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Chemical industry: overviews, news, & analysis
Where can I find information on the chemicals industry? For industry overview/analysis, we recommend you to use more than one databases since their reports may present different perspectives. BCC Research Frost &... View Details
- November 1965 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Kemp Foods Corporation
By: David F. Hawkins and F. Robert Madera
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Hawkins, David F., and F. Robert Madera. "Kemp Foods Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 110-101, November 1965. (Revised October 2005.)
- August 2023
- Case
WayCool: Reimagining the Food Supply Chain
By: Paul Gompers and Kairavi Dey
Founded in 2015, WayCool, is an Indian agri-tech start-up that built a B2B operation acquiring fruits and vegetables from product-specific agriculture companies and small-holding farmers. It sold them to business customers, such as local retail stores, restaurants, and... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Digital Transformation; Operations; Business Strategy; Supply Chain; Performance; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; South Asia
Gompers, Paul, and Kairavi Dey. "WayCool: Reimagining the Food Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Case 224-011, August 2023.
- 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
Levi, Retsef, Elisabeth Paulson, and Georgia Perakis. "Optimal Interventions for Increasing Healthy Food Consumption Among Low Income Households." MIT Sloan Research Paper, No. 6053-19, November 2019.
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
Do Public and Private Firms Behave Differently? An Examination of Investment in the Chemical Industry
By: Albert W. Sheen
I compare the capacity expansion decisions of U.S. public and private producers of seven commodity chemicals from 1989-2006. I find that private firms invest differently, and more efficiently, than public firms. Specifically, private firms are more likely than public... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; Chemicals; Investment; Public Ownership; Chemical Industry; United States
Sheen, Albert W. "Do Public and Private Firms Behave Differently? An Examination of Investment in the Chemical Industry." July 2011.
- June 1997
- Teaching Note
Nutra Foods TN
By: David F. Hawkins
Teaching Note for (9-196-038). View Details
- 26 Jan 2010
- News
The Roots of Food and Agribusiness Thinking
- November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
- Case
Restructuring European Petrochemicals: The Dow Chemical Co.
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: The Dow Chemical Co." Harvard Business School Case 385-207, November 1984. (Revised March 1985.)
- 18 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Standardized Color in the Food Industry: The Co-Creation of the Food Coloring Business in the United States, 1870–1940
- June 2014
- Teaching Note
Tesco Group Food
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Damien P. McLoughlin and Mary Shelman
Teaching Note for Tesco Group Food, HBS No. 514-022 View Details
- August 1978
- Article
World Food Council at Three Years--Global Food System Manager?
By: James E. Austin and Mitchel B. Wallerstein
Austin, James E., and Mitchel B. Wallerstein. "World Food Council at Three Years--Global Food System Manager?" Food Policy 3, no. 3 (August 1978).
- 05 Jun 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Cellophane, the New Visuality, and the Creation of Self-Service Food Retailing
- August 1984 (Revised June 1985)
- Case
Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (B)
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (B)." Harvard Business School Case 485-029, August 1984. (Revised June 1985.)
- April 1979 (Revised July 1985)
- Case
Baby Foods Industry--1966-78
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Baby Foods Industry--1966-78." Harvard Business School Case 379-185, April 1979. (Revised July 1985.)
- 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
Hisano, Ai. "Standardized Color in the Food Industry: The Co-Creation of the Food Coloring Business in the United States, 1870–1940." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-037, October 2016.
- November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
- Case
Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Imperial Chemical Industries, P.L.C.
By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres
Aguilar, Francis, Joseph L. Bower, and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres. "Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Imperial Chemical Industries, P.L.C." Harvard Business School Case 385-203, November 1984. (Revised March 1985.)
- February 2007
- Teaching Note
J. Perez Foods (TN) (A), (B) and (C)
By: John A. Davis and Courtney Sampson
Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry
Davis, John A., and Courtney Sampson. "J. Perez Foods (TN) (A), (B) and (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 807-134, February 2007.
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Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s
By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski
This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. It focuses on two companies, Bayer and Henkel, that have been identified as "green giants," and traces the evolution of their... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Green Business; Regional Strategy; Pollution; Henkel; Bayer; Globalization; History; Chemical Industry; Germany; United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Christina Lubinski. "Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s." Business History 56, no. 4 (July 2014): 623–649.