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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... -
No Company Can Solve a Massive Global Problem on Its Own
Global Business Digital ArticleBut when organizations work together, change can happen. -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
How to Quantify Sustainability's Impact on Your Bottom Line
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA case study of the Brazilian beef industry. -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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. -
The CEO of Cabot Creamery on Beating Sustainability Benchmarks
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleBecoming a B Corp was affirmation of Cabot’s existing mission. -
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... -
A Study of the Champagne Industry Shows That Women Have Stronger Networks, and Profit from Them
Gender Digital ArticleMore socializing and more trust lead to more revenue. -
Accountants Will Save the World
Global Business Digital ArticleFactor social benefits and the use of resources into a company's value.
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Revier Brand Group, LLC: Will its "sustainability and consistency" brand positioning pay off?
Management Case Study8.95View Details The CEO of Revier Cattle Company, Tom Revier, had been an innovator in sustainable farming and humane livestock practices for over two decades. He and... -
Philip Morris: Marlboro Friday (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Zespri
Strategy & Execution Case Study9.95View Details Grower-owned Zespri is the sole exporter of New Zealand-grown kiwifruit outside of Australia and New Zealand. Facing growing international competition,... -
Bay State Milling
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Valley Carriers (A): Establishing Status in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details For over five years, the third generation (G3) of Valley Pulp & Sawdust Carriers, Ltd. had been laying the foundation for the professionalization of the... -
BeautifulCoffee and Fair Trade: Working with Local Farmer Co-operatives in Nepal
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Not long after John, BeautifulCoffee's (BC) newly appointed producer partnership manager, began his evaluation of the business relationship between BC... -
Food Security and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The Mormon Church focuses on self-reliance and being prepared for emergencies. Part of their program encourages each member of the Church to have a reserve... -
Unigrains
Sales & Marketing Case Study14.00View Details Unigrains is a French agribusiness-focused private equity firm that has provided specialized financing to France's agribusiness sector for decades and,... -
Punjab Forest Department
Finance & Accounting Case Study9.95View Details The case describes the problem of wood theft in a provincial forest department in Pakistan. The interesting fact shared in the case is that the department... -
Holson Forest Products Ltd.: The Challenge of International Markets
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is set in June 2016. Ted Lewis is the owner of Holson Forest Products Ltd. (Holson), one of the largest suppliers of lumber on the Northern... -
JBS
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details JBS is a Brazilian protein company that started in beef, but has quickly expanded into pork and chicken, and around the world. The company has many critics... -
Beef in Brazil: Shrinking Deforestation While Growing the Industry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In June 2009, Greenpeace accused the cattle industry of contributing to deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Big brands that bought beef and leather... -
Mountain Hazelnuts: Social Entrepreneurship in Bhutan
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Mountain Hazelnut Venture Limited ("Mountain Hazelnuts") was founded with economic, social, and environmental objectives. It planned to distribute young... -
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... -
Academia Barilla
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Barilla, the world's largest pasta company, has introduced a new high-quality, high-priced product line that features a range of authentic Italian food... -
Château Margaux: Launching the Third Wine
Sales & Marketing Case Study6.95View Details Château Margaux, one of only five prestigious estates in the Bordeaux Medoc wine region to have been classified as a "first-growth", is facing a host... -
Eataly: Reimagining the Grocery Store (Multimedia Case)
Management Tool25.00View Details Within a few years of its operations, the Italian-based supermarket Eataly created a lot of buzz and excitement among consumers and media. Eataly's initial... -
National Cranberry Cooperative
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Requires an analysis of both the process flows and the production control system used in a cranberry receiving plant. A rewritten version of an earlier... -
Global Farmer and the Future of Soybean Production
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Three farmers from three different countries are looking at the global soybean system and how to position themselves in the future.
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Revier Brand Group, LLC: Will its "sustainability and consistency" brand positioning pay off?
Management Case Study8.95View Details The CEO of Revier Cattle Company, Tom Revier, had been an innovator in sustainable farming and humane livestock practices for over two decades. He and... -
Philip Morris: Marlboro Friday (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Zespri
Strategy & Execution Case Study9.95View Details Grower-owned Zespri is the sole exporter of New Zealand-grown kiwifruit outside of Australia and New Zealand. Facing growing international competition,... -
Bay State Milling
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Valley Carriers (A): Establishing Status in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details For over five years, the third generation (G3) of Valley Pulp & Sawdust Carriers, Ltd. had been laying the foundation for the professionalization of the... -
BeautifulCoffee and Fair Trade: Working with Local Farmer Co-operatives in Nepal
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Not long after John, BeautifulCoffee's (BC) newly appointed producer partnership manager, began his evaluation of the business relationship between BC... -
Food Security and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The Mormon Church focuses on self-reliance and being prepared for emergencies. Part of their program encourages each member of the Church to have a reserve... -
Ruaha Farm (T) Ltd: Engaging Local Beekeeping Communities in Tanzania, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case W19789. -
Mutti S.p.a., Teaching Note
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleTeaching Note for case 513034.
