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27 Jun 2016
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Food Policy

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

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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

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October 2003 (Revised February 2004)
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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

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July 1979
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Food Stamps--1970

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Government and Politics; Welfare; Programs; Food; United States

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Food and Agriculture Club | MBA

Food and Agriculture Club All recognized student clubs are part of a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization, called Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. Each student club at Harvard Business School (HBS) is open... View Details

May 2020
Teaching Note

Danone: Changing the Food System

By: David E. Bell, Federica Gabrieli, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Amy Klopfenstein and Aldo Sesia

Teaching Note for HBS No. 520-053.
This is a teaching note for the case “Danone: Changing the Food System?” The case examines the efforts of one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies to resolve the social, environmental, and economic issues within... View Details

Keywords: Food; Goods and Commodities; Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; France; Paris

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19 Jun 2017
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Amazon Buys Whole Foods

February 1996
Case

Eastman Chemical Company: Building a Board from Scratch

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff

Eastman Chemical Co. spun off from Kodak in 1993. The CEO of Eastman, Earnest Deavenport did not want the new company's board any members of the Kodak board to include, so he initiated a deliberate and thorough process to build an entirely new board that he hoped would... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Selection and Staffing; Chemical Industry

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August 1989 (Revised July 1993)
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Harper Chemical Co., Inc., Addendum

Provides additional quantitative exhibits, including a pro forma income statement and break-even calculations for the operation and makes assumptions about marketing strategy. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Financial Statements; Chemical Industry

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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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05 Jan 2017
Cold Call Podcast

The American Food Paradox: Growing Obese and Going Hungry

Keywords: Food & Beverage

05 Jan 2017
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The American Food Paradox: Growing Obese and Going Hungry

03 Aug 2022
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Opinion: Food Inflation Remains Stubbornly High in U.S. and Europe

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

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April 2020
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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

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