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Making Small Farms More Sustainable - and Profitable
Global Business Digital ArticleA case study of Better Life Farming, an innovative public-private partnership in India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. -
Dealing with Drought (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen Walker Farms is hit with a surface-water allocation of zero for a third straight year because of the state's ongoing and extended drought, it must... -
How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe world population will reach 9.1 billion by 2050. For Africa, which is projected to be home to about 2 billion of these global citizens, farm productivity... -
Banana War Maneuvers
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHow Dole beat Chiquita by working around a restrictive EU trade policy instead of struggling against it. -
Dealing with Drought (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen Walker Farms is hit with a surface-water allocation of zero for a third straight year because of the state's ongoing and extended drought, it must... -
Dealing with Drought (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen Walker Farms is hit with a surface-water allocation of zero for a third straight year because of the state's ongoing and extended drought, it must... -
How Snapple Got Its Juice Back
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleIn 1993, Quaker Oats paid $1.7 billion for the rapidly growing Snapple brand. In 1997, it sold the brand to Triarc for a mere $300 million. In 2000, Triarc... -
Enlightened Farming
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAgricultural inventions from 18th-century noble estates in France, including a wheat thresher, a tree transporter, and an incubation shed for chicken... -
Growth Through Global Sustainability: An Interview with Monsanto's CEO Robert B. Shapiro
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHow do we face the prospect that creating a profitable, growing company might require intolerable abuse of the natural world? Monsanto--with its history... -
Accountants Will Save the World
Global Business Digital ArticleFactor social benefits and the use of resources into a company's value. -
How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleA case study of the Brazilian beef industry. -
Transforming Life, Transforming Business: The Life-Science Revolution
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIf you think the Internet has changed the shape of business, just imagine what genetic engineering is going to do. In this groundbreaking article, Juan... -
A Study of the Champagne Industry Shows That Women Have Stronger Networks, and Profit from Them
Global Business Digital ArticleMore socializing and more trust lead to more revenue. -
No Company Can Solve a Massive Global Problem on Its Own
Global Business Digital ArticleBut when organizations work together, change can happen. -
Class--or Mass? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleJim Hargrove, the marketing director of $820 million Neptune Gourmet Seafood, is having a bad week. Neptune is the most upmarket player in the $20 billion... -
The CEO of ADM on Expanding Its Focus from Commodities to Consumers
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn the early 2010s ADM, a century-old agricultural products and services company, embarked on a big transformation. It streamlined and reorganized its... -
Cutting Edge in Auctions
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe state of the art in auctions is not on the Web--it's in the venerable flower auction halls of Holland, where over 30 million flowers change hands... -
The CEO of Cabot Creamery on Beating Sustainability Benchmarks
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleBecoming a B Corp was affirmation of Cabot’s existing mission. -
How Companies Can Give More Than Just Thanks
Global Business Digital ArticleMany cultures around the world celebrate a yearly thanksgiving festival, a time when we express our gratitude for a successful harvest. While observances...
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Note on the Impact of Millennials on the Food System
Leadership & Managing People Case Study14.00View Details In 2016, the millennial generation (those age 19 to 35 in 2016), the largest generation by population in the U.S., was entering its prime home buying,... -
FreshToHome in 2022: No Jugaad (No Shortcuts)
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case follows Shan Kadavil, the co-founder and CEO of FreshToHome, as he assesses the growing diversity of investments being made by his team. FreshToHome... -
NatureSweet
Communication Case Study15.05View Details This case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer... -
Hop Compost: Maintaining Environmental Accountability with Growth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Hop Compost (Hop) was a Canadian start-up that took food scraps destined for landfill and converted them to an organic, highly nutrient compost using... -
Goats: The Green Alternative (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details The owner of a goat herd had successfully rented a portion of his herd to clear land at a nearby resort. The resort land clearing job generated a small... -
Impossible Foods
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Genetically Modified Food Donations and the Cost of Neutrality: Logistics Response to the 2002 Food Crisis in Southern Africa
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Set during the 2002 Southern Africa food crisis the case describes the design and implementation of a humanitarian logistics operation for the distribution... -
Bayer Crop Science
Strategy & Execution Case Study15.05View Details In mid-2019, a year after German conglomerate Bayer Group closed its acquisition of U.S.-based seeds giant Monsanto, the leadership of Bayer's Crop Science... -
Valley Farms International (A)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Valley Farms International (VFI) describes some of the problems and issues involved in selling and exporting dairy cattle to a middle-east country. The... -
Zoetis
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CARE Kenya: Making Social Enterprise Sustainable
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details CARE's Rural Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness Promotion project is a new, market-driven approach to development in Kenya. Although the project has been... -
Deferred Taxes at Obadiah Vineyard
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Obadiah Vineyard's owners create financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to help them obtain funding to... -
Gallo Rice
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Describes a company marketing branded rice products to three different countries--Italy, Argentina, and Poland. Explores the differences and similarities... -
Russia's Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Consequences for Agriculture
Management Case Study8.95View Details Russia's brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022 caused major destruction to Ukraine's agriculture sector, one of the most productive... -
Totgars' Co-Operative Sale Society Dovetailing Business to Meet Members' Needs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Totgars' Co-operative Sale Society (TSS) is an arecanut marketing co-operative headquartered at Sirsi in Uttara Kannada (UK) district of Karnataka, India.... -
Valley Farms International (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details The partner describes some of the problems and issues involved in selling and exporting dairy cattle to a middle-east country. He must decide whether... -
Chiang-Sho Ltd.
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Chiang-Sho Ltd. is a joint venture producing agricultural machinery in China. The CEO must decide how to respond to pressure from the Chinese partner--also... -
CCD: Soya Cooperatives March into Branding
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details The case deals with the value chain of soya and red gram, from the farm to the market. The activities are conducted through the system of cooperatives... -
Cargill: The Risky Business of Integrating Climate Change and Corporate Strategy
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The complex and fragmented agribusiness sector has been resistant to legislation surrounding greenhouse gas emissions and other climate change regulations.... -
Bay State Milling
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details
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Note on the Impact of Millennials on the Food System
Leadership & Managing People Case Study14.00View Details In 2016, the millennial generation (those age 19 to 35 in 2016), the largest generation by population in the U.S., was entering its prime home buying,... -
Gardens Without Borders: Creating Corporate-Social Enterprise Collaborations for Sustainability, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case HEC219. -
FreshToHome in 2022: No Jugaad (No Shortcuts)
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case follows Shan Kadavil, the co-founder and CEO of FreshToHome, as he assesses the growing diversity of investments being made by his team. FreshToHome... -
NatureSweet
Communication Case Study15.05View Details This case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer... -
Hop Compost: Maintaining Environmental Accountability with Growth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Hop Compost (Hop) was a Canadian start-up that took food scraps destined for landfill and converted them to an organic, highly nutrient compost using... -
Hop Compost: Maintaining Environmental Accountability with Growth - Teaching Note
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTeaching note for case W18676 -
Goats: The Green Alternative (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details The owner of a goat herd had successfully rented a portion of his herd to clear land at a nearby resort. The resort land clearing job generated a small... -
Feihe Dairy: Investing in Canada - Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching note for case W19180 -
McDonald's Corporation: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain-From Amazon Soya to Cage Free Eggs, Teaching Note
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThis case provides an opportunity for students to consider how large, multinational corporations should respond when targeted by activists regarding environmental... -
Impossible Foods
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