Publications

05 Jun 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Cellophane, the New Visuality, and the Creation of Self-Service Food Retailing

Keywords: by Ai Hisano; Food & Beverage

November 2009 (Revised December 2009)
Case

DaChan Food (Asia) in China

By: Ray A. Goldberg and David Lane

DaChan Food in China is providing leadership in the quality, health, and environmental needs of the Chinese consumer as poultry consumption increases there. Continuing to provide that leadership as global and national competition increase becomes more and more... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Leadership Development; Demand and Consumers; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Vertical Integration; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China

Educators

1976
Book

Food and Nutrition Policies in a Changing Environment

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Nutrition; Change

June 1997
Teaching Note

Nutra Foods TN

By: David F. Hawkins

Teaching Note for (9-196-038). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

2016
Working Paper

Standardized Color in the Food Industry: The Co-Creation of the Food Coloring Business in the United States, 1870–1940

By: Ai Hisano

This working paper examines how, starting in the 1870s, food manufacturers in the United States began to use standardized color, achieved by synthetic dyes, as part of their marketing strategies. Food manufacturers along with dye makers and regulators co-created the... View Details

Keywords: Food; Supply and Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

SSRN

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August 1978
Article

World Food Council at Three Years--Global Food System Manager?

By: James E. Austin and Mitchel B. Wallerstein

Keywords: Food; System; Management; Governance

20 Dec 2018
Blog Post

A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture

food and agribusiness is growing among MBAs at Harvard Business School. In the past couple of years, for example, membership in the student Food, Agriculture, and Water (FAW)... View Details

17 Oct 2016
HBS Case

Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

November 2001 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Royal Ahold NV: A Global Food Provider

By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle

Ahold decides how strategy and partnerships will enable it to lead the global food industry for the future. View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Food and Beverage Industry

Educators

January 2007 (Revised January 2007)
Background Note

Note on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Virginia Fuller

Describes the U.S. FDA with particular emphasis on its role in the development of new drugs, biologic products, and medical devices today. Provides context for the drug approval process by describing the FDA's history and organizational structure. View Details

Keywords: Health; Governance Compliance; Policy; Product Development; Government and Politics; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

Educators

April 1979 (Revised July 1985)
Case

Baby Foods Industry--1966-78

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

November 2010
Teaching Note

Belco Global Foods (TN)

By: C. Fritz Foley and Matthew Johnson

Teaching Note for 211033. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Leadership Style; Trade; International Finance; Globalization; Decisions; Customers; Food and Beverage Industry

February 2003 (Revised November 2003)
Supplement

J. Perez Foods (C)

By: John A. Davis and Kacie LaChapelle

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

March 1960
Case

Midway Foods Corp. (B4)

By: Edmund P. Learned and Bruce R. Scott

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

March 1960 (Revised November 1968)
Case

Midway Foods Corp. (B2)

By: Edmund P. Learned and Bruce R. Scott

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

January 1980 (Revised July 1985)
Case

Anderson Clayton Foods (A)

By: Walter J. Salmon and Steven R. Palesy

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

February 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Supplement

Pierre Foods Acquisition of Advance Foods (E-2): Employment Agreement—Employee Perspective

By: Guhan Subramanian and Mike Harmon

2019
Working Paper

Optimal Interventions for Increasing Healthy Food Consumption Among Low Income Households

By: Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson and Georgia Perakis

The federal government currently spends over $100 billion per year on policies aimed to increase fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption among low income households. These include price-, nutrition education-, and access-related interventions. Currently, the government... View Details

Keywords: Bi-level Optimization; Optimal Subsidies; Public Policy; Food Policy; Central Planner; Government Administration; Poverty; Food; Nutrition