Publications

July 2022
Supplement

Hometown Foods

By: Julian De Freitas, Jeremy Yang and Das Narayandas

February 1993
Case

Lascano and Ricco Foods (C)

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February 2022
Teaching Note

Stoy Foods

By: John Beshears

Teaching Note for the "Stoy Foods" Exercise (Harvard Business School Exercise 918-044, 918-045, 918-046, and 918-047). View Details

Keywords: Motivation; Framing; Job Design; Family Business

1985
Chapter

Food Policy

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Policy; Government and Politics; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

May 1982 (Revised April 1984)
Case

Consolidated Foods Corp. (A)

Top management at Consolidated Foods was concerned about consumer complaints and threatened boycotts, some relating to television and print ad content and others relating to sponsorship of television programs thought to portray excessive sex or violence. Describes the... View Details

Keywords: Customers; Marketing Communications; Crisis Management; Advertising

05 Jan 2017
News

The American Food Paradox: Growing Obese and Going Hungry

27 Jun 2016
News

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs

May 2009
Teaching Note

The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Eric D. Werker

Teaching Note for [709024] and [709052]. View Details

Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Nutrition; Food; Crisis Management; Problems and Challenges; Poverty

June 2022 (Revised March 2024)
Teaching Note

Hometown Foods

By: Julian De Freitas and Jeremy Yang

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-087. View Details

05 Jan 2017
Cold Call Podcast

The American Food Paradox: Growing Obese and Going Hungry

Keywords: Food & Beverage

October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
Case

Launching the European Food Safety Authority

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan

The first food safety commission is established for the European Union. How does it handle food safety, scientific evaluations, and people's attitudes toward scientific changes in food growing and processing--for example, genetically modified organisms? View Details

Keywords: Food; Safety; Nutrition; Policy; Food and Beverage Industry; European Union

August 1984 (Revised November 1984)
Case

Agriculture and Food Act of 1985

By: Ray A. Goldberg

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23 Oct 2017

Thoughts on Technology and Sustainable Food

2016
Working Paper

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs

By: Gareth Olds

This paper explores how eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamps Program) affects firm formation. Using a variety of identification strategies, I show that expanded SNAP eligibility in the mid-2000s... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Welfare or Wellbeing

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December 2023 (Revised May 2024)
Case

Rabobank and the Food System Transition

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Jose B Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin and Natalie Kindred

November 1984
Case

Wilson Foods

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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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

April 2020
Supplement

Oaktree: Pierre Foods Investment

By: Victoria Ivashina and Terrence Shu

This case is a setting to discuss “loan to own” investment strategy that is often pursued by distressed investors. The aftermath of the 2007 financial crisis left many companies with poor liquidity and limited ability to obtain credit. One of these companies was Pierre... View Details

Keywords: Distress Investing; Investment; Debt Securities; Strategy; Restructuring