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Agribusiness Seminar

presents many challenges but also new possibilities for firms that can embrace innovation, develop new strategies, deliver value, and build resilience. For more than 60 years, business leaders from around the world have gathered for the View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture

19 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Evolution of Agribusiness

COFCO Ltd.Alberto Weisser, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Bunge Limited Professor Bell moderated a discussion of agribusiness past, present, and future. Professor Goldberg shared his perspective on the inception of the field of View Details

Keywords: Re: David E. Bell & Ray A. Goldberg; Agriculture & Agribusiness

August 1980 (Revised July 1983)
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Agribusiness Sector

By: Ray A. Goldberg

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31 May 2017
News

Father Agribusiness

In the late 1950s, an HBS lecturer named Ray Goldberg noticed something: traditional farming and the wider world of business were beginning to intersect with greater and greater frequency. Intrigued, he came up with a name for what he would spend the next 60 years... View Details

23 Jan 2019
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Interning in the Agribusiness Sector

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Agribusiness Seminar - Executive Education

By: David E. Bell

In the agribusiness industry, every year brings new trends and challenges. While demand continues to grow, consumer needs shift, production challenges increase, and evolving technology impacts every part of the value chain. The complex... View Details

August 1983
Background Note

Global Agribusiness System

By: Ray A. Goldberg

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December 2002 (Revised June 2003)
Case

Rabobank Group: Leadership Role in Global Agribusiness

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan

The largest global agribusiness bank has lost its triple A rating and is rethinking its global strategy as the leading global food and agribusiness bank. How does it position itself in the vertical value-added global food system? View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Globalization; Finance; Risk Management; Global Strategy; Value Creation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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February 2010 (Revised November 2011)
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International Agribusiness in China: Charoen Pokphand Group

By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Tracy Manty and Yi Kwan Chu

The world's leading Thai agribusiness corporation and largest agribusiness investor in China, CP Group, is facing another crossroads in China as the country starts to undergo rural reform. The issues at hand for Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont is how CP can balance its... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; SWOT Analysis; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Rural Scope; Agribusiness; Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China

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26 Mar 2009
News

Harvard Business School’s Agribusiness Program Coming To India

29 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Interning in the Agribusiness Sector

Katie Hsia-Kiung, MBA 2019, describes her summer internship in the agribusiness sector. Having worked in solar energy before HBS, Katie was excited by the opportunity to create the business plan for a brand new team at Indigo Ag, a... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

21 Dec 2012
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Ray Goldberg honored for contribution to agribusiness

Mar 26 2018
Testimonial

Evolving In Agribusiness

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Sustainability in Agriculture and Agribusiness

This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background Readings: Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture This report is published by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). IUCN is composed of both government and civil society... View Details