Publications

December 2016 (Revised April 2019)
Case

Rice in Japan

By: Forest Reinhardt, Gunnar Trumbull, Naoko Jinjo and Mayuka Yamazaki

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Japan

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

not occur in non-election years, or in private bank lending. I show capture is costly: elections affect loan repayment, and election year credit booms do not measurably affect agricultural output. Download... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2005
News

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Deighton observes that most students would agree that Patterson needs to broaden his reader base, and that the publishing industry should get away from the agricultural or... View Details

December 1997
Case

Bluewater Aquaculture

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay

An entrepreneurial shrimp farm in Belize is evaluating its future growth strategy in every segment of the vertical value-added food chain. View Details

Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Performance Evaluation; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Food and Beverage Industry

December 2014
Case

HN Agri Serve: Growing Prosperity

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla

In 2014, Khuram Mir, CEO of HN Agri Serve, an innovative apple orchard company in the Kashmir region of Northern India, wonders about the best growth strategy for his company. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; India; Agribusiness; Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry; India

1985
Other Unpublished Work

La Venezuela Agrícola: Mitos Y Realidades

By: James E. Austin, George Th. Kastner and Maria Teresa Tello

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Venezuela

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

was a vertically integrated food company with a management system that allowed it to innovate and grow systematically. With sales of $2 billion in 2016, the firm not only produced flour, vegetable oil, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

the price of capital across countries. This strategy is motivated by the fact that most countries import the bulk of machinery equipment from a small number of industrialized countries. We find the price of imported capital goods to be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

using extremely precise readings over the past five decades and data from Antarctic ice cores going back hundreds of thousands of years. The data suggests that CO2 levels began rising after the Industrial... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

May 1979
Case

Hesston Corp. (Consolidated)

By: Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

February 2004
Teaching Note

ABS Global (TN)

By: David E. Bell

Teaching Note to (9-504-053). View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Australia

November 1989
Case

Colly Farms Cotton Ltd. (B)

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

November 1989 (Revised December 1989)
Case

Pandol Brothers, Inc.: From Grape Farm to Trade Giant

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

October 1987 (Revised January 1990)
Case

Colly Farms Cotton Ltd. (A)

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

August 1996 (Revised May 1997)
Case

Delta & Pine Land: Measuring the Value of Transgenic Cotton

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Charlotte A. Tasker

Discusses the joint venture between two companies with different capabilities: 1) technology provider and 2) transportation agent. Discusses how to capture value from joint venture and biotechnology: 1) who are winners and who are losers; 2) how much value can/should... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Joint Ventures; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Performance Consistency; Information Technology; Transportation; Valuation; Biotechnology Industry