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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... -
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... -
Dealing with Drought (HBR Case Study)
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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... -
The CEO of Cabot Creamery on Beating Sustainability Benchmarks
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Dealing with Drought (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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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... -
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 (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... -
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... -
How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line
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Transforming Life, Transforming Business: The Life-Science Revolution
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The CEO of ADM on Expanding Its Focus from Commodities to Consumers
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Cutting Edge in Auctions
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No Company Can Solve a Massive Global Problem on Its Own
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A Study of the Champagne Industry Shows That Women Have Stronger Networks, and Profit from Them
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How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
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Accountants Will Save the World
Global Business Digital ArticleFactor social benefits and the use of resources into a company's value. -
Banana War Maneuvers
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHow Dole beat Chiquita by working around a restrictive EU trade policy instead of struggling against it.
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Step-by-Step Tutorial of Analytical Hierarchy Process with an Example
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Data-Enabled Insights from Sericulture: Jayalaxmi Agro Tech
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Jayalaxmi Agro Tech (JAT), a company based out of Bellary in Karnataka and co-founded by Anand Babu, strives to keep the Indian farmer informed about... -
JBS Swift & Co.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Brazilian meat packer JBS surprised many in the U.S. beef industry when it acquired Swift & Co.--a company more than five times its size--in 2007, then... -
Syngenta: Committing to Africa
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www.pefa.com: Pan European Fish Auctions--Implementing a Virtual Marketplace
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Marie-Jeanne Becaus-Pieters was founder and president of the Pan European network of Fish Auctions (PEFA). Created to link fish auctions across Europe,... -
Brasil Foods
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In mid-2011, the management of Brasil Foods, a leading Brazilian branded foods producer and protein exporter, is evaluating strategies for international... -
Farming Pharmaceuticals: Ventria Bioscience and the Controversy over Plant-Made Medicines
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details How can a biotechnology start-up navigate a complex regulatory and stakeholder terrain to bring to market an innovative product with potentially significant... -
Cultivating Social Enterprise in Peru: A Portfolio Approach
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details A consultant with CARE Enterprise Partners (CEP) is tasked to provide consulting for three social enterprises in different stages of development, each... -
Cattle Fattening Farm: A Business Opportunity
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case is based on the feasibility analysis of a feedlot fattening farm. Tariq Ahmad's eldest son, Faisal Ahmad, was looking into the prospects of setting... -
Negotiating with the Cuban Sugar Industry (A): No Way Out?
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The Nature Conservancy in 2018
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Novartis (A): Being a Global Leader
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Wiikano Orchards
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Wiikano Orchards, a family-owned business, faces declining demand in a commodity industry. The president is considering rebranding Wiikano's apple juice,... -
Input Capital: Customized Financing for Canola Producers
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On February 20, 2020, the executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Input Capital Corporation, the first agricultural commodity streaming... -
Champagne Cattier: The Diversification Challenge
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Cattier family had been active in the Champagne region of France for over 250 years. Starting out as growers of grapes, they moved into champagne... -
Stella Artois in the U.K.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Stella Artois, Interbrew company's flagship brand of beer, has experienced phenomenal success on the international market. The United Kingdom market has... -
OCP Africa: Building Ecosystems For Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The OCP Africa illustrates the challenges of entering a market challenged by unfavorable conditions for the target customer - be it infrastructure, access... -
Delta & Pine Land: Measuring the Value of Transgenic Cotton
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Discusses the joint venture between two companies with different capabilities: 1) technology provider and 2) transportation agent. Discusses how to capture... -
Plenty: Transforming Food for the Future of Our Planet
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Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: Supply Management
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case depicts the supply-management practices--including planning, production, and distribution--at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, the world's leader...
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Step-by-Step Tutorial of Analytical Hierarchy Process with an Example
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IMB893. -
Data-Enabled Insights from Sericulture: Jayalaxmi Agro Tech
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Jayalaxmi Agro Tech (JAT), a company based out of Bellary in Karnataka and co-founded by Anand Babu, strives to keep the Indian farmer informed about... -
JBS Swift & Co.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Brazilian meat packer JBS surprised many in the U.S. beef industry when it acquired Swift & Co.--a company more than five times its size--in 2007, then... -
Syngenta: Committing to Africa
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2012, Syngenta, one of the world's largest agricultural input company, committed to build a $1 billion business in Africa over the next 10 years. In... -
Ecofriendly Solution to Crop Residue Burning, Instructor Spreadsheet
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www.pefa.com: Pan European Fish Auctions--Implementing a Virtual Marketplace
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Marie-Jeanne Becaus-Pieters was founder and president of the Pan European network of Fish Auctions (PEFA). Created to link fish auctions across Europe,... -
How do you think about the effort required to bring a cop you've deployed in one country to another country...?
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Brasil Foods
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In mid-2011, the management of Brasil Foods, a leading Brazilian branded foods producer and protein exporter, is evaluating strategies for international... -
Farming Pharmaceuticals: Ventria Bioscience and the Controversy over Plant-Made Medicines
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details How can a biotechnology start-up navigate a complex regulatory and stakeholder terrain to bring to market an innovative product with potentially significant... -
Cultivating Social Enterprise in Peru: A Portfolio Approach
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details A consultant with CARE Enterprise Partners (CEP) is tasked to provide consulting for three social enterprises in different stages of development, each...
