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- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
total organic product sales in 2015 were $43.3 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the previous year’s record level and far ahead of the overall food market’s growth rate of 3 percent. “We’re a little... View Details
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Monsanto: Helping Farmers Feed the World (TN)
By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
Teaching Note for [510025]. View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
industry to the production of mechanical (“dumb”) and electronic (“smart”) beds. Eventually, he expects to develop an entire suite of compact hospital room furnishings. The Alumni New Venture Contest was created with two goals in mind: to... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
its start in Parma, Italy, in 1899, when the great-grandfather of current CEO-owner Francesco Mutti canned and sold tomatoes to an illiterate rural population that identified the product by the two lions on its label. Even from the start... View Details
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
No Bologna, Please
Panera Bread chain. "Before we opened the first Panera Cares in Clayton, Missouri, in 2010, we'd focused on food-insecurity issues and given away hundreds of millions of dollars in product and donations," says Panera CEO Ron Shaich (MBA... View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
Tan, MBA 2023 Komo is a food delivery platform that combines sustainability with beautiful & reusable foodware. ---------------------------------------------------- Circular Economy Contestants MoveItCarmen Marin de Leon, MBA... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
addition, the supermarkets offer private label wines in Europe, while they generally do not in the United States. (The exception is Wal-Mart, which recently introduced a private label wine through an alliance with E&J Gallo.) The branding in the New World also... View Details
- May 1984 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Raymond Mushroom Corp.
In April 1984 Deborah Raymond, president of Raymond Mushrooms was deciding whether or not to raise prices on Raymond canned mushrooms in conjunction with an advertising promotional program to build consumer preference. View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Advertising; Decisions; Price; Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Raymond Mushroom Corp." Harvard Business School Case 584-093, May 1984. (Revised August 1987.)
- 20 Nov 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
only thing missing was ominous John Williams theme music playing in the background. CollaborateUp specializes in bringing corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations together, to take on big, complex issues, such as endangered species... View Details
- December 2017 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business, which included several leading consumer brands such as Vegemite, the iconic Australian... View Details
Keywords: Mergers & Acquisitions; Value Drivers; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF); Dairy Industry; Corporate Scope; Consumer Goods; Iconic Brands; Bidding Strategy; Cross Border; Financing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value Creation; Diversification; Business Divisions; Corporate Finance; Capital Structure; Food; Bids and Bidding; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Australia; United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Lauren G. Pickle. "Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home." Harvard Business School Case 218-001, December 2017. (Revised February 2021.)
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
IPA Meets IPO
KOCH: Putting shares of the company in the hands of the people who really believe in its product. Lots of business executives tout the importance of focusing on the customer. But craft brewmeister Jim Koch (MBA 1974), founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company and... View Details
- November 1983 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Frito-Lay, Inc.: Grandma's ""Ready-To-Eat"" Cookies
Mr. Kenneth Treece, marketing director of Frito-Lay's Grandma's (R) Cookie division has received the final test market figures for the new supermarket line of Grandma's Ready-To-Eat cookies. One set of data, the Kansas City test results, was extremely encouraging;... View Details
Bonoma, Thomas V. Frito-Lay, Inc.: Grandma's ""Ready-To-Eat"" Cookies. Harvard Business School Case 584-043, November 1983. (Revised December 1984.)
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
Photography by Alexander Rubin Chuck McMinn (MBA 1978) has worked at enough in startups to know that the only guarantee in technology is that today’s hot product will eventually be replaced by more innovative technology. That’s why... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
partnerships or alliances. While in Argentina, Alvarez observed how business leaders have learned to be flexible and creative. “I’m impressed when I talk to people who are keeping their food businesses going, given the turmoil they face... View Details
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
Saffronart, and food businesses Whole Foods and the James Beard Foundation. Khaire created the course, she says, because these industries function in fundamentally different ways than those in industries... View Details
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com, which explored how restaurant reviews on Yelp affect their bottom lines.) Reviewing The Reviewers After spending some time on Yelp, Luca questioned whether the site's star-based rating system (five stars for the best) truly reflected the... View Details
- January 2007 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Organic Growth at Wal-Mart
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Troy Smith
In 2005, an executive vice president at Wal-Mart must decide whether to expand the retailer's selection of organic food. The decision is made in the context of wider attempts to move the giant retailer slightly upscale and to focus on environmental sustainability. View Details
Keywords: Food; Growth and Development Strategy; Product; Business Processes; Environmental Sustainability; Expansion; Retail Industry; United States
Rivkin, Jan W., and Troy Smith. "Organic Growth at Wal-Mart." Harvard Business School Case 707-498, January 2007. (Revised November 2007.)
- December 2017
- Supplement
Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business which included several leading consumer brands (Vegemite—the iconic Australian spread,... View Details
Keywords: Mergers & Acquisitions; Value Drivers; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF); Dairy Industry; Corporate Scope; Diversification; Consumer Goods; Iconic Brands; Australia; Corporate Finance; Bidding Strategy; Cross Border; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value Creation; Business Divisions; Capital Structure; Food; Bids and Bidding; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Australia; United States
- December 2017 (Revised January 2022)
- Supplement
Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business which included several leading consumer brands including Vegemite, the iconic Australian... View Details
Keywords: Mergers & Acquisitions; Value Drivers; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF); Dairy Industry; Corporate Scope; Consumer Goods; Iconic Brands; Bidding Strategy; Cross Border; Financing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value Creation; Business Divisions; Capital Structure; Food; Bids and Bidding; Diversification; Brands and Branding; Corporate Finance; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Australia; United States