Publications

June 1982
Supplement

Konigsbrau-Hellas A.E. (C)

By: John J. Gabarro and Colleen Kaftan

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Greece

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1994
Other Unpublished Work

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of the Southwest: 118 FTC 452

By: Dennis A. Yao

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

December 1993 (Revised September 2003)
Supplement

Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (D)

By: Lynn S. Paine

Prosecutors in the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Consumer Litigation reflect on their case against the Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Lawsuits and Litigation; Management; Family Ownership; Cognition and Thinking; Food and Beverage Industry

November 1993 (Revised September 1998)
Supplement

Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (C): Conclusion

By: Lynn S. Paine

Describes the results of the charges related to the sale of the apple juice products. View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; United States

May 1992
Teaching Note

Tom Monaghan: In Business for God, Teaching Note

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-392-079). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

January 1992 (Revised March 1993)
Case

Sam Steinberg--1959-69 (B)

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

industries such as agriculture and biofuels. As GenapSys came closer to releasing its product, Esfandyarpour and his Senior Director of Operations and Strategy, Leila Rastegar (HBS '11), sat down to decide which of three business models... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2013
Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

recommendations in my mind to improve the pace of nuclear innovation. A clear direction for improvement would be to adopt a Food and Drug Administration-style drug development type regulatory model with clear stages for testing coupled... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

May 2024
Case

Naked Wines: The Profit vs. Growth Decision

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Edward A. Meyer

Nick Devlin faced a difficult strategic decision in October 2022. As the CEO of a UK-based subscription business connecting wine drinkers in the US, UK, and Australia with winemakers from around the world (which one journalist called the “Netflix of Wine”), he had to... View Details

December 2019 (Revised June 2025)
Case

Mãe Terra and Unilever (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas and Priscilla Zogbi

The case concerns the sale of Mãe Terra, one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods, to the consumer goods giant Unilever in 2017. Working with Unilever management, Mãe Terra’s CEO Alexandre Borges must determine whether and how to keep Mãe Terra's B... View Details

Keywords: Brand Management; Sustainability; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Culture; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Brazil; Latin America

November 2011
Case

Associated British Foods, Plc

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Matthew Preble

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom

November 1993 (Revised December 1993)
Case

Empresas la Moderna: Tobacco, Fruit, and Vegatables in Mexico

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Mexico

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September 1974 (Revised April 1975)
Case

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (B)

A consumer attitude survey involving more than 1,000 cranberry users has been conducted. Multivariate statistical procedures including factor analysis, cluster analysis and multiple discriminant analysis have been employed to suggest four attitude segments in the... View Details

Keywords: Surveys; Product Positioning; Mathematical Methods; Consumer Behavior; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

future,” DeCoons says. “Even mainstream brands like Under Armour and Adidas want to be part of those experiential events, because they want to cater their products to support those lifestyles.” There’s an opportunity, he adds, for companies in View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

Teaching Interest

Immersive Field Course: Decarbonization and Sustainable Production

By: Willy C. Shih

A course looking at pioneering efforts in sustainable production methods and technologies supporting the energy transition. View Details

Keywords: Decarbonization; Sustainability Management; Green Technology; Energy Generation; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Europe; Denmark; Netherlands

November 2015 (Revised January 2016)
Teaching Note

McDonald's Corporation: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain—From Amazon Soya to Cage Free Eggs

By: Michael W. Toffel

This case provides an opportunity for students to consider how large, multinational corporations should respond when targeted by activists regarding environmental and social concerns in their supply chains. Greenpeace targeted McDonald's because its chicken supplier... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Welfare; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Brazil; United States; United Kingdom