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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleA case study of the Brazilian beef industry. -
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... -
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... -
Banana War Maneuvers
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleHow Dole beat Chiquita by working around a restrictive EU trade policy instead of struggling against it. -
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. -
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. -
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... -
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... -
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... -
The CEO of ADM on Expanding Its Focus from Commodities to Consumers
Business management Magazine ArticleHow the agricultural products company moved into value-added nutrition -
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... -
No Company Can Solve a Massive Global Problem on Its Own
Global Business Digital ArticleBut when organizations work together, change can happen. -
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 Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleLocal entrepreneurs are making food production more efficient. -
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... -
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... -
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...
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Growing Better Together: General Mills Considers Pre-Competitive Collaboration to Advance Sustainable Supply Chains
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details It was mid-March 2019 and General Mills had just announced its commitment to advance regenerative agriculture practices on one million acres of farmland... -
Olam's Corporate Strategy: Becoming the Most Differentiated and Valuable Global Agribusiness
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Founded in 1989, Olam International Limited began as a small trader of cashew nuts. Over the years, it grew into a multi-country, multi-product integrated... -
Framberry Chile: Leveraging a Crisis for Competitive Advantage
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case revolves around Framberry Congelados S.A. (Framberry), an Osorno, Chile-based, privately held frozen berries produce wholesaler. Framberry was... -
The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A U.S. government agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), provides aid to developing countries, focusing on poverty reduction through economic... -
Valley Farms International (E)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details The partner continues to face and solve problems regarding the transportation of exported cattle. The cattle inspectors from the middle-eastern country... -
Bayer CropScience in India (A): Against Child Labor
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case explores value-driven strategy formulation and implementation by bringing to the fore issues of ethics, responsible leadership, social intitiatives... -
Transforming the Global Fishing Industry: The Marine Stewardship Council at Full Sail?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an NGO -headquartered in London and established by WWF and Unilever in 1997 to set up a certification and eco-labeling... -
Thrive: Alternative Growth Options in Ag-Tech Entrepreneurship
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details THRIVE's mission was to accelerate, invest in, and work with entrepreneurs, investors, and Fortune 500 corporations to advance the future of food and... -
Nestle
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In April 2008, Paul Bulcke took over as CEO of the world's largest food and beverage company. His predecessor, Peter Brabeck, had delivered 12 years of... -
Fonterra: Taking on the Dairy World
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Fonterra was a cooperatively owned dairy company--New Zealand's largest company and the world's largest exporter of dairy products. To maintain its leadership,... -
GreenWood Resources: A Global Sustainable Venture in the Making
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details GreenWood Resources Inc. was founded in 1998 by Jeff Nuss, a bio-resources engineer. It was a Portland, Oregon, USA-based investment and asset management... -
VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2013, Kenyan horticulture producer and exporter VP Group is weighing potential expansion opportunities against the growing risks in its production... -
Avoiding Controversy: Easier Said Than Done (Part A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case deals with the century-old Canadian peat industry, whose activities take place far from major urban centres. The case is set in the early 1990s,... -
Aqua Bounty
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Valuation of a pre-revenue biotech company at IPO using probability trees and real option techniques. Company is based in Massachusetts and lists in London... -
GNFC Neem Project: The Ecosystem of Shared Value
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A radical change was triggered in the fertilizer industry in India in fiscal year 2015-16, following a policy directive by the government of India regarding... -
Chateau Qanafar: Starting and Operating a Lebanese Vineyard
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Chateau Qanafar was a small Lebanese winery, operating as a family business since its inception in 2005. By 2015, Chateau Qanafar had managed to produce... -
Mawlyngot's Tea Growers' Cooperative
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In 2003, Mawlyngot Tea Growers' Cooperative Society (MTG), a village cooperative in Meghalaya, India, was spearheaded by a local teacher who wished to... -
Mãe Terra and Unilever (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Unilever is making strides to integrate the operations of Mae Terra-one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods-into its own structures,... -
Shrimp on Smartphones? eFishery: Agile Innovation in Indonesian Aquaculture (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Part A. In November 2016, Gibran Huzaifah, CEO of Indonesian firm eFishery that sells automated fish feeders for fish farmers, ponders a strategic pivot... -
Silverton Winery
Management Case Study11.95View Details In May 2022, a consultant with global management consulting firm Kearney was working on a project for a private equity client, Opal Partners Inc. (Opal)....
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Growing Better Together: General Mills Considers Pre-Competitive Collaboration to Advance Sustainable Supply Chains
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details It was mid-March 2019 and General Mills had just announced its commitment to advance regenerative agriculture practices on one million acres of farmland... -
Olam's Corporate Strategy: Becoming the Most Differentiated and Valuable Global Agribusiness
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Founded in 1989, Olam International Limited began as a small trader of cashew nuts. Over the years, it grew into a multi-country, multi-product integrated... -
Framberry Chile: Leveraging a Crisis for Competitive Advantage
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case revolves around Framberry Congelados S.A. (Framberry), an Osorno, Chile-based, privately held frozen berries produce wholesaler. Framberry was... -
The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A U.S. government agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), provides aid to developing countries, focusing on poverty reduction through economic... -
Valley Farms International (E)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details The partner continues to face and solve problems regarding the transportation of exported cattle. The cattle inspectors from the middle-eastern country... -
Bayer CropScience in India (A): Against Child Labor
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case explores value-driven strategy formulation and implementation by bringing to the fore issues of ethics, responsible leadership, social intitiatives... -
Transforming the Global Fishing Industry: The Marine Stewardship Council at Full Sail?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an NGO -headquartered in London and established by WWF and Unilever in 1997 to set up a certification and eco-labeling... -
Thrive: Alternative Growth Options in Ag-Tech Entrepreneurship
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details THRIVE's mission was to accelerate, invest in, and work with entrepreneurs, investors, and Fortune 500 corporations to advance the future of food and... -
Nestle
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In April 2008, Paul Bulcke took over as CEO of the world's largest food and beverage company. His predecessor, Peter Brabeck, had delivered 12 years of... -
Fonterra: Taking on the Dairy World
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Fonterra was a cooperatively owned dairy company--New Zealand's largest company and the world's largest exporter of dairy products. To maintain its leadership,...