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No Company Can Solve a Massive Global Problem on Its Own
Global Business Digital ArticleBut when organizations work together, change can happen. -
Banana War Maneuvers
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHow Dole beat Chiquita by working around a restrictive EU trade policy instead of struggling against it. -
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... -
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 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... -
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. -
How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleLocal entrepreneurs are making food production more efficient. -
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... -
Making Small Farms More Sustainable — and Profitable
Business and society 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... -
Accountants Will Save the World
Global Business Digital ArticleFactor social benefits and the use of resources into a company's value. -
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... -
How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleA case study of the Brazilian beef industry. -
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... -
The CEO of Cabot Creamery on Beating Sustainability Benchmarks
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleBecoming a B Corp was affirmation of Cabot’s existing mission. -
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... -
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... -
How Companies Can Give More Than Just Thanks
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMany cultures around the world celebrate a yearly thanksgiving festival, a time when we express our gratitude for a successful harvest. While observances... -
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...
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Electronic Cigarettes in the EU: The Political Economy of Product Regulation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details You are the CEO of an e-cigarette company that has just been acquired by a major tobacco company. Your company operates in the European market. The July... -
Farmland Investing: A Technical Note
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note seeks to provide an overview of farmland investing; the investment thesis behind investing in agriculture, how and why investors would choose... -
Caffeine with a Conscience
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Is "Fair Trade" really fair? This case examines the concept, history, and logistics of the Fair Trade movement, specifically for coffee. Fair Trade began... -
7-Eleven, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Can 7-Eleven United States replicate the successful experience of 7-Eleven Japan in selling fresh foods through convenience stores? Describes the Japanese... -
Bayer Crop Science
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View 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... -
A New Financial Policy at Swedish Match
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Swedish Match is a profitable smokeless tobacco company with low debt compared to other firms in its industry. The firms CFO now wants to revise the firms... -
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details A consumer attitude survey involving more than 1,000 cranberry users has been conducted. Multivariate statistical procedures including factor analysis,... -
Monsanto and Roundup Ready Wheat
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Monsanto is a large chemical manufacturing company specializing in chemical products for agricultural use. This case explores the company's attempt from... -
Kheyti: Product and Business Development at an AgTech Social Enterprise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In early 2017, after launching its successful "Greenhouse-in-a-Box" pilot project in India with fifteen smallholder farmers, Kheyti, a non-profit agricultural... -
One Acre Fund: Outgrowing the Board
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details One Acre Fund, a young, international, nonprofit social enterprise--governed by friends of the founder--had grown rapidly since its inception. It now... -
Malaka Spice: Revolutionizing Restaurant Ecosystems for a Sustainable Planet
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case is set in 2021 and explores the journey of Chiranjeev Restaurant and Foods Pvt. Ltd., located at Koregaon Park, Pune. It has evolved sustainable... -
Agricultural Biotechnology and Its Regulation
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In the United States, genetically modified corn and soybeans are now widely grown and consumed. In Europe, however, they have been dubbed "Frankenstein... -
Yonghui Superstores
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Harris Seafoods, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Presents data relevant to a major capital expenditure--the construction of a shrimp plant. Designed to test student's ability to identify relevant cash... -
Food Fight: The US, Europe, and Trade in Hormone-Treated Beef (Abridged)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Those familiar with transatlantic trade relations are well aware of the longstanding US-EU dispute over trade in beef. This note traces the history of... -
The Global Water and Food Supply Problem
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This technical note, which presents an overview of the global water and food supply problem at the turn of the 21st century, is a good starting point... -
Farmstar Goes Global: Corporate Entrepreneurship Bringing Sustainable Value Innovation to Agribusiness
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case tells the story of successful corporate entrepreneurship bringing sustainable value innovation to agribusiness. It recounts the history of EADS-Astrium,... -
Alara Agri: Fresh Cherry Production
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Alara Agri, based in Bursa, Turkey, is one of the world's foremost cherry and fig producers. The president and chief executive officer (CEO) was concerned... -
Barnana: Adventures in Upcycling
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Former triathlete Caue Suplicy knew the importance of healthy foods. After he observed US entrepreneurs and major CPG players capitalize on "superfoods"... -
Brewing Peace Philippines: Customer Relationship Management
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Brewing Peace was a company based in the Philippines that sold coffee beans. Despite having a base of 80 customers, 70 per cent of its business depended...
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Electronic Cigarettes in the EU: The Political Economy of Product Regulation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details You are the CEO of an e-cigarette company that has just been acquired by a major tobacco company. Your company operates in the European market. The July... -
Farmland Investing: A Technical Note
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note seeks to provide an overview of farmland investing; the investment thesis behind investing in agriculture, how and why investors would choose... -
Caffeine with a Conscience
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Is "Fair Trade" really fair? This case examines the concept, history, and logistics of the Fair Trade movement, specifically for coffee. Fair Trade began... -
7-Eleven, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Can 7-Eleven United States replicate the successful experience of 7-Eleven Japan in selling fresh foods through convenience stores? Describes the Japanese... -
Bayer Crop Science
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View 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... -
A New Financial Policy at Swedish Match
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Swedish Match is a profitable smokeless tobacco company with low debt compared to other firms in its industry. The firms CFO now wants to revise the firms... -
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details A consumer attitude survey involving more than 1,000 cranberry users has been conducted. Multivariate statistical procedures including factor analysis,... -
Monsanto and Roundup Ready Wheat
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Monsanto is a large chemical manufacturing company specializing in chemical products for agricultural use. This case explores the company's attempt from... -
Kheyti: Product and Business Development at an AgTech Social Enterprise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In early 2017, after launching its successful "Greenhouse-in-a-Box" pilot project in India with fifteen smallholder farmers, Kheyti, a non-profit agricultural... -
One Acre Fund: Outgrowing the Board
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details One Acre Fund, a young, international, nonprofit social enterprise--governed by friends of the founder--had grown rapidly since its inception. It now...