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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line
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Banana War Maneuvers
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHow Dole beat Chiquita by working around a restrictive EU trade policy instead of struggling against it. -
How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleLocal entrepreneurs are making food production more efficient. -
A Study of the Champagne Industry Shows That Women Have Stronger Networks, and Profit from Them
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMore socializing and more trust lead to more revenue. -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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. -
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 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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Accountants Will Save the World
Global Business Digital ArticleFactor social benefits and the use of resources into a company's value. -
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...
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Disrupting the Meat Industry: Tissue Culture Beef
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Dr. Mark Post and his team at Maastricht University were perfecting their tissue culture beef product-made entirely from muscle grown in his lab-to give... -
AM FRESH in 2020
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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... -
El Celler de Can Roca: Innovation in Services
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details El Celler de Can Roca (CCR), a small family business, is one of the best restaurants in the world. Its evolution can be characterized by its bet on innovation,... -
Potato Value Chain - A Tale of Two Farmers in Okara
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case presents comprehensive information about the potato value chain in the overall context of vegetable value chains in Pakistan. A detailed description... -
Bay State Milling
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Austral Group SAA: Human Resource Integration in the Traditional Fishing Industry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In June 2021, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Peruvian-based Austral Group S.A.A. (Austral), one of the six largest producers and traders in... -
Naledo Foods and Beverages Inc.: In Search of Investment Capital
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Naledo Foods and Beverages Inc. (Naledo) was a small start-up headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, that operated as a social enterprise in the... -
Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite): Plus ca change...
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details For centuries Lafite has been the most admired wine Estate in the world. How does Baron Eric de Rothschild protect this crown jewel in a conservative... -
John Deere Component Works (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Having installed an activity-based system, the division is now exploring the insight provided by that system. In particular, it is studying the economics... -
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details It is July 2017, and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), is making... -
Immuno-Genetics Inc.: Technology for Predicting Immune Response
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Researchers at the Ontario Veterinary College had formed a company, Immuno-Genetics Inc., to develop new technologies to measure the immune response of... -
Kepak and the Future of the Irish Beef Industry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details As Ireland's third largest beef processor, Kepak faces new opportunities as well as significant challenges from the collapse of the "Celtic Tiger." The... -
Natural Blends, Inc., Analysis
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Los Grobo
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Los Grobo, a grain farming company based in Argentina, must decide whether to expand internationally to neighboring Paraguay and Uruguay. Los Grobo has... -
COMPFED: The Dairy Cooperative Distribution System
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Bihar State Milk Cooperative Federation (COMPFED) had been marketing its milk and milk related products under the brand name of Sudha in the Bihar and... -
Financial Crisis and the Revolutions of 1848 (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On March 15, 1848, the governor of the Bank of France, Antoine d'Argout, faced the potential collapse of his institution. A cascade of agricultural and... -
Vegpro Group: Growing in Harmony
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Vegpro, a horticulture company, is Kenya's largest exporter of fresh vegetables and flowers to top supermarkets in the U.K. and Europe. In 2007, Vegpro's... -
Beetle Beats: Finding a SOUND Market for ADT
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Dr. Richard Hofstetter was wondering what was to become of his acoustic disruption technology (ADT), a technology that used sounds to change behavior... -
Ocron: Agribusiness Marketing
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Agri-business is one of the driving forces of the Dutch economy. Due to environmental challenges, it has evolved into an extremely innovative sector....
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Disrupting the Meat Industry: Tissue Culture Beef
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Dr. Mark Post and his team at Maastricht University were perfecting their tissue culture beef product-made entirely from muscle grown in his lab-to give... -
Vertical Farming and the Future of Food (with ZERO Farms’ Daniele Modesto)
Innovation AudioZERO Farms CEO Daniele Modesto speaks to Azeem Azhar about the role of vertical farming in the future of food. -
AM FRESH in 2020
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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... -
El Celler de Can Roca: Innovation in Services
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details El Celler de Can Roca (CCR), a small family business, is one of the best restaurants in the world. Its evolution can be characterized by its bet on innovation,... -
Potato Value Chain - A Tale of Two Farmers in Okara
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case presents comprehensive information about the potato value chain in the overall context of vegetable value chains in Pakistan. A detailed description... -
Bay State Milling
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Austral Group SAA: Human Resource Integration in the Traditional Fishing Industry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In June 2021, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Peruvian-based Austral Group S.A.A. (Austral), one of the six largest producers and traders in... -
Naledo Foods and Beverages Inc.: In Search of Investment Capital
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Naledo Foods and Beverages Inc. (Naledo) was a small start-up headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, that operated as a social enterprise in the... -
Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite): Plus ca change...
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details For centuries Lafite has been the most admired wine Estate in the world. How does Baron Eric de Rothschild protect this crown jewel in a conservative...