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  • 12 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Cecil Alfaro-Mora

responsibilities at work kept evolving into more influential and impactful ones. I tried to get the most out of that opportunity. What job(s) did you have during your deferral? I spent all four years working at P&F Flower Farms, an View Details

    Gunnar Trumbull

    Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

    Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details

    Keywords: agribusiness; agribusiness; agribusiness; agribusiness; agribusiness; agribusiness; agribusiness; agribusiness; agribusiness; agribusiness
    • December 2017 (Revised May 2018)
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    Amazon Buys Whole Foods

    By: José B. Alvarez, David Lane and Joni Coughlin
    The June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon’s bold move... View Details
    Keywords: Amazon; Whole Foods; Grocery; Grocery Delivery; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Business Models; Food Value Chain; Agribusiness; Mergers and Acquisitions; Operations; Competitive Strategy; E-commerce; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • November 2021 (Revised December 2022)
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    Babban Gona: Great Farm

    By: Kristin Fabbe, Tarun Khanna, Caroline M. Elkins, Zeke Gillman, Eleni Kyrkopoulou and Thomaz Teodorovicz
    In 2020, Babban Gona was one of the world’s largest farming operations with over 140,000 acres of maize farms, an area over ten times as large as Manhattan, and over 80,000 member-farmers in Nigeria. According to the company, the average Nigerian farmer’s net income... View Details
    Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Value Creation; Agribusiness; Capital Budgeting; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria; Africa
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    Finance - Faculty & Research

    explains Griswold’s decision and explores the impacts of the sale, one year later. Keywords: Negotiation ; Acquisition ; Trust ; Ethics ; Agribusiness ; Volatility ; Futures and Commodity Futures ; Social Enterprise ; Valuation ; Food and... View Details
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    Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

    Agribusiness ; Volatility ; Futures and Commodity Futures ; Social Enterprise ; Valuation ; Food and Beverage Industry ; United States ; Europe Citation Educators Purchase Related Jordan, Jillian, Julian Zlatev, Alicia Dadlani, and Martha... View Details
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    Continuing Education - Business & Environment

    considerations. Executive Education Courses Agribusiness Seminar 12–15 JANUARY 2025 | In Person Climate extremes, economic shifts, geopolitical conflict, environmental constraints, new technologies, regulatory changes, consumer... View Details
    • September 2013 (Revised June 2016)
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    The Morning Star Company: Self-Management at Work

    By: Francesca Gino, Bradley R. Staats, Brian J. Hall and Tiffany Y. Chang

    Morning Star, a collection of affiliated companies, had grown steadily since 1970 when Chris Rufer, president and founder, started the business hauling tomatoes to processing plants in a truck. The company's main products continued to be tomato-based, including a... View Details

    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Working Conditions; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Food; Management Practices and Processes; Compensation and Benefits; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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    • October 1996 (Revised December 2022)
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    Chiquita Brands International (A)

    By: Debora L. Spar and Terence Mulligan
    When a new banana import policy is implemented in 1993 by the European Union, Chiquita Brands International, the world's largest banana distributor, watches its sales and net income plummet. The policy, Council Regulation (EEC 404/93), uses a new tariff and quota... View Details
    Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Government and Politics; Policy; Market Design; Fairness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; European Union
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    Health Care - Faculty & Research

    expanding its market position, including enhancing trading capabilities, investing in brand development, and digitalizing sales channels. Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness ; Distribution ; Volatility ; Customer Focus and Relationships ;... View Details

      James E. Austin

      Dr. Austin holds the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Previously he held the John G. McLean Professorship and the Richard P. Chapman Professorship. He has been a member of the Harvard... View Details

      Keywords: agribusiness
      • 2014
      • Book

      Empire of Cotton: A Global History

      By: Sven Beckert
      The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Systems; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Globalized Markets and Industries; Society; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      Leadership - Faculty & Research

      and Agribusiness Industry ; Consumer Products Industry ; Motorcycle Industry ; Technology Industry ; Education Industry ; United States ; Massachusetts ; Maryland ; Tennessee ; District of Columbia Citation Educators Purchase Related... View Details
      • May 2009
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      Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products

      By: John H. McArthur and Sunru Yong
      Ceres is a leading player in the growing organic gardening industry, selling seeds, small plants, and related items. Their distribution depends heavily on retail sales through independent nurseries and garden centers. Because these small dealers are unable to finance... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Procedures; Marketing; Business Growth; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Marketing Channels; Credit; Financial Statements; Sales; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      • December 2015 (Revised April 2019)
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      Chicken Republic

      By: Jose Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
      Deji Akinyanju, founder of Nigerian fast-food chain Chicken Republic, and Ayo Oduntan, founder of an integrated Nigerian poultry operation (Amo Byng Group), are among a growing cadre of skilled food-industry entrepreneurs for whom the opportunities to serve the... View Details
      Keywords: Poultry; Chicken; Value Chain; Emerging Market; Chicken Republic; Amo Byng; Doreo Partners; Babban Gona; Reform; MINT; QSR; Quick Serve Restaurant; Fast Food; Corruption; Growth; Leadership; Food; Customer Value and Value Chain; Supply Chain; Infrastructure; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Crime and Corruption; Governance; Growth and Development; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria; Africa
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      • August 1980 (Revised March 1994)
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      Freemark Abbey Winery

      Freemark Abbey must decide whether to harvest in view of the possibility of rain. Rain could damage the crop but delaying the harvest would be risky. On the other hand, rain could be beneficial and greatly increase the value of the resulting wine. This decision is... View Details
      Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Forecasting and Prediction; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      • December 2023
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      Raízen: Helping to Decarbonize the World?

      By: Gunnar Trumbull, Pedro Levindo, Daniel Tong and Rafaella Mazza
      Raízen, the world’s largest sugar and ethanol producer, strived to find ways to expand the second-generation ethanol (E2G) market, which it pioneered. The company planned to invest R$24 billion (around $4.6 billion) in 20 production plants, with a total capacity to... View Details
      Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Renewable Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Production; Expansion; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Energy Industry; Brazil; Europe; North America; United States; Argentina; Paraguay
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      • December 2019 (Revised March 2020)
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      Impossible Foods

      By: Jose B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
      Impossible Foods founder and CEO Pat Brown started the company out of concern over livestock production’s impact on climate change. Impossible’s mission is to end consumption of animals by 2035, and its strategy is to develop and market plant-based foods so similar to... View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Consumer Behavior; Behavior; Venture Capital; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Marketing Strategy; Distribution; Production; Product Development; Product Positioning; Growth Management; Global Strategy; Competition; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; China; Asia; California; Hong Kong; Taiwan
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      Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

      one year later. Keywords: Negotiation ; Acquisition ; Trust ; Ethics ; Agribusiness ; Volatility ; Futures and Commodity Futures ; Social Enterprise ; Valuation ; Food and Beverage Industry ; United States ; Europe Citation Educators... View Details
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      Ignacio Lartirigoyen

      After applying his skills at ExxonMobil – "a very exciting time because of the company's size and its level of professionalism"– Ignacio moved to an agribusiness closer to his roots, Adecoagro, where he joined the planning team... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Services