at a Beijing KFC in 1987, the number of KFCs in China has grown to over 3,000, in 650 cities, with one new restaurant opened a day. "If I could have... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage

16 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)

felt different and out of place. In 2019, I watched The Farewell at a movie theater in Brooklyn. It centers on Billi (played by Awkwafina) who travels back to China with her family to reconnect with her grandma. In one early scene, Billi and her family eat xiang bing,... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

a large scale into selling refrigerated meat and dairy food from New Zealand and Australia to Europe. 3 The upshot was the creation of diversified 'investment groups,' or business groups in the terminology preferred here, around the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

with a donor. Donor attention span, particularly at the beginning of a meeting, can be limited. You need to build interest and get the hook in quickly. When you have their attention and rapport has been established, you can then get into the View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

cockroaches in California, because nobody wants to eat cockroaches. The law of supply and demand takes care of that. But the reason there's a law against eating horse meat in California is because some people would like to eat horse meat,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

behave more peacefully in the barnyard, leading to a higher yield of eggs and meat for the farm. The ability of the case authors to recognize this device as a solution to a production problem was extremely clever, and the statistical... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

28 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

Harvard MIINT faculty mentor. The five teams of Harvard students pitched investment opportunities across various sectors and geographies, from an anti-bully EdTech startup in Latin America to a cultivated meat company focused on... View Details

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